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Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934) is a Mascot movie serial. It was a loose remake of the 1921 film of the same name.
Jack Mulhall as Burn-'em-Up Barnes, racing driver nicknamed the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the Temple Barnes Transportation school bus company
Frankie Darro as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death
Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple, owner of the Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil
Julian Rivero as Tony, Marjorie's bumbling Italian-accented mechanic
Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren
Jason Robards as John Drummond, crooked race promoter who knows that Marjorie's land is really worth millions and will stop at nothing to get it
Francis McDonald as Ray Ridpath, villainous driver working for Drummond
Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by rich oil speculators who know her land actually is worth millions. When they try to put her out of business for good, young race driver Burn 'em Up Barnes comes to her rescue - again and again and again.
This is a 12 part serial. Links to all chapters are available below.
Chapter 1 - King of the Dirt Track
Chapter 2 - The News Reel Murder
Chapter 3 - The Phantom Witness
Chapter 4 - The Celluloid Clue
Chapter 5 - The Decoy Driver
Chapter 6 - The Crimson Alibi
Chapter 7 - Roaring Rails
Chapter 8 - The Death Crash
Chapter 9 - The Man Higher Up
Chapter 10 - The Missing Link
Chapter 11 - Surrounded!
Chapter 12 - Chapter 12 - The Fatal Whisper
This movie is part of the collection Short Format Films
Director Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer
Producer Nat Levine
Production Company Mascot Pictures Corporation
Audio/Visual sound, b&w
Keywords Serial
Creative Commons license Public Domain
Jack Mulhall as Burn-'em-Up Barnes, racing driver nicknamed the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the Temple Barnes Transportation school bus company
Frankie Darro as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death
Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple, owner of the Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil
Julian Rivero as Tony, Marjorie's bumbling Italian-accented mechanic
Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren
Jason Robards as John Drummond, crooked race promoter who knows that Marjorie's land is really worth millions and will stop at nothing to get it
Francis McDonald as Ray Ridpath, villainous driver working for Drummond
Marjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by rich oil speculators who know her land actually is worth millions. When they try to put her out of business for good, young race driver Burn 'em Up Barnes comes to her rescue - again and again and again.
This is a 12 part serial. Links to all chapters are available below.
Chapter 1 - King of the Dirt Track
Chapter 2 - The News Reel Murder
Chapter 3 - The Phantom Witness
Chapter 4 - The Celluloid Clue
Chapter 5 - The Decoy Driver
Chapter 6 - The Crimson Alibi
Chapter 7 - Roaring Rails
Chapter 8 - The Death Crash
Chapter 9 - The Man Higher Up
Chapter 10 - The Missing Link
Chapter 11 - Surrounded!
Chapter 12 - Chapter 12 - The Fatal Whisper
This movie is part of the collection Short Format Films
Director Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer
Producer Nat Levine
Production Company Mascot Pictures Corporation
Audio/Visual sound, b&w
Keywords Serial
Creative Commons license Public Domain