Burn 'Em Up Barnes

For the American silent comedy action film, see Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921 film).

1934 American film

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Directed by	Colbert Clark Armand Schaefer
Written by	Colbert Clark Sherman L. Lowe Al Martin John Rathmell Barney A. Sarecky Armand Schaefer
Produced by	Nat Levine Victor Zobel
Starring	Jack Mulhall Frankie Darro Lola Lane Julian Rivero Edwin Maxwell Jason Robards Francis McDonal
Cinematography	Ernest Miller William Nobles
Edited by	Earl Turner
Music by	Lee Zahler
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release date	June 16, 1934 (1934年06月16日)
Running time	12 chapters (210 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Burn 'Em Up Barnes is a 1934 American Pre-Code movie serial produced and distributed by Mascot Pictures, along with a feature version of the serial bearing the same title. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name.

Plot

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Cast

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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

Chapter titles

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King of the Dirt Tracks
The Newsreel Murder
The Phantom Witness
The Celluloid Clue
The Decoy Driver
The Crimson Alibi
Roaring Rails
The Death Crash
The Man Higher Up
The Missing Link
Surrounded
The Fatal Whisper

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DVD release

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Burn 'Em Up Barnes was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on November 27, 2007.^[2] A feature-length version of the serial was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on October 30, 2012, but this is not the same as the feature version originally prepared by Mascot Pictures; its origins are unknown.^[3] The 1921 silent version of the serial was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.^[3]