BURN 'EM UP BARNES (1934) Jack Mulhall, Frankie Darro & Lola Lane | Action, Adventure | B&W

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.

SYNOPSIS
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.

CAST & CREW
Jack Mulhall as 'Burn-'em-'Up' Barnes
Frankie darro as Bobbie Riley
Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple
Julian Rivero as Tony
Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren
Jason Robards Sr. as John Drummond
Francis McDonald as Ray Ridpath-Henchman

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
Cinematography Ernest Miller, William Nobles
Edited by Earl Turner
Music by Lee Zahler
Distributed by Mascot Pictures
Release date June 16, 1934
Running time 12 chapters (210 minutes)
Country United States
Language English

Chapter titles
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

NOTES
Burn 'Em Up Barnes was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on November 27, 2007. 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. The 1921 silent version of the serial was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on July 7, 2015.

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