A series recreating the matinees of yesteryear, with weekly action-packed movie serial episodes plus classic (but secret) features. All on 16mm film!

This year, our home venue of 14 years lost its lease, and this was the last month of operation at that address. To commemorate the occasion and say farewell to a beloved theater, we compressed the series into a single month, offering up a buffet sampler of serial thrills and matinee fun. We called it the To-Be-Continued Edition.

Each week: a single episode from a different serial, each in a different genre. Plus, a secret feature in the same genre as that week’s serial episode.

Not one of the serial episodes has ever been shown in the 17 years of the series! From opening recap to astounding cliffhanger, you’ll plunge headlong into a thrilling adventure-in-progress, dodging punches and explosions just like the on-screen heroes!

The features are all A-list classics, not to be missed! Superhero action, exotic adventure, western drama, and alien invasions await you!

• Jan. 4: Superheroes with Captain America (1944), plus ???
• Jan. 11: Adventures with Darkest Africa (1936), plus ???
• Jan. 18: Westerns with The Devil Horse (1932), plus ???
• Jan. 25: Sci-Fi Invasions with The Purple Monster Strikes (1945), plus ???

The specific serial episodes shown were:

• Captain America, chapter 4: “Preview of Murder”
• Darkest Africa, chapter 3: “Bat-Men of Joba”
• The Devil Horse, chapter 3: “The Doom Riders”
• The Purple Monster Strikes, chapter 6: “The Demon Killer”