The Green Hornet [Movie Edition]

Ford I. Beebe

Overview

George W. Trendle's masked crime fighter The Green Hornet originated in a radio serial during the 1930s and swept up legions of fans in that venue, prior to his movie debut in 1940. Significantly, the first cinematic appearances of The Hornet didn't occur in a feature but in a couple of back-to-back movie serializations designed to transport the magic of the episodic radio format to the big screen. The first of these serials, the 13-chapter Green Hornet, appeared in 1940. Amid a city rife with crime and racketeering, newspaper editor Britt Reit (Gordon Jones of Oklahoma) dons a superhero outfit and emerges as the intrepid, hotfooted crimefighter The Green Hornet. The police mistakenly perceive the Hornet as a villain, which enables him to work outside the boundaries of the law. Assisting The Hornet is his faithful Asian sidekick/inventor, Kato (Keye Luke, the only individual in the world able to recognize the superhero's real identity. The serial appears in its full and complete version (as it originally ran theatrically) in this box set.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/11/2011
UPC:	0089859859823
Original Release:	1940
Rating:	NR
Source:	MUSIC VIDEO DIST.***
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	48,579

Special Features

Bonus: Original Feature Cut and Uncut Chapters 1 & 2 from Original Serial 'The Green Hornet'

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Green Hornet
1. The Sentinel [6:14]
2. Suspicious Murder [6:10]
3. Accusations [4:32]
4. Tunnel Catastrophe [4:37]
5. Insurance Scam [12:27]
6. Plane 2824 [8:17]
7. Air School Racket [6:39]
8. Mysterious Accidents [7:06]
9. Lefty Bates [4:16]
10. Carnival Chaos [6:56]
11. Explosive News [6:42]
12. Syndicate Takedown [9:56]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Green Hornet
   Play
   Scenes
   Extras
      Green Hornet Original Feature Cut
      Green Hornet Chapters 1 & 2 From Original Serial