Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

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14: UNIVERSAL WEEKLY April 22, 1933 Handsome Tom Tyler and beautiful Gloria Shea have the hero and heroine roles in “Phantom o fthe Air,” Adventure Pictures fifth serial of the current season. It will lake off in a blaze of glory early in May. “PHANTOB Photo Thrills It is being photographed by John Hickson, who has had plenty of experience in photographing air pictures. He will need all of his experience to photograph this serial. One reason is because it has the fastest airship in the United States, which will be used by Tom Tyler in many scenes. This airship was flown by Colonel Roscoe Turner in the recent American air championship and it won the east-west trans-continental flight without even a close second. Colonel Roscoe Turner himself plays an important part in this serial. In addition to that, he acts as air advisor on the dangerous and thrilling air scenes with which "Phantom of the Air" will be filled to over-flowing. WHEN Adventure Pictures starts out to make a serial, it lays the ground-work by providing the greatest amount of thrills which can be packed into twelve episodes. "Phantom of the Air" is the stirring title of the fifth and final serial of this season. It stars Tom Tyler and has a new leading lady in Gloria Shea. Others in the cast are Hugh Enfield, newest discovery of Carl Laemmle, Jr., Colonel Roscoe Turner, who holds the eastwest trans-continental airplane record; William Desmond, Nelson Mc This is America’s fastest plane. Colonel Roscoe Turner won last year’s speed championship in it. It is being used for the first time in pictures in “Phantom of the Air.” Dowell, Leroy Mason and Sidney Bracey. "Phantom of the Air" has already gone into work at Universal City under the direction of Ray Taylor. This in itself is a guarantee of the high quality and thrilling nature of "Phantom of the Air." Ray Taylor has always produced results. Every episode of a Ray Taylor serial is sure to leave its audience gasping. The general preparation of this serial is of course under the immediate charge of Henry McRae, associate producer in charge of serial production at Universal City, the story by Ella O'Neill, with continuity by Basil Dickey and George Plimpton. A New Objective Every serial story has to have something to fight about. "Phantom of the Air" has plenty. The objective in this serial is a secret invention called the Contragrav. This is a newly invented device which is designed to overcome the effect of gravity as it applies to airplanes. In the hands of the hero, it is a useful invention which will save many lives and prevent many accidents which are now inevitable. In the hands of the cruel gang which is attempting to steal it, the Contragrav would surely imply the absolute control of the air by an unscruplous ring. To keep the Contragrav from falling into the hands of this powerful, merciless gang is the object of the endeavors of Tom Tyler.