Whatever the reason, the serials could not survive their own final cliffhanger, and they were resurrected after the mid-1950s only as occasional television reruns or curiosities.

Apr. 30—The Bush Family Home State Historic Site announced a new program coming this summer. Four movies from the 1950s will be shown in the backyard of the home. This year's theme is monster ...

At least a half dozen movie serials of the 1930s through the 1950s featured a variety of Mounties fighting baddies who evolved with the times from assay office thieves to Soviet atomic spies.