THE VANISHING SHADOW is a great little serial from Universal, delivered in twelve chapters of rip-roaring mayhem. Onslow Stevens stars. The show is of the usual cops vs. robbers variety with plenty of cliffhanger peril and the like, but what makes it particularly interesting are the fantastic elements, namely two major ones: an mad scientist and his walking, brawling robot that does his evil bidding - it must be one of the earliest on-screen depictions of a robot - and a device that has the power to make its wearer invisible. It's as fun as it sounds.
Review of The Vanishing Shadow
