Transfer Quality: Superb, from an original print. New state-of-the-art HD digital transfer - Sharp as a tack! The serial is of highest interest to fans of George Reeves as it showcases the 35 year old actor in a lead role two years before he was cast as television's first Superman and appeared in the feature Superman and the Mole Men as a tryout for the part. Undoubtedly planned as a vehicle for Prince Valiant, that hero's friend was moved up to the lead role, possibly when Valiant was optioned as a feature film which appeared 6 years later. Sorceress Morgan LeFay helps Galahad battle Merlin's magic and try to recover stolen Excalibur.Īn ambitious 1949 serial shot on existing Columbia castle sets which was one of only two serials ever set in medieval times. Galahad, newly accepted at King Arthur's round table, and fellow knights fight a Saxon invasion led by Ulric (John Merton), a would-be usurper, the Black Knight. A new HD digital transfer in glorious black and white from a near-perfect original print
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