''Burn 'Em Up Barnes'' is a 1934 American

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produced and distributed by

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, along with a feature version of the serial bearing the same title. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name.

Plot

Cast

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as Burn-'em-Up Barnes,

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d the "King of the Dirt Track" and shortly the co-owner of the ''Temple Barnes Transportation'' school bus company *

Frankie Darro Frankie Darro (born Frank Johnson, Jr.; December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles ...

as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death *

Lola Lane Lola Lane (born Dorothy Mullican; May 21, 1906 – June 22, 1981) was an American actress and one of the Lane Sisters with her sisters Leota, Rosemary, and Priscilla Lane. She appeared on Broadway and in films from the 1920s to 1940s. Early y ...

as Marjorie Temple, owner of the ''Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation'' school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil *

Julian Rivero Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, '' The Bright Shawl'', which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, Will ...

as Tony, Marjorie's bumbling

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-accented mechanic * Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren *

Jason Robards Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards received numerous accola ...

as John Drummond,

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race promoter who knows that Marjorie's land is really worth millions and will stop at nothing to get it *

Francis McDonald Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. Early years Born on August 22, 1891, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, McDonald was the son of John Francis McDonald and Catherine Ashlu ...

as Ray Ridpath,

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ous driver working for Drummond

Chapter titles

# King of the Dirt Tracks # The Newsreel Murder # The Phantom Witness # The Celluloid Clue # The Decoy Driver # The Crimson Alibi # Roaring Rails # The Death Crash # The Man Higher Up # The Missing Link # Surrounded # The Fatal Whisper _Source:

DVD release

''Burn 'Em Up Barnes'' was released on

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on November 27, 2007. A feature-length version of the serial was released on

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on October 30, 2012, but this is not the same as the feature version originally prepared by Mascot Pictures; its origins are unknown. The 1921 silent version of the serial was released on

on July 7, 2015.

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