The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

January. 13,1936      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.

Donald Briggs as  Frank Merriwell (as Don Briggs)
Jean Rogers as  Elsie Belwood
John 'Dusty' King as  Bruce Browning (as John King)
Carla Laemmle as  Carla Rogers
Wallace Reid Jr. as  Wally Reid
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. as  Carlyle Blackwell
Sumner Getchell as  Harry
William P. Carleton as  Charles Merriwell
Walter Law as  Murray Belwood
Jack Donovan as  Coach Harding

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