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Darkest Africa ( 1936 ) is a Republic movie serial . This was the first serial produced by ___MASK60___ and was a loose sequel to a ___MASK69___ serial called " The Lost Jungle ", also starring Clyde Beatty . Mascot , and other companies , had been taken over in 1935 by Consolidated Film Laboratories and merged to become Republic . Producer Nat Levine was formerly the owner of ___MASK69___ . Nat Levine ( July 26 , 1899  August 6 , 1989 ), was an American film producer . He produced 105 films between 1921 and 1946 . He was personal secretary to Marcus Loew , formed ___MASK69___ in 1927 , and merged Mascot with Herbert Yates ' s Republic Pictures in 1935 . The Lost Jungle ( 1934 ) is a Mascot movie serial . A semi - sequel to this serial , " Darkest Africa ", was released by ___MASK60___ in 1936 . Republic was made from a merger of several companies , including Mascot , which became the B - Western and serial production arm of the company , as well as providing them with a studio . ___MASK69___ Corporation was an American film company of the 1920s and 1930s best known for producing and distributing film serials and B - westerns . Mascot was formed in 1927 by film producer Nat Levine . In 1936 it merged with several other companies to form Republic Pictures . Orvon Grover " Gene " Autry ( September 29 , 1907  October 2 , 1998 ) was an American performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy on the radio , in movies , and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s . Autry was also owner of a television station , several radio stations in Southern California , and the Los Angeles / California / Anaheim Angels ___MASK41___ team from 1961 to 1997 . The Fighting Marines ( 1935 ) is a Mascot movie serial . It was the last serial ever produced by Mascot . The studio was bought out and merged with others to become ___MASK60___ . This new company went on to become the most famous of the serial producing studios , starting with Darkest Africa in 1936 . Future Republic Producer Franklin Adreon first became involved with serials with this production . The former regular Marine then a Marine Corps Reserve officer was a technical consultant and played the small role of Captain Holmes in the later chapters . ___MASK60___ Corporation was an American motion picture production - distribution corporation in operation from 1935 through 1959 , based in Los Angeles , California . It had studio facilities in Studio City and a movie ranch in Encino . It was best known for specializing in Westerns , movie serials , and B films emphasizing mystery and action . ___MASK60___ was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne , Gene Autry , and Roy Rogers . It was also responsible for the financing and distributing of several John Ford - directed films during the 1940s and early 1950s , and one Shakespeare film , " Macbeth " ( 1948 ) directed by Orson Welles .