The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) is a Universal movie serial based on the Frank Merriwell books by Gilbert Patten. Plot College sports hero Frank Meriwell leaves school before an impending decisive baseball game to track down his missing father and locate a fabulous lost treasure. Cast Don Briggs as Frank Merriwell Jean Rogers as Elsie Belwood John King as Bruce Browning Bentley Hewett as Daggett House Peters Jr. as House Peters Carla Laemmle as Carla Sumner Getchell as Harry Wallace Reid Jr. as Wally Herschel Mayall Jr. as Herschel Al Bridge as Henchman Black Dick Wessell as Henchman Joe Bud Osborne as Henchman Gorman Ed Cobb as Henchman Pete Sam McDaniel as Servant Jeff Walter Law as Mr. Belwood Ella Ethridge as Mrs. Merriwell William P. Carlton as Mr. Merriwell Production The Adventures of Frank Merriwell is set in 1936 instead of the 1890s of the source material. Universal combined several stories by Burt Standish to make this film. Chapter titles College Hero The Death Plunge Death at the Crossroads Wreck of the Viking Capsized in the Cataract Descending Doom Monster of the Deep The Tragic Victory Between Savage Foes Imprisoned in a Dungeon The Crash in the Chasm The Winning Play Source: See also List of American films of 1936 List of film serials by year List of film serials by studio References External links 1936 films 1936 adventure films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films based on American novels Universal Pictures film serials Films directed by Lew Landers Films set in 1936 American adventure films Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton Films about missing people 1930s American films