serial be short subject originally show in theater in conjunction with a feature film that be relate to pulp magazine serialize fiction . know a chapter play and they be extend motion picture break into a number of segment call chapter or episode . each chapter would be screen at the same theater for one week . the serial would end with a cliffhanger and a the hero and heroine would find themselves in the late perilous situation from which there could be no escape . the audience would have to return the next week to find out how the hero and heroine would escape and battle the villain once again . serial be especially popular with child and and for many child in the first half of the 20th century and a typical saturday at the movie include a chapter of at least one serial and along with animated cartoon and newsreel and and two feature film . the golden age for serial be 1936 1945. this be one of the best of the era . zorro have be see in many film and but reed hadley ( racket squad and the undying brain ) be excellent in the role . the action be constant and and we be lead chapter by chapter to the ultimate end where we find out the identity of the evildoer . zorro triumph and a he always do .