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Discovery about Dr. Tito Daka's machine!


Part of the machine Dr. Tito Daka has that makes a human into a mind-controled zombie, was also used by Prof. Norton in The Undersea Kingdom serials (with Crash Corrigan) made by Republic Pictures in 1936. It even operates with the same sparks and rotating lights. But in Undersea Kingdom, it predicts & prevents earthquakes, and also picks up signals from the lost city of Atlantis (what a machine).

Anyone know if there was a partnership between these two studios back then? Or if Columbia took over some of Republic's props?

Pics of the two devices.

http://screencast.com/t/v8wu4LipPzs

http://screencast.com/t/nAKFfOAs

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