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The Black Hood Republic
1941 (7 Chapters Filmed) THE BLACK HOOD was conceived by
Republic as another costumed character vehicle for Tom Tyler. Bela
Lugosi, who had
worked at Republic three years before in SOS COAST GUARD, was hired
to play the Hood's arch
enemy, Daggerface, leader of the Crimson Cult. Half of
this serial was actually filmed, however, it was unwisely used as a
counterweight during a
scene involving a vat of deadly acid, and accidentally
destroyed. Lugosi, distraught over his lost performances, was
unable to return to
work, and shooting was discontinued. Tyler said, at the time,
"I'm sick of tights, and the hero was yellow, anyway."
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