vintagegeekculture: Roy Bancroft in “The Purple Monster Strikes” (1945), a serial a
vintagegeekculture: Roy Bancroft in “The Purple Monster Strikes” (1945), a serial about a Martian invader who is teleported to earth and vows to steal an Earth rocket ship from a scientist to lead an invasion fleet from Mars. The serial was so popular, it got a sequel, “Flying Disc Men from Mars” (1950). Roy Bancroft wore the exact same outfit in Purple Monster in another serial, “Radar Men from the Moon” (the first with Commando Cody), so that they could splice in stock footage of him from this other serial seamlessly to save money. -- source link