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“now, here’s a nice little cliffhanger—needs a little work, but it’s ideal for the fixer-upper…”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> i received king of the mounties vol.1 in the mail a few days ago from the good folks at the serial squadron, and you may remember my mentioning in a review of king of the forest rangers (1946) that the 1942 mounties was currently undergoing restoration at the squadron under the supervision of its founder, eric stedman.  king of the mounties is one of the few “lost” republic serials; considered an “orphan film” it exists only in partial form with 1/3 of its soundtrack and one reel of picture lost to the ravages of time. <o:p> </o:p> i was no longer able to conta...