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  FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS
Flash and Zarkov are able to enter the lab unnoticed and steal "gas masks" (spiffy clear glass tube shaped helmets with 3 cylinders in the back, presumably oxygen), but they are spotted entering the tunnel to the Clay People's vacuum tube.
Flash grapples with one of the Forest People high in the treetops and falls to the ground, where he is stunned, possibly concussed.
Flash asks the Air Marshall to stop the Nitron Squadron from attacking the Clay Caves but he pretends to have problems with the televisor, so Flash sends him and one of the Squadron pilots to the aerodrome to try to contact the Nitron Squadron from a stratosled.
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 FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940)
Flash dons the local Ruritanian uniform (not one he will wear for long) and learns he is just in time for a banquet to be held for Queen Fria of Frigia (just what you'd expect from that name and, as you'll see, location), another of Ming's enemies.
Flash is forced to tell his father that he doesn't have Zarkov or Dale with him--that they were captured by Ming, and he must go back and deal with his arch enemy.
Flash, who we know is quite strong, manages to pry a huge boulder off a cliff which smashes the lodestone, dropping it into the planet's depths, and putting an end to its magnetic pull.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe [Serial] : Review
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a bracing, dazzling movie serial, 12 chapters of nonstop action that are as entertaining today as they were in 1940.
The third serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, reflected the world of 1939-1940; in place of the Oriental robes that he wore in the first serial, Emperor Ming (Charles B. Middleton) now wears a European-style uniform cut along military lines and he employs stormtrooper-type soldiers in his attempt to conquer Mongo.
The serial's title, by the way, is explained in the final shot when Ming the Merciless declares "I am the universe!" As Zarkov explains, having defeated Ming, Flash Gordon has, thus, conquered the universe.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/12029/review.jhtml   (753 words)

  
 Serial Thrills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The serial film was born very early in the history of cinema, but its origins actually lie in the publishing industry.
Serialized stories were a popular feature of newspapers and magazines in the first decades of the 20th century.
They, too, sponsored a series of short films that would complement their latest serialized thrill yarn, but this time, each episode would end on a high point of suspense in the hopes that would drag audiences back for the next installment.
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 Flash Gordon at DVDwolf.com
Flash Gordon - Conquers The Universe (1940): The earth is dying!
Flash Gordon - The Deadly Ray From Mars (1938): The Earth is being ravaged by mysterious floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.
After blasting off in a rocket ship, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov discover that the source of the destruction is a mysterious ray emanating from the planet Mars.
www.dvdwolf.com /Reviews/F/Flash_Gordon.html   (1190 words)

  
 The Holloway Pages: Pulp Heroes: Flash Gordon
Flash's exploits were adapted for radio in 1935, and 1936 brought the first novelization of Flash's adventures, Flash Gordon in the Caverns of Mongo, along with the filming of the first of three Flash Gordon movie serials starring Buster Crabbe.
Flash, a disappointingly brunette Dale, and Dr. Zarkov, joined by the hapless Happy Hapgood, suspect that the attack is coming from Mongo, and blast off in their rocketship to thwart Ming's evil plans—but discover enroute that the ray is really coming from Mars and adjust their trajectory to land on the Red Planet.
Flash Gordon crosses swords with Ming the Merciless from the August 14, 1938 Flash Gordon comic strip, as reprinted in Flash Gordon, vol.
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 Amazon.ca: Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers: DVD: Ray Taylor,Frederick Stephani,Buster Crabbe,Jean Rogers,Charles ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In 1936, Flash Gordon was among the most popular comic strip characters in America when Universal Pictures first brought his planet-hopping exploits to the big screen in the 13-episode serial Flash Gordon, one of the most lavishly produced and wildly popular "chapter-plays" of its day.
Flash Gordon's Space Soldiers, the title of the original serial's home video release (the title was changed in the early 1950s to avoid confusion with a short-lived Flash Gordon TV series), features all 13 installments in their entirety.
Flash soon finds himself battling Ming both for the fate of the Earth and the hand of the lovely Miss Arden, though Ming's daughter, Princess Aura (Priscilla Lawson) appears to have amorous ideas of her own for Flash.
www.amazon.ca /Flash-Gordon-Soldiers-Ray-Taylor/dp/6305701172   (1689 words)

  
 FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (1940)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Flash dons the local Ruritanian uniform and discovers he is just in time for a banquet to be held for Queen Fria of Frigia, another enemy of Ming.
Flash climbs out of the pit and returns to the ship, where he picks up another device and, over Dale's protest, returns to the site of the projectile, where he plants it, putting out the flames.
Realizing that Flash will use the solarite against him, now that his friends are safely away from the palace, Ming and Torch head to the tower room in the hopes of using the auxiliary controls to shoot the solarite ship out of the sky.
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 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 twelve episode serial film about Flash Gordon.
Ming the Merciless is suspected to be behind the plague, and Flash Gordon is sent with Dr.
Plot points taken from the immediately preceding serial, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars include the Rock People as derived from the Clay People of the former, and the bringing-back-to-life of people assumed by Captain Torch to have died.
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 FLASH GORDON VIDEOS & DVD'S AT HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES
Flash, Dr. Zarkov and Dale soar off to stop the planet Mongo from barreling through space toward Earth, and face an onslaught of snags (monkey-men, vicious reptiles, Gocko, etc.) courtesy of Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton).
Flash and friends dart off to the Red Planet to clap off the lamp of Ming the Merciless, who is using it to absorb nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere, and pulverize the Tree People and Clay People into toothpicks and harmless raisins.
Flash and friends dart off to the Red Planet to clap off the lamp of Ming the Merciless, which is absorbing nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere, and pulverize the Tree People and Clay People into toothpicks and harmless raisins.
www.hollywoodteenmovies.com /ForSaleFlashGordon.html   (970 words)

  
 Flash Gordon (serials): Nostalgia
Flash’s serialized adventures were recut into a feature that same year, titled Flash Gordon: Rocketship, but anxious audiences had to wait until 1938 for a new story.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars was another space opera success, and Universal decided to bring the hero back for a third and final installment in 1940.
The three Flash Gordon adventures were some of the most elaborate serials ever filmed, entertaining audiences not only in the 1930’s and 40’s, but for years afterward on television, often recut into shorter features.
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 Flash Gordon (serial) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flash Gordon is a 1936 film serial which tells the story of three people from Earth who travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless.
It was the first of three serials based on the comic Flash Gordon.
The Flash Gordon serial was the most expensive of them all, the only serial advertised in some theaters above the name of the feature presentations, and probably the serial with the greatest attendance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Gordon_Serial   (284 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Flash, Dale, and Zarkov return to Planet Mongo to find an antidote for the Purple Death.
I loved it as a kid, and recently found a cheap DVD of the first Flash Gordon serial, edited into a wonderfully complicated hour and a half feature.
This series is worth the hasssle because it is an unmissable a five star romp.
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 Flesh Gordon
It was an erotic spoof of the Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s.
The storyline is familiar to anybody who has watched the original Flash Gordon works, but with a generally campy sexual flavor to it.
The film generally has nudity whenever possible, and the scenes are shot in a style that is nearly identical to the original fl and white Flash Gordon serials.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Flesh_gordon.php   (362 words)

  
 DVD Reviews - Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars & Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
serials were actually more popular that the features in many cases - everyone got into the act by talking to the screen, quoting favorite lines, booing the bad guys and cheering the appearance of the heroes.
series was based directly on the story told in the first year of the original comic strip, and opens with a mysterious planet rushing madly toward the Earth on a collision course.
Meanwhile, a star polo player named Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) is returning home aboard a small plane to be with his father when the end arrives.
www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/flashgordonserials.html   (2330 words)

  
 Flash Gordon: King of the Cliffhanger Serial
After three serials and film adaptations of those serials, Flash Gordon would find a home on television during its early years in the 1950s.
"Flash Gordon: Spaceship to the Unknown" The planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth!
Flash Gordon and Dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov and blast off in his rocket ship to Mongo, trying to avert worldwide destruction.
www.vintagelibrary.com /CliffhangerSerials/Flash-Gordon.html   (294 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Flash Gordon - Spaceship to the Unknown: DVD: Buster Crabbe,Jean Rogers,Charles Middleton,Priscilla ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This first of the Flash Gordon serials introduces the characters and quickly immerses them in the adventures and conflicts that audiences expected to see.
Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless, Priscilla Lawson as Princess Aura, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Richard Alexander as Prince Barin, Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as King Vultan, Theodore Lorch as High Priest, Richard Tucker as Prof.
Hensley, James Pierce as Prince Thun, Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Charles Middleton as Ming the Merciless, Priscilla Lawson as Princess Aura, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Richard Alexander as Prince Barin, Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as King Vultan, Theodore Lorch as High Priest, Richard Tucker as Prof.
www.amazon.com /Flash-Gordon-Spaceship-Buster-Crabbe/dp/B0000633SH   (1969 words)

  
 Scifilm -- Musings, "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940)
"Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940) - Serial
The third of the Flash Gordon serials does a little recasting in some of the roles; new actresses play Dale Arden and Princess Aura, and a new actor takes the role of Prince Barin.
They're not bad by any means, but I did find that they didn't look anywhere as distinctive as their predecessors in the series; therefore, I have a lot of trouble telling the characters apart in this outing.
www.scifilm.org /musings/musing204.html   (128 words)

  
 Flash Gordon (1936/I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
After 66 years "Flash Gordon" still has an appealing scifi/adventure/epic feel that many of today's science fiction adventures strive for and fail to deliver.
The only way to fully enjoy this serial is just to sit back and not pick at anything (hokey effects, dialogue, why Flash doesn't go for Princess Aura etc.).
And as for you older people who saw "Flash Gordon" back on the serial screen or on T.V. "back in the day", if you want this fine serial to remain appealing to future generations, get your kids/grandkids to watch this when they're young.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0027623   (359 words)

  
 TheVintageTheatre.com - Flash Gordon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Along with Larry "Buster" Crabbe who played Flash Gordon and Carolyn Hughes (Dale Arden), Zarkov discovered an alien spaceship, which they recognized as being from the planet Mongo.
Planet Mongo was declared the home of their old enemy, Ming the Merciless, who spread a harmful dust in the Earth's atmosphere in hopes of world domination...
Sit back, relax and enjoy 230 minutes of action and adventure with this complete 12 chapter set of this 1940 Flash Gordon Movie Serial.
www.thevintagetheatre.com /flashgordon.html   (127 words)

  
 Flash Gordon: The Peril From Planet Mongo | Plot | MTV Movies
Flash Gordon: The Peril From Planet Mongo
All-American space hero Flash Gordon (played by Larry "Buster" Crabbe) once again does battle with the devious Ming the Merciless (Charles B. Middleton) in this vintage sci-fi adventure.
Perils From the Planet Mongo was adapted from the popular 1936 serial Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe; the 12-episode serial was edited to the length of a conventional feature for sale to television in the mid-'60s.
www.mtv.com /movies/movie/87793/plot.jhtml   (373 words)

  
 pdcomedy.com - Public Domain Comedy - Classic Serial: Flash Gordon - Space Soldiers Conquer The Universe
This classic Saturday morning movie matinee serial of the 1930's may not have been intended as comedy, but then you see the space ships wobbling through the air (is that a sparkler at the back of the ship?
The serial is filled with characters and plots of perfect cartoon strip dimensions.
It's a good old fashioned adventure and at times there are more than a few plot points that made us think of
www.pdcomedy.com /Serial/FlashGordonConquersUniverse/index.html   (300 words)

  
 Flash Gordon 25th Anniversary DVD at chrisarrant.com
According to Cinematical, a 25th Anniversary edition of the movie Flash Gordon is being released soon (no word on US distribution).
It was this movie that led me to track down the old Flash Gordon strips, and then back to The Phantom and other old-time greats.
Looking back, these legends were the early 1900s comic mythology: Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Doc Savage, and others.
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 Flash Gordon Space Soldiers Conquer The Universe at The Vintage Playhouse
Flash Gordon Space Soldiers Conquer The Universe at The Vintage Playhouse
The Flash Gordon DVD Collection: Space Soldiers Conquer The Universe has been sold w/ 100% customer satisfaction!
It includes the complete Space Soldier Conquer The Universe Series including all 12 chapters on DVD.
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 Jedi Council Forums - Will The TV Series Be Like Flash Gordon/Cliffhanger Serial's???
So, we know that Flash Gordon and other serials/cliffhangers were partly the inspiration for Star Wars, so with the upcoming live action TV series, I'm wondering if George will take that inspiration to another level and have every episode end on a cliffhanger and start with a reprise of how the previous episode ended?
The darker side of the series means it will lean away from melodrama.
We'll have to wait and see if cliffhanger endings are used for the Star Wars Live Action TV Series but whatever works good for the TV Series I'll probably be for it.
boards.theforce.net /small_screen_star_wars/b10467/23010155/p1   (1456 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Flash Gordon - Space Soldiers: DVD: Buster Crabbe,Jean Rogers,Charles Middleton,Priscilla Lawson,Frank ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars DVD ~ Buster Crabbe
First tag: serial (David Podolske "Sys Admin" on Aug 1, 2006)
Serials on DVD: Chapter 1: Republic: A list by Andrew Merriman
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 Flash Gordon's Spaceship
The main spaceship for the 1936 Flash Gordon serial was originally made for a 20th Century-Fox musical in 1930!
The third serial of the series "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" has the hero Flash flying to Mongo to stop Ming from infecting Earth with a deadly plague.
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