Flash Gordon
Universal Pictures, 1936. U.S. one sheet poster, linen-backed. This rare poster from the 13-part science fiction serial features Chapter 7: Shattering Doom and the evil visage of Emperor Ming the Merciless (played by Charles Middleton). Based on the Alex Raymond comic-strip character, actor Buster Crabbe personified the Flash Gordon hero with his striking good looks and athletic physique. In Chapter 7, Flash survives electrocution, is revived with an electrostimulator, is threatened with a blowtorch, forced to shovel radium into a furnace, and much more, all in less than 20 minutes. Costarring Patricia Lawson and Jean Rogers, the serial installments left audiences with cliffhangers that were sure to induce them to purchase a ticket for the next chapter.
27 x 41 in.
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Universal Pictures, 1936. U.S. one sheet poster, linen-backed. This rare poster from the 13-part science fiction serial features Chapter 7: Shattering Doom and the evil visage of Emperor Ming the Merciless (played by Charles Middleton). Based on the Alex Raymond comic-strip character, actor Buster Crabbe personified the Flash Gordon hero with his striking good looks and athletic physique. In Chapter 7, Flash survives electrocution, is revived with an electrostimulator, is threatened with a blowtorch, forced to shovel radium into a furnace, and much more, all in less than 20 minutes. Costarring Patricia Lawson and Jean Rogers, the serial installments left audiences with cliffhangers that were sure to induce them to purchase a ticket for the next chapter.
27 x 41 in.
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