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The Story of the Flash Gordon Movie Serials
Charles Lee II Jackson
ASIN: B00N074BWS
Publisher: FuturesPast Editions (August 16, 2014)
Pages: 54

The Making of the Legendary Science Fiction Cliffhangers!Rocketing to the rescue, Flash Gordon and his friends hurtle straight into the beam of a fiendish ray-gun and are blown out of the skies! And meanwhile, beautiful young Dale Arden, eyes wide, bosom heaving, cringes at the approach of lascivious King Vultan and his shaggy pet, Urso.This cliffhanger perhaps best exemplifies what sets the "Flash Gordon" serials apart from other motion picture serials of the day: a raw, obvious, healthy (and unhealthy) sex appeal. One of the aspects that drives all three serials is Ming's lust for 'the Earthwoman" Dale Arden (and in fact, in the first serial, it seems every petty king on Mongo has the hots for pretty Dale). In fact everyone in these serials is "hot" from pretty boy with muscles, Buster Crabbe (Flash Gordon), the ravishing Jean Rogers (Dale Arden), brainy and muscular Frank Shannon ...
Amazon Rating:
4 stars from 46 ratings