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| Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe |
The first six episodes of this 1940 serial chronicles the daring adventures of Flash Gordon and contains all the benchmarks of the superhero genre: universe-trotting action, a relentless soundtrack, a breakneck pace and wipe transitions.
One of the most lavish and big-budgeted serials of Hollywood's Golden Age, its sci-fi flavorings are constituted by papier mâché costumes, archaic celluloid scratch techniques and model ships suspended on strings!
Features former Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe as the square-jawed, jocular hero.
