1950 Scarce FLASH GORDON Rocket Ship Serial Movie LOBBY CARD Buster Crabbe

Description

Scarce original vintage lobby card from the 1950 rerelease of the 1936 serial
Flash Gordon
(edited together as a feature titled
Rocket Ship
), color lithography on off-white stock, 11" x 14". Light handling wear (a few tiny marginal tears and creases; 1" tear to top edge with discreet cellophane tape repair; old paper tape remnants to reverse); faint dampstain at lower left with a few small spots of skinning; two ink lines to title; still very good overall, with strong colors.
The image depicts Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) holding Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) in a tense embrace. Originally a 13-episode serial released by Universal in 1936, this screen debut of the popular science fiction comic strip character was edited into a 72-minute feature in the same year and rereleased in 1950 by Filmcraft Productions, which issued the present lobby card. The original serial was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1996.
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