Flash Gordon (1936)

PRESS

1950

Today's Cinema vol.74 no.5944 (1 March 1950) p.12 (UK)
"(A) series of highly coloured adventures including battles with prehistoric monsters, fanged men, giant fish and the like. Subject at times may prove rather frightening to younger members of audience, but thrill and exploitation angles undeniable. Buster Crabbe makes a virile Flash and Jean Rogers has thankless role of Dale. Good example of serial entertainment."

1972

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.463 (August 1972) pp.161-162 (UK)
"(W)ith its unbridled imagination and no-nonsense efficiency, Flash Gordon captures the very essence of the American comics in a way the more recent adaptation of Batman failed to do. Perhaps at the close none but the brave will be left steadfastly booing the treacherous Ming and cheering Flash Gordon as he leaps once more to the aid of the distressed damsel ("steady, Dale!"), but even so this Thirties folly serves as a wistful and periodically exhilarating reminder of an age of innocence long lost." - David McGillivray

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009