Legend has it that Orson Welles more or less conned studio boss Harry Cohn over the phone into making The Lady from Shanghai by grabbing the title from a nearby paperback. In any case, this is one of Welles's most fascinating works, a bizarre tale of an Irish sailor (Welles) who accompanies a beautiful woman (Rita Hayworth) and her handicapped husband (Everett Sloane) on a cruise and becomes involved in a murder plot. But never mind all that (the aforementioned legend also claims that Cohn offered a reward to anyone who could explain the plot to him). The film is really a dream of Welles's driving preoccupations both on and off-screen at the time: the elusiveness of identity, the mystique of things lost, and most of all the director's faltering marriage to Hayworth. In the tradition of male filmmakers who indirectly tell the story of their love affairs with leading ladies, Welles tells his own, photographing Hayworth as a deconstructed star, an obvious cinematic creation, thus reflecting, perhaps, a never-satisfied yearning that leads us back to the mystery of Citizen Kane. --Tom Keogh
This is the original 1938 serial film based on the comic strip Flash Gordon series starring Buster Crabbe. Another crisis is striking the Earth: a fictional chemical element called nitron is vanishing from the atmosphere causing hurricanes and other meteorological disasters. Flash and Zarkov use an airplane to take measurements only to discover that a ray-beam from Mars is the source of the nitron depletion. A comical newspaper journalist Happy Hapgood arrives on the scene to get the scoop and stows away when they together with Dale Arden leave to investigate in Zarkov's rocket ship. They discover that Azura Queen of Mars is working with Ming the Merciless their old nemesis from Mongo not dead as they had believed to conquer earth. All Martians who oppose her have been turned into clay humanoids consigned to live in a world of clay-walled caverns beneath the Martian soil. Flash Zarkov Dale and Happy take refuge from the Martians in one of these caverns and are captured by the Clay People and taken to their Clay King. From him they learn what is transpiring between Queen Azura and Ming and anxiously agree to help. Chapters Comprise: 1. New Worlds To Conquer 2. The Living Dead 3. Queen Of Magic 4. Ancient Enemies 5. The Boomerang 6. Tree-Men Of Mars 7. Symbol Of Death 8. Incense Of Forgetfulness 9. Human Bait 10. Ming The Merciless 11. The Prisoner Of Mongo 12. The Black Sapphire Of Kalu 13. The Miracle Of Magic 14. A Beast At Bay 15. An Eye For An Eye
Story of the creature with a heart two sizes too small who attempts to spoil Christmas in Whoville by dressing as Santa and stealing all 'The Who's' gifts trees and holiday foods. Special Features: Feature Commentary with Director Ron Howard Spotlight On Location Deleted Scenes Outtakes Who School Makeup Application and Design Seussiam Set Design Visual Effects Faith Hill Music Video Where are you Christmas The Grinch Theatrical Trailer Special Announcement Wendy's PSA
The complete Flash Gordon series starring Buster Crabbe this collection features Space Soldiers Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars and Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe. Space Soldiers was originally released as a serial in 1936 and was the most expensive serial ever produced. Despite the vast cost the serial proved an instant success prompting sequels in Trip To Mars (1938) and Conquers The Universe (1940). Whilst Space Soldiers and Conquers The Universe have been readily available in recent years Trip To Mars has proved elusive - until now! Includes: 1. Flash Gordon Space Soldiers Volume 1 2. Flash Gordon Space Soldiers Volume 2 3. Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars Volume 1 4. Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars Volume 2 5. Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe Volume 1 6. Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe Volume 2
Buster Crabbe stars as Flash Gordon in this classic 1930s serial presented for the first time on DVD. Humanity is doomed to destruction! A distant planet has broken its orbit and is headed straight toward the Earth. While Dr. Hans Zarkov works feverishly to finish a rocket ship of his own design internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon is a passenger on a small plane where he meets fellow passenger Dale Arden. When a meteor storm destroys their aircraft Flash and Dale bail out and land near Zarkov's ship. The great scientist enlists them to join him on his quest to save Earth and the heroic trio blasts off into space to rendezvous with the runaway planet Mongo. Featuring all 13 episodes of the exciting serial series.
This second volume of the classic Saturday morning serial featuring Buster Crabbe as the dashing Flash Gordon aided in his galactic struggle against Emperor Ming the Merciless by Dale Arden and Dr Hans Zarkov. Chapter Five: The Palace Of Terror. Chapter Six: Flaming Death. Chapter Seven: The Land Of The Death. Chapter Eight: The Fiery Abyss.
All 12 episodes of the Flash Gordon series Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe are featured on this three DVD box set. Starring Buster Crabbe as Flash with Carol Hughes as Dale and Charles Middleton as the Evil Mind the Merciless.
Planet Mongo breaks out of its orbit and is sent hurtling on a collision course with Earth. Renowned scientist Dr Zarkov builds a rocket in order to investigate the impending disaster at close quarters. He is joined on his mission by Flash Gordon and Dale Arden who have recently survived a plane crash and the three soon find there is more to planet Mongo than originally thought not least the evil ruler Emperor Ming. Based on the original Flash Gordon comic strip series Space sold
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Ming The Merciless Emperor of Mongo has unleashed his latest terrible weapon for the destruction of Earth a 'purple dust' that is killing the population. Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov take off for the planet of Mongo to confront Ming and destroy his deadly factory. Before Flash Gordon can 'conquer the universe' he must confront Ming the Rock Men and Annihilations and protect the mining for Polarite the only known antidote to the purple dust.
Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe Box Set (3 Discs)
Ming The Merciless Emperor of Mongo has unleashed his latest terrible weapon for the destruction of Earth a 'purple dust' that is killing the population. Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov take off for the planet of Mongo to confront Ming and destroy his deadly factory. Before Flash Gordon can 'conquer the universe' he must confront Ming the Rock Men and Annihilations and protect the mining for Polarite the only known antidote to the purple dust.
Stephen Dorff narrates and stars in this self-consciously hip tale of a man under pressure to direct his first film and keep his new romance going...
A mysterious plague the Purple Death ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov investigating in his spaceship finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash Dale and Zarkov this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where it so happens is found polarite antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his for
Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the American Civil War. Both Jim Hawkins and his partner in crime Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) decide to go straight but their bandit pal Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) has not quite seen the light as they have. Eventually Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers an organization
Flash battles Ming the Merciless once more in this thrilling conclusion to the sci-fi serial. Episodes include: Fighting The Fire Dragon / The Unseen Peril / In The Claws Of Tigron / Trapped In The Turret / Rocketing To Earth
Planet Mongo is hurtling through space threatening to destroy Earth. Flash Gordon and dale Arden join Dr. Zarkov on his rocket ship in an attempt to reach Mongo and divert its' course away from Earth... Episodes include: Planet In Peril / Tunnel Of Terror / Death Grip / The Sea Beast
Buster Crabbe stars as Flash Gordon in this classic 1930s serial presented for the first time on DVD. Humanity is doomed to destruction! A distant planet has broken its orbit and is headed straight toward the Earth. While Dr. Hans Zarkov works feverishly to finish a rocket ship of his own design internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon is a passenger on a small plane where he meets fellow passenger Dale Arden. When a meteor storm destroys their aircraft
Flash Gordon fights to save Earth from Ming the Merciless in four more episodes. Episodes include: The Destroying Ray / Flaming Torture / Shattering Doom / Tournament Of Death
This first volume of the classic Saturday morning serial featuring Buster Crabbe as the dashing Flash Gordon aided in his galactic struggle against Emperor Ming the Merciless by Dale Arden and Dr Hans Zarkov. Chapter One: The Purple Death. Chapter Two: Freezing Torture Chapter Three: Walking Bombs. Chapter Four: The Destroying Ray
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