BUSTER CRABBE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 1523
Price: $380.00
BUSTER CRABBE
B/w movie still from Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars of Crabbe, as
Flash Gordon, confronting the evil Queen Azura in her throne room, signed
"All the Best"
Inscribed photograph signed "To/Alice/All the Best/from/Buster
Crabbe". B/w, 9¾x8 overall, 9¼x7¼ image, one surface. Movie still
picturing Crabbe as Flash Gordon and Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura in the
serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938). The 13-part Flash
Gordon serial debuted in 1936. In 1938, Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars
hit the theaters, delivering 15 episodes of Earth vs. Mars excitement. The third
and final 12-part serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, was
released in 1940. In the early 1950s, the Flash Gordon serials were
televised to a new audience of youngsters just as the space age was being born.
Crabbe (1908-1983, born Clarence Linden Crabbe in Oakland,
California), who won the Gold Medal in the 400-meter swim at the 1932 Olympic
games, went on to star in over 100 adventure films, many set in outer space
(most as Flash Gordon), and the Wild West (as Billy "the Kid" Carson). In
1933, Crabbe also starred as Tarzan in the Principal Pictures 16-part serial
film. Ironically, in winning his Olympic medal, Crabbe had broken the record
set by MGM's rival Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller. Lightly creased, otherwise in
fine condition.
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