A Flash Gordon Extravaganza!

Flash Gordon was a big hit when it debuted as a sci-fi adventure comic strip in 1934. That year a super-cheesy 7 minute film version featuring the cool new Flash Gordon toy rocketships was shown at the Chicago World’s Fair. Then in 1936 it was made into the best-loved and most imaginative serial of all time.

Buster Crabbe as Flash with sexy Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov head for Mongo to stop Ming the Merciless from destroying Earth. It includes hawk men, shark men, dinosaurs, a horned gorilla, a lobster monster, lion men, monkey men, amazing costumes, futuristic art deco sets and lots of spaceships on wires. It was edited into a feature length movie which will be screened with the rare 1934 short plus clips from the 1980 Dino DeLaurentis trashy disco version that failed miserably to capitalize on the Star Wars craze.

Members should bring some great food for a scrumptious potluck dinner before the feature. Some bottom feeders just come for the great food! It sure beats dumpster diving!

Also stay tuned FINALLY for the LAST episode of the serial The Lost Planet from 1953! On the par with an Ed Wood movie, it’s considered the worst serial ever made with unintentionally hilarious dialogue like "How are we going to find it, it's the Lost Planet." It was the last sci-fi serial ever made…for good reason.