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Lobby Cards (7) (11" x 14")
Fine+
FilmCraft Productions, R-1950s

This spectacular group of seven lobby cards features fantastic shots and action scenes from the 1950 theatrical re-release of "Mars Attacks the World!," starring Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Cards #2 through #7 are all unrestored in very nice condition and may exhibit a few creases in the borders while card #2 displays a repaired tear on the lower right corner in the borders only. Card #8 has been professionally linen-backed and displays a small repaired chip on the upper left corner and a small vertical area of pinpoint dots in the green background between the image of Dr. Zarkov and Flash Gordon. Fresh, bright colors and borders add to the appeal of the images.

Universal prepared a feature-length film version of their serial, "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars," which was ready for release by October 1938. When Orson Welles captivated the nation with his Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," Universal quickly renamed the feature "Mars Attacks the World." Just one week after Welles' broadcast, the film premiered as a major event at a Broadway theater. The feature's original title had been "Rocket Ship," a name later used for re-releases of the feature-length version of the first Flash Gordon serial, initially released under the same title as the serial in 1936 in the UK.

Estimate: $400 - 800