词条 | Flash Gordon (1954 TV series) |
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| show_name = Flash Gordon | image = fg1954tc.jpg | caption = Title card from episode "Akim the Terrible" | runtime = 0:25 | starring = {{Plainlist|
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}} | network = DuMont Television Network Syndicated | first_aired = {{Start date|1954|10|15}} | last_aired = {{End date|1955|7|15}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 39 }} Flash Gordon is a science fiction television series based on the King Features characters of the Alex Raymond-created comic strip of the same name. PlotDiverging from the storyline of the comics, the series set Flash, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov in the year 3203. As agents of the Galactic Bureau of Investigation, the team travels the galaxy in their ship the Sky Flash, battling cosmic villains under the order of Commander Paul Richards. The series proved popular with American audiences and critical response, though sparse, was positive. Flash Gordon has garnered little modern critical attention. What little there is generally dismisses the series, although there has been some critical thought devoted to its presentation of Cold War and capitalist themes. Cast
ProductionDevelopmentUniversal Studios had held the production rights to Flash Gordon but allowed them to lapse. Former Universal executives Edward Gruskin and Matty Fox struck a deal with Flash Gordon owners King Features Syndicate to produce the first 26 episodes of the series.[1] The series was produced by Gruskin and Wenzel Lüdecke.[2] Writers for Flash Gordon included Gruskin, Bruce Geller and Earl Markham. Episodes were directed by Wallace Worsley, Jr. and Gunther von Fritsch.[2] Composers Kurt Heuser and Roger Roger provided much of the original music. FilmingShooting began in May 1953, with an abandoned beer hall in Spandau serving as the principal shooting location.[3] Among the cast and crew, only the lead actors and director Worsley spoke English. Worsley would recall the production difficulties this caused: "No matter what galaxy we explored, everyone spoke with a German accent. The use of German actors who could not speak English required us to use a lot of close-ups. I would stand behind the camera, correctly positioned for the actor's look, and read his or her line; the actor would then repeat the line, mimicking my pronunciation and emphasis."[4] The series was budgeted at USD $15,000 per episode[1] on a three-day-per-episode shooting schedule. Citing salary disputes, Worsley withdrew from the project after completing the first 26 episodes. Production was moved to Marseille under the direction of Gunther von Fritsch for the 13 final episodes.[3] At that time, producer Luedecke was replaced by American producer Edward Gruskin. LocationsThe series was filmed in West Berlin[5] and Marseille[3] as a West German, French and American co-production by Intercontinental Television Films and Telediffusion.[6] BroadcastThe series aired in syndication throughout most of the U.S. but also aired on the east coast on the DuMont Television Network.[7] Episodes{{Episode table|background = #494949 |overall = |title =
Critical response and themesVariety noted that the series was from a technical standpoint "up to the demands of the script and the average viewer probably won't notice the differences in quality between this and home-grown produce".[40] Flash Gordon was immediately popular in the United States and continued to run in syndication into the early 1960s.[41]Modern critical reaction to the series has been light but largely negative. The production values are frequently derided, with the series described as "bargain-basement".[42] The televised series suffered in comparison to the earlier film serials with the television incarnation labeled "vastly inferior," lacking "good concepts and scripts" and "most of all, [lacking] Buster Crabbe, who was Flash Gordon".[43] One positive comment notes Champlin's portrayal of Dale Arden, who was transformed from the typical damsel in distress of the serials into a trained scientist and a "quick thinker who often saved [Flash and Zarkov] from perishing".[44] Film theorist Wheeler Winston Dixon, far from decrying the series for its production values, finds that "the copious [use of] stock footage and the numerous exterior sequences shot in the ruins of the bombed-out metropolis give Flash Gordon a distinctly ravaged look".[45] He writes that its international origins give the series "an interesting new cultural dimension, even a perceptible air of a split cultural identity".[3] Dixon quotes German cultural historian Mark Baker, who writes of a particular scene from the episode The Brain Machine as emblematic of this cultural split. The scene uses stock footage of a June 17, 1953 demonstration by East Berlin workers against the East German government. Soviet tanks opened fire on both demonstrators and bystanders, thus confirming East Germany's status as a Soviet puppet state in the minds of West Germans. American viewers, Baker speculates, were probably unaware of the iconic power in West Germany of the images of fleeing East Berlinners, which were used to illustrate a panic on Neptune.[46] Dixon, noting the similarities between the ideals espoused by "space operas" like Flash Gordon, Captain Video and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and American Cold War values, argues that such series were designed to instill those values into their young viewers.[47] Flash Gordon, he writes, along with its fellow space operas, "have a common, unifying theme: peace in the universe can be achieved only by dangerous efforts and the unilateral dominance of the Western powers."[41] This echoes the earlier critique of Soviet writer G. Avarin, who in the Soviet film journal Art of the Cinema had accused Gordon and other space-faring characters of being "the vanguard of a new and greater 'American imperialism'".[48] The "ravaged look" of the series, Dixon writes, "underscores the real-world stage on which the action of the space operas played".[1] Preservation statusPhysical copies of two episodes, "Escape into Time" (October 8, 1954) and "The Witch of Neptune" (March 4, 1955), are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress. A total of fourteen episodes are currently available in the public domain, both on various DVD releases[49] and on websites such as the Internet Archive:[50] Episodes 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 36, and 39. See also
Notes1. ^1 2 Dixon, p. 97 2. ^1 Dixon, p. 324 3. ^1 2 3 Dixon, p. 98 4. ^Worsley, p. 69; quoted in Dixon, p. 98 5. ^{{cite news |last=Wertz |first=Diane |title='Flash Gordon' not out of this world |work=Newsday |date=August 9, 2007 |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettell5323888aug09,0,1812139.story |accessdate=2007-12-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114144411/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettell5323888aug09%2C0%2C1812139.story |archivedate=November 14, 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^{{cite episode | title = Flash Gordon and the Planet of Death | series = Flash Gordon | airdate = 1954-10-01 | season = 1 | number = 1}} 7. ^Cook, et al. p. 46 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://epguides.com/FlashGordon%5F1954/ |title=Flash Gordon (1954) |website=Epguides.com |publisher=George Fergus |accessdate=2017-03-26}} 9. ^There are sources that incorrectly indicate that the series was broadcast as early as January 1954, c.f. Vernon, Terry (January 11, 1954). Tele-Vues. Long Beach (California) Independent, p. 16. "'FLASH GORDON', based on the famous comic strip, comes to TV as a film series on KTLA (5) Jan. 24. STEVE HOLLAND portrays "Flash."; Albuquerque Journal advertisement, p. 24 (March 1, 1954). "FOLLOW FLASH GORDON as he rockets to adventure in the first exciting episode of SPACE SOLDIERS". However, the original Universal Studios Flash Gordon serials were re-titled Space Soldiers for television syndication, c.f. Shales, Tom (August 10, 2007). p. C01. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080902249.html "'Flash Gordon' Is More Comic Than Cosmic on Sci Fi."] Washington Post. 10. ^{{cite web | title = Episode Detail: Escape Into Time - Flash Gordon | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671236 | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 11. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=673987 | title = Episode Detail: The Electro Man - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 12. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671187 | title = Episode Detail: The Vengeance of Rabeed - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 13. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671181 | title = Episode Detail: The Claim Jumpers - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 14. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=675112 | title = Episode Detail: The Dancing Death - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 15. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671180 | title = Episode Detail: The Breath of Death - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 16. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=675115 | title = Episode Detail: The Great Secret - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 17. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=673991 | title = Episode Detail: Return of the Androids - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 18. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671237 | title = Episode Detail: The Frightened King - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 19. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=675113 | title = Episode Detail: The Deadly Deception - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 20. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=673986 | title = Episode Detail: Duel Against Darkness - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 21. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671240 | title = Episode Detail: The Sound Gun - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 22. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=998772 | title = Episode Detail: The Weapon That Walked - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 23. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=675117 | title = Episode Detail: Mission to Masca - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 24. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=673990 | title = Episode Detail: The Rains of Death - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 25. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=1037650 | title = Episode Detail: The Witch of Neptune - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 26. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671241 | title = Episode Detail: The Water World Menace - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 27. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671182 | title = Episode Detail: Heat Wave - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 28. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=1070870 | title = Episode Detail: The Hunger Invasion - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 29. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=673988 | title = Episode Detail: Encounter With Evil - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 30. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=675116 | title = Episode Detail: The Matter Duplicator - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 31. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671238 | title = Episode Detail: The Micro-Man Menace - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 32. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671184 | title = Episode Detail: The Space Smugglers - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 33. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=969879 | title = Episode Detail: The Mystery of Phoros - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 34. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671239 | title = Episode Detail: The Shadowy Death - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 35. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671235 | title = Episode Detail: Death in the Negative - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 36. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=1097015 | title = Episode Detail: Flash Gordon - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 37. ^{{cite episode | title = The Subworld Revenge | episodelink = | series = Flash Gordon | airdate = July 15, 1955 | season = 1 | number = 39}} 38. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671183 | title = Episode Detail: The Law of Velorum - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 39. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201398&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=671238 | title = Episode Detail: The Skyjackers - Flash Gordon | work = TV Guide | accessdate = 2008-10-11}} 40. ^quoted in Dixon, p. 98 41. ^1 Dixon, p. 100 42. ^Bassoir, pg. 25 43. ^Harmon, et al., p. 45 44. ^Terrace, p. 46 45. ^Dixon, pp. 98–9 46. ^Dixon, p. 99 47. ^Dixon, pp. 93–4 48. ^{{cite news | last = Kasischke | first = Richard | title = Soviet Critic Blasts U. S. Spacemen As ‘Imperialists’ | work = Stevens Point Daily Journal | location = Stevens Point, Wisconsin | agency = Associated Press | page = 5 | date = February 5, 1954 }} 49. ^{{cite web|title=Classic Sci-Fi TV - 150 Episodes|url=http://www.millcreekent.com/classic-sci-fi-tv-150-episodes.html|website=Mill Creek Entertainment|accessdate=March 2, 2016}} 50. ^{{cite web|title=Classic TV : Free Movies : Download & Streaming|url=https://archive.org/details/classic_tv|website=Internet Archive|accessdate=March 2, 2016}} ReferencesBibliography
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