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Auction History Result 1a2351 MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD Danish 1938 Koppel art of Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Danish Movie Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 33 1/2" [62 x 85 cm]) (Learn More) Mars Attacks the World, the 1938 feature version of Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, the 1938 Ford Beebe & Robert F. Hill science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy sequel ("The Most Sensational Full-Length Feature in Film Thrill History!") starring Buster Crabbe (as Flash Gordon; billed as "Larry Buster Crabbe"), Jean Rogers (as Dale Arden), Charles Middleton (as Ming the Merciless), Frank Shannon (as Dr. Alexis Zarkov), Beatrice Roberts (as Azura, Queen of Mars), and Donald Kerr. Note that Universal originally chose to title this feature version "Rocket Ship", but after some marketing material was created, they changed it to "Mars Attacks the World" to capitalize on the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. Also note that there are many inaccuracies about this feature version of this serial! Some sources list "Rocket Ship" as being a feature version of the first Flash Gordon movie from 1936, but Universal legal files show that it was definitely from the second movie in 1938. Also, Filmcraft re-released this movie in 1950 under the "Mars Attacks the World" title, and it has been incorrectly stated by some (including us!) that the movie was also titled "Rocket Ship" in the 1950 re-release from Filmcraft, which it was not. The reason for all this confusion is because in the movie paper for the 1950 re-release of this movie, it shows the correct cast from 1938's "Mars Attacks the World", but it includes images from the 1936 movie "Flash Gordon", even though that wasn't what they were showing. However, the movie paper for the 1950 re-release titled "Rocket Ship" is just the reverse (it shows the cast of the 1936 "Flash Gordon", but shows images from "Mars Attacks the World", and the 1950 "Rocket Ship" was showing the 1936 "Flash Gordon"!). We are happy for this chance to set the record straight on both these matters (but we are not surprised if you find it confusing, because it IS very confusing). Finally, note that we had HEARD of the 1938 feature release as "Mars Attacks the World", but until 2022, when we were first consigned a title card and a scene card from this feature release, we had never auctioned anything from the Universal release with that title in 1938 other than stills! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Koppel Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Danish poster! We believe it is from this feature version, titled "Mars Attacks the World", rather than from the serial version, title "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars", because there is no reference to serials at all. While we could be wrong, the poster is 100% certainly from the 1938 Danish release of either the feature version or the serial version, because it has a Filmcensur stamp dated 1938-1939 in the lower right! Non-U.S. posters from before World War II from any movies like these are incredibly rare, even more so than ones from regular feature films of the same time period, which themselves are quite rare. Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. There is a large faint oval water stain in the lower right, above the title in the sky area (see our image). There are small stains below the title in the light blue area. There are pinholes in the corners and a few faint stains in the borders. This is the kind of poster that responds really well to restoration. It is likely that much or most of the faint staining can be removed chemically, and after proper restoration the poster will display really well, and it will require virtually no paint restoration anywhere on the poster! Learn More about condition grades 
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