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Auction History Result 9g181 FLASH GORDON linen 27x39 special '36 photographic blow-up, possibly 1936, Buster Crabbe Date Sold 8/18/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Special Movie Poster (measures 27" x 39 1/4" [69 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) Flash Gordon, the classic 1936 Frederick Stephani science fiction (sci-fi) serial ("The first great serial spectacle!"; "The Gigantic Serial Spectacle! 13 Chapters of Strange World Adventures"; "Syndicated by King Features"; "From Alex Raymond's famous newspaper comic strip"; "13 Thrilling Chapters!") starring Buster Crabbe (in the title role "as Flash Gordon"; the 1932 Olympic swimming champion who is most famous for this role and as "Buck Rogers" in the Universal serials), Jean Rogers ("as Dale Arden"), Charles Middleton ("as Emperor Ming" [Ming the Merciless]), Priscilla Lawson ("as Aura"), Frank Shannon ("as Dr. Zarkov"), Jack 'Tiny' Lipson (billed as "John Lipson as Vultan"), Richard Alexander ("as Prince Barin"), James Pierce, Duke Ford Jr., Theodore Lorch, and Ray 'Crash' Corrigan (as the man in the really fake ape "Orangopoid" suit!). Note that Crash Corrigan made a REALLY wise investment in the 1930s, when he bought a "gorilla suit". In many of the movies in the 1940s where there is a fake gorilla, it is played by Crash Corrigan, no doubt because he could supply the suit! Also note that this classic science fiction serial was also released in 1936, in a feature version (approximately 73 minutes, and condensed from all the separate chapters joined together). Universal created posters and lobby cards for all the chapters of the serial version, and also created additional posters and a set of lobby cards for the feature version. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that it is impossible to closely date this "poster" (more a photographic blow-up), but our best guess is that it is vintage, possibly from the 1936 first release, or possibly from a 1940s re-release. It looks very similar to "photographic blow-ups" we have seen from the late 1930s, which are on a similar type paper stock (usually mounted onto a heavy board), and there are some areas of hand tinting in the image, which is often how such photos were "colored" in the 1930s. But we are completely guessing here, so do not bid on this item unless you can accept the uncertainty as to when it is from, because we make no warranty whatsoever as to when it is from. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: poor to fair. It seems likely that the photographic blow-up was originally on a heavy board and that someone removed it, and then linenbacked it. It may have acquired some of its damage when it was mounted, and some of it may have occurred after it was linenbacked. In any case, it has many light stains scattered throughout, and many creases, tears, and small areas of paper loss around the edges, and in some places, it is completely "lifting" from the linen. Please do not bid on this item unless you can accept its MUCH lesser condition (and also the uncertainty as to its origin, as noted above). Learn More about condition grades 
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