Oakman, Wheeler

Flash Gordon: Box Set (Space Soldiers/Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars/Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe) (3DVD)

All three Flash Gordon serials in one box! "Space Soldiers" (1936, 245 min., 13 episodes) - Internationally renowned polo player and Yale graduate Flash Gordon and the lovely Dale Arden are enlisted by Dr. Hans Zarkov on his quest to save Earth from being destroyed by the runaway planet Mongo. "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938, 299 min., 15 episodes) - A mysterious beam of light emanating from Mars is sucking the nitrogen from the Earth's atmosphere, and only Flash Gordon can stop it, battling Queen Azura, the Clay People of Mars, and his mortal enemy Ming the Merciless! "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940, 234 min., 12 episodes) - A rocket is dropping purple dust into the Earth's atmosphere, causing instant death! Can Flash Gordon stop the madman from Mongo while retrieving the antidote to the death dust from the frozen planet of Frigia?

Space Soldiers - Flash is enlisted to save Earth from a runaway planet. "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" - A light beam from Mars is sucking away Earth's atmosphere! "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" - A rocket is dropping deadly purple dust onto the Earth! 3-disc box set.

Robert F. Hill, Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor, Frederick Stephani

Buster Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Richard Alexander, Carol Hughes

Cult Classics 20 Movie Pack (4 DVD)

For movie buffs and collectors alike...20-movie, star-filled packs remastered on DVDs for hours of home entertainment.

Includes:
Assassin of Youth Star: Luana Walters
Chained for Life Star: Daisy and Violet Hilton
Child Bride Star: Shirley Mills
Cocaine Fiends Star: Lois January
Delinquent Daughters Star: June Carlson
Escort Girl Star: Betty Compson
The Flesh Merchant Star: Joy Reynolds
Mad Youth Star: Betty Compson
Marihuana Star: Harley Wood
Omoo-Ommo, The Shark God Star: Roy Randell
Reefer Madness Star: Kenneth Craig
The Road to Ruin Star: Helen Foster
Sex Madness Star: Vivian McGill
She Shoulda Said No Star: Lila Leeds
Slaves in Bondage Star: Lona Andre
Ten Nights in a Barroom Star: William Farnum
Terror of Tiny Town Star: Bill Curtis
Test Tube Babies Star: Dorothy Duke
Trapped By Mormons Star: Evelyn Brent
The Wages of Sin Star: Constance Worth

System Requirements:
23.7 Hours Run Time

Format: DVD MOVIE

Buck Rogers

While it lacks the baroque, fantastical quality of the previous Flash Gordon serials (which also starred Buster Crabbe), the Buck Rogers serial still exemplifies the freewheeling spirit of pulp-magazine space opera of the 1930s. Crash-landing in the Arctic in the 20th century, Buck Rogers and his sidekick Buddy Wade (Jackie Moran) use a special gas to induce suspended animation, only to be awakened 500 years later when the world is ruled by the evil Killer Kane. We are told that Kane's ascendancy is a direct result of the 20th century's failure to solve the problem of crime. But luckily, Buck Rogers is here to fight Kane's evil domination of mankind, which involves making obedient robots out of folks by strapping an "amnesia helmet" on their heads. (The helmet looks like the sawed-off end of a cheesy rocket ship, complete with fins.) Most of the episodes deal with invasion forces from the planet Saturn and whose side they're going to take, Killer Kane's or Buck's, affording plenty of opportunity for spaceships to zip back and forth, propelled by sparks and rising smoke. All the trappings and tropes of space opera abound: ray guns, space travel, villainous political figures, alien civilizations. In a way, the flaws seem quaint--the wooden acting, the cheesy costumes and sets, the flimsy space crafts, the similarity between the surface of Saturn and certain California deserts, and the way Buck needs no learning curve after traveling 500 years into the future. It's great adolescent fun. --Jim Gay

Preserved in a state of suspended animation for 500 years by the Nirvano gas in the gondola of their dirigible wrecked in the arctic ice wastes, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and Buddy (Jackie Moran) are rescued by scientists in the year 2500 to find the world under the despotic rule of Killer Kane (Anthony Warde) and his super gangsters. Using an arsenal of fantastic weapons created in Dr. Huer's (C. Montague Shaw) clandestine laboratory, the group attempts to seek aid from the planet Saturn to oust the tyrannical ruler only to find that his henchmen have already taken over control of the Prince of Saturn. After several harrowing adventures with the Zugg men, Buck and Buddy return to Earth only to be shot down, imprisoned and finally rescued to participate in a spectacular air battle to wrest control of the Universe from the sinister intergalactic despot.Approximately Released by Universal Pictures. Bonus Features: Animated Menu| Scene Selection| Photo Gallery| Bonus Serial Trailers. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 241 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1939; SRP - $19.99.

Texas Cyclone

The Phantom Empire, Vol. 1

The Phantom Empire, Vol. 2

Mickey

Keystone star Mabel Normand was tiring of the slapstick grind by 1916, but Mack Sennett managed to keep her on board by setting up a new production company for her. Personal problems, filming delays and distribution hassles held up the release of the company's first film, "Mickey," until the summer of 1918.

It proved to be a smash hit on the states-rights circuit. It's still pretty irresistible today, because it's a pure showcase for Mabel's unique charm. You just can't take your eyes off her. No wonder this film was known in the trade as "the mortgage lifter!" Organ score by Bob Vaughn.

Supplemental material: Also featured is one of Mabel's last and best Keystones, the two-reel comedy "He Did and He Didn't" (1916), co-starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Al St. John. Plus: a giant photo gallery of Mabel Normand portraits, movie posters, sheet music and production stills, accompanied by Henry Burr's 1918 recording of "Mickey," the popular theme song written as a tie-in for the film.

Slaves In Bondage

Murder in the Sky (Pilot X)

East Side Kids: Ghosts on the Loose