The goofy 1930s serials that inspired ‘Star Wars’

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Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon tries to prevent the abduction of Dale Arden, played by Carol Hughes in episode three of "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe."

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Based on a newspaper comic strip started in 1934 (which was in turn heavily...

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