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Buster Crabbe: A Biofilmography
Buster Crabbe's chief claim to fame, aside from his Olympic gold medal (for the 400-meter freestyle event in 1932), rests in the trio of movie serials in which he played the popular science-fiction hero Flash Gordon. Crabbe was the only actor to play the roles of Tarzan (in one movie), Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers, the top three pulp action heroes of the 1930s. Crabbe carved out a career that would also include more than 100 B-movies and program Westerns, a television adventure series, and a successful physical fitness enterprise. All of this and more is detailed in this book, which includes a complete filmography providing cast and crew information for each of his 103 feature films and serials.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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July 1, 2024
A book I bought sometime around 2014, decided to pick it up again. Buster Crabbe – Olympic gold medalist for swimming in 1932. Went on to have a career in movies (Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Westerns, as well as hosting a children's TV show and the long-running adventure series ‘Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion’. Outside of movies he also had a successful business career.
This book consists of a relatively condensed biography of only 48 pages, with the remainder of the book a complete filmography including cast and crew details for 103 of his serials and feature films. Loaded with pictures it's a good book for a true fan.
This book consists of a relatively condensed biography of only 48 pages, with the remainder of the book a complete filmography including cast and crew details for 103 of his serials and feature films. Loaded with pictures it's a good book for a true fan.
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