The Shock of Recognition
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Buster Crabbe stared as Flash Gordon in the first ever space movie when he and Dr. Zarkov encountered the “Claypeople” . Looks like the “Claypeople” have returned.
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No, a Flash Gordon flick was not “the first ever space movie”.
Counterexample from 1902, “A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French adventure film directed by Georges Méliès.”
Counterexample from 1918, “Himmelskibet… a 1918 Danish film about a trip to Mars.”