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Forget about the ‘dirty duchess’ - the dastardly duke was the one to watch

The Daily Telegraph 30 Dec 2021

Among the many fiercely proud clans of Scotland, there are few as long-established or powerful as the Campbells of Argyllshire ... Some would argue they are practically royal ... Lord Colin was an unpopular Liberal MP ... He even employed Buster Crabb, the famed frogman who disappeared in 1956, diving in an MI6 mission around a Russian cruiser in Portsmouth ... .

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Brian Helgeland To Write Updated Buck Rogers TV Adaptation

Empire 17 Nov 2021

While word on Skydance's plan to create a new Buck Rogers movie has been pretty quiet, there's movement on Legendary's aim to bring an updated TV series based on the character to screens ... Vaughan had the job ... It became so popular that in 1939 it led to a wildly successful 12-part serial starring Buster Crabbe ... Sources Links. The Wrap . .

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Brian Helgeland to Write ‘Buck Rogers’ TV Adaptation for Legendary (Exclusive)

The Wrap 17 Nov 2021

Legendary has closed a deal with academy award winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland (“L.A. Confidential”) to rewrite the television adaptation of “Buck Rogers,” TheWrap has exclusively learned ... Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F ... It became so popular that in 1939 it led to a wildly successful 12 part serial starring Buster Crabbe.

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Notable Arkansans

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 08 Aug 2021

Other TV shows of which he directed multiple episodes in the 1950s and 1960s included "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok," starring Guy Madison and Andy Devine; "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion," with Buster Crabbe; "The Life of Riley," starring William Bendix; "The Addams ...

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An English Electric Canberra Flies Again!

War History Online 13 Jul 2021

After a three-year restoration process, the Temora Aviation Museum, Australia, has completed the successful test flight of their English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 ... (Photo Credit. Alan Wilson / Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0) ... For its first flight, test pilot Darren “Buster” Crabb was selected for the job. He said ... Pilot Mark Binskin said ... made 400. The U.S ... ....

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Reardon: My top 10 male Olympians from Hawaii

Hawaii Tribune-Herald 08 Jul 2021

Remember Eddie the Eagle ?) ... Born here, raised here, went to college here, long-time resident ? ... 1 today ) ... Buster Crabbe This Punahou product won Olympic bronze and gold, but is more known for silver the silver screen, where he played Tarzan, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon ... Crabbe also barely missed the medal stand with fourth and fifth in other races ... .

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Death, Angels & Magic: Daniel Spicer On Elvis Presley's Way Down

The Quietus 14 Jun 2021

My copy of Elvis Presley’s The 50 Greatest Hits doesn’t get played very often ... Vocal Group Classics From The Doo Wop Era ... Tom And Jerry cartoons from the 1940s and 50s, the original Flash Gordon serial from 1936 starring Buster Crabbe, and even Harold Lloyd’s silent movies from the 1920s were all routinely screened in child-friendly slots ... .

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‘Quiet Place: Part II’: Shhhh, they’re still out there

The Spokesman-Review 07 Jun 2021

Above. Emily Blunt stars in "A Quiet Place. Part II." (Photo/Paramount Pictures). Movie review. “A Quiet Place ... Playing in theaters ... An action hero, played by, say, Buster Crabbe as “Flash Gordon,” finds himself in dire peril – only to miraculously survive in the opening minutes of the following week’s episode ... .

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Backyard pool sales experienced tremendous growth during the 1950s

Johnson City Press 24 May 2021

Backyard facilities endorsed by popular actors were hot commodity ... Two popular options in the 1950s were the Buster Crabbe Swimming Pool and the Esther Williams Swimming Pool ... “Installing your Buster Crabbe pool yourself is easier than ever, thanks to ‘Unitization.’ Buster Crabbe provides all the material everything except the hole ... ....

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Flash Gordon comic strip paved way for modern superheroes

Canton Repository 29 Apr 2021

CANTON — Batman, Superman and Spider-Man comic books line the walls and fill boxes at Comics, Cards and Collectables. Other iconic characters also abound. Wonder Woman. The Flash. Iron Man. Green Lantern. Captain America, The Incredible Hulk. Aquaman ... SW, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m ... Buster Crabbe played the blond spaceman in a film series in the 1930s.

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Arizona history -April 18-24

The Dispatch 15 Apr 2021

Sunday, April 18. On this date in 1924, the Chiricahua National Monument was established ... George W.P ... On this date in 1983, Buster Crabbe, a former Olympic swimming gold medalist who went to star in movies such as “Tarzan the Fearless,” “Flash Gordon” and “Buck Rogers” in the 1930s and 1940s, died of a heart attack at his Scottsdale home at age 75 ... .

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TV show prompted memories of products, activities: How many do you remember

Statesville Record & Landmark 07 Mar 2021

Watching a recent TV episode of “American Pickers” got me reminiscing about products, TV programs, activities and such of bygone days. See how many of these you remember. If some of these are puzzling, ask your parents or grandparents ... Let the little shavers grow ... Lex Barker, Gordon Scott and Buster Crabbe played the vine-swinger when I was a kid ... .

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SpaceX Starship Nails Landing — Sort Of

The American Spectator 04 Mar 2021

It’s Wednesday, March 3, and SpaceX’s Starship Serial Number 10 (SN-10) launches from Boca Chica spaceport ... The future is here ... It wasn’t the successful “flip maneuver” achieving horizontal flight ... The mechanical static-laden thrum of the engines evoked memories of Imperial Ming spaceships of the old Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials from the 1940s ... .

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The cartoonist at Ella Cinders Ranch | Ross Eric Gibson, Local History

Santa Cruz Sentinel 01 Mar 2021

William Conselman settled in California in 1920 as Features Editor for the Los Angeles Times ... Conselman loved a play-on-words, and reversed the name Cinder-Ella into “Ella Cinders,” for the wise-cracking heroine ... They were a talented pair ... Bill Jr.’s Hollywood friendships led him to bit-parts in a couple of Buster Crabbe films ... .

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Buck Rogers: George Clooney to Exec Produce, Possibly Star in Legendary Series

IGN Insider 29 Jan 2021

According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Clooney will executive produce Buck Rogers along with his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov ... Brian K ... Buck Rogers has previously been portrayed in a 12-part serial by Buster Crabbe and in a short-lived 1950s TV series by three different actors (Earl Hammond, Kem Dibbs, and Robert Pastene) ... .