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The Buck Rogers appellation has become a particularly descriptive term for vertical landings of spaceships, which was the predominant mode of rocket landing envisioned in the pre-spaceflight era at the time Buck Rogers made his original appearance.
Buck Rogers is a 1939 science fiction film serial, produced by Universal Pictures. It stars Buster Crabbe (who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940) as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore , Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde . [ 1 ]
Kirk Alyn was considered for the lead as Jeff King/Rocket Man, but the part eventually went to Coffin. [5] King of the Rocket Men was budgeted at $164,984, although the final negative cost was $165,592 (a $608, or 0.4%, overspend); it was the most expensive Republic serial of 1949. The serial, Republic production number 1704, was filmed between ...
In 1929, the character was rechristened Buck Rogers and adapted into the comic strip “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D.,” published by the John F. Dille Co.
George Clooney is heading to the 25th century. Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the ...
For the first decade of his work on Buck Rogers Yager worked as a "ghost artist", which was a common practice in that era. The pages were signed by Dick Calkins, the newspaper strip's original artist, until 1943, then co-signed by Calkins & Yager until 1948. A good description of Yager's artistic technique:
George Clooney is looking to update Buck Rogers for the 21st century. The movie star, along with producing partner Grant Heslov, is set to executive-produce for Legendary a limited TV series about ...
Philip Francis Nowlan (/ ˈ n oʊ l ə n /; November 13, 1888 – February 1, 1940) was an American science fiction writer, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. [ 2 ] Biography