Chapter Eleven: King Flash!
- Studio
- Filmation Associates, King Features
- Distributor
- National Broadcasting Company
Synopsis
Flash, his memory erased, and Queen Azura board a great war chariot, drawn by two fierce dragon-like creatures, to lead the army of three-taloned, purple robed witch men into battle against Prince Barin's green-clad forest hunters and King Vultan's winged hawkmen. The witchmen crush the opposing forces and take Prince Barin and Vultan prisoner. Zarkov's scientific wizardry frustrates Queen Azura's plan to keep Flash under her spell as Gor Daahn as he restores Flash's memory. Azura's anger knows no bounds as she unleashes the monstrous fire king, talors, to stop Flash from fleeing her kingdom. With the help of one of Zarkov's wondrous ray weapons, Flash overpowers talors and escapes. As he departs Syk he is surrounded once again by Ming's forces and as the chapter closes Flash hears Ming warn him of this being their last meeting.
Characters
Flash Gordon, Dr. Zarkov, Ming, the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Queen Fria, Dale Arden, Thun, Vultan, Gremlin
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hal Sutherland, Don Towsley, Lou Zukor
Producing
- Producer
- Don Christensen
- Executive Producers
- Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer
Writing
- Writer
- Sam Peeples
- Story Editor
- Ted Pedersen
Voices
- Voice
- Robert Ridgely (Flash Gordon, Prince Barin), Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Zarkov, Ming), Diane Pershing (Dale Arden), Allan Melvin (Thun, Vultan), Melendy Britt (Princess Aura, Queen Fria), Lou Scheimer (Gremlin)
Music
- Music
- Ray Ellis, Norm Prescott
- Composers (Theme Music)
- Marc Ellis, Norm Prescott
- Music Publisher
- Shermley Music Co
- Background Music By
- Yvette Blais, Jeff Michael
Animation
- Animation Directors
- Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Gwen Wetzler, Kay Wright, Lou Zukor
- Animator
- Bob Arkwright, John Allan Armstrong, Tom Baron, Jim Brummett, Kent Butterworth, Bill Carney, John Conning, Franco Cristofani, James A. Davis, Zeon Davush, Ed De Mattia, Jaime Diaz, Jeff Etter, Chuck Eyler, Francesca Freeman, Kennetha Gaebler, John Garling, Milton Gray, Karen Haus, Barry Helmer, Larry Miller, Emory Myrick, Greg Nocon, Bill Nunes, Frank Onaitis, Jack Ozark, Tony Pabian, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, William Recinos, Virgil Ross, Don Ruch, Sonja Ruta, Ernie Schmidt, Larry Silverman, Nick Stern, Leo Sullivan, Reuben Timmins, Bob Trochim, Linn Trochim, Richard Trueblood, Bob Tyler, Dardo Velez, James T. Walker, Barry Whitebook, Larry White, Woody Yocum
- Key Layout Artist
- Carol Lundberg
- Layout Artists
- Sharon Forward, Sergio Garcia, Ed Haney, David Hoover, Richard Hoover, Mary Jorgensen, John Koch, Michael Mitchell, Phillip Norwood, Sharon Rolnik
- Layout Key Assistant
- Mike Hazy
- Assistant Animation Supervisor
- Marlene Robinson May
- Xerography Supervisor
- John Remmel
- Checking Supervisor
- Marion Turk
- Director, Animation Photography
- R.W. Pope
Art Department
- Art Direction
- Herb Hazelton
- Storyboard Artists
- Kurt Conner, John Dorman, Paul Fennell, Eddie Fitzgerald, Rich Fogel, Karl Geurs, John Grusd, Mike Joens, John Kricfalusi, Lonnie Lloyd, Tom Minton, Mitch Schauer, Wendell Washer
- Background Artists
- Barbara Benedetto, Alan Bodner, Sheila Brown, Dianne Erenberg, Vern Jorgensen, Ellen Kashan, Pat Keppler, Tom O'Loughlin, Norly Paat, Curt Perkins, Don Peters, Don Schweikert, Don Watson
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Bob Kline
- Paint Supervisors
- Alla Marshall, Val Vreeland
- Cel Painter/Xerox Checker
- Daryl Carstensen
Camera
- Cinematography
- R.W. Pope
- Camera Operators
- Patty Burns, Don Dinehart, Roncie Hantke, Dan Larsen, David J. Link, Dean G. Teves, David Valentine, F.T. Ziegler
Editing
- Editor
- James Blodgett, Earl Biddle
Sound
- Sound Effects Editor
- Robert Waxman
- Sound By
- Glen Glenn Sound
- Sound Effects Supervisor
- George Mahana
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- George Mahana
- Music Editor
- Robert Waxman
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Joseph Simon
- Film Coordinators
- Toni Christiansen, June Gilham
- Production Controller
- Robert W. Wilson
Crew
- Color Director
- Ervin L. Kaplan
- Color By
- TECHNICOLOR
Production notes
Beginning life as a comic strip character in 1934, American astronaut Flash Gordon proved to be so popular that in 1936, Universal Pictures produced a 15-episode serial about the intrepid space traveler. Further serials in the 30's and 50's cemented Gordon's reputation as America's favorite space traveler (before John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, et al).
In 1979, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon appeared, partly as a reaction to the mammoth success of 1977's Star Wars. More of an homage to the original cartoon than an actual updated 70's version, the series featured all of the original characters, including Flash' girlfriend Dale Arden and the scientist Hans Zarkov.
Flash and company had traveled to the planet Mongo, where they were forced into battle by its ruler, Ming the Merciless, and his army of robots. To help their cause, the heroes formed an alliance with King Thun, leader of the Lion People, Prince Barin, leader of Aboria, and King Vultan, ruler of the Hawkmen. The only new addition was the pet dragon Gremlin, an artist in nose-blown smoke.
A year after this series appeared, a live-action movie was released, starring Sam A. Jones, Max Van Sydow, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, and Topol (a.k.a. Tevye, from Fiddler on the Roof). The rock band Queen provided the catchy theme song ("He'll save every one of us!")
In 1986, Flash returned to TV yet again as one of four heroes on the cartoon Defenders of the Earth. This time, Flash played second banana to his son Rick, proving that old space heroes never die; they just get upstaged by their kids.
In 1979, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon appeared, partly as a reaction to the mammoth success of 1977's Star Wars. More of an homage to the original cartoon than an actual updated 70's version, the series featured all of the original characters, including Flash' girlfriend Dale Arden and the scientist Hans Zarkov.
Flash and company had traveled to the planet Mongo, where they were forced into battle by its ruler, Ming the Merciless, and his army of robots. To help their cause, the heroes formed an alliance with King Thun, leader of the Lion People, Prince Barin, leader of Aboria, and King Vultan, ruler of the Hawkmen. The only new addition was the pet dragon Gremlin, an artist in nose-blown smoke.
A year after this series appeared, a live-action movie was released, starring Sam A. Jones, Max Van Sydow, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, and Topol (a.k.a. Tevye, from Fiddler on the Roof). The rock band Queen provided the catchy theme song ("He'll save every one of us!")
In 1986, Flash returned to TV yet again as one of four heroes on the cartoon Defenders of the Earth. This time, Flash played second banana to his son Rick, proving that old space heroes never die; they just get upstaged by their kids.