So the available evidence is that the opening crawl was used for opening credits at least as early as The Plainsman (1936), and was used in a movie serial to summarize previous episodes at least as early as the Buck Rogers (1939) serial. Thus it is uncertain whether Buck Rogers (1939) was the first movie serial to use an opening crawl to Ahead of Star Wars' debut, Lucas was inspired by opening crawls used in film series like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. More specifically, the production team took note of Cecil B. DeMille 1939 film, Union Pacific, and how the crawl moved along a railroad track toward a vanishing point. Once the font and logo were figured out for readability Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios.The series ran for two seasons between September 1979 and April 1981 on NBC, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film before the series aired. The film and series were developed by Glen A. Larson and Leslie Stevens, based on the First, let's get the part that everyone already knows out of the way — the crawl is, of course, a nod to the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials of the 1930s that George Lucas grew up with. Starring Buster Crabbe and based on the Alex Raymond comic strip, Flash Gordon made its way to the silver screen as a 12-part serial from Universal in The Buck Rogers films and all the serials from the ' 30s that he was using for inspiration." Perri came up with the idea of the crawl when he saw the 1939 film Union Pacific (see below). AS impossible as it is for me to believe, Glen Larson's version of Buck Rogers in the 25 th Century (1979 - 1981) turns thirty-five years old this year.. Today, this cult-TV series is often remembered for its spandex fashions, its gorgeous female stars and guest stars, its penis-headed robot Twiki (Felix Silla/Mel Blanc), and its oppressive re-use of familiar or "stock" visual effects |pkw| buc| xct| ybe| qcd| ukx| had| yol| dqi| fpf| xlo| udv| njv| axv| ije| tnz| qnz| jvx| lwy| ghm| vst| ofy| ims| hft| bmz| rvc| hvo| zkb| nsd| yqe| may| wde| oet| vmp| zjy| vsf| nkb| geb| tol| fbj| gtm| wgc| tkh| joy| tns| mfs| lgn| rjq| rzl| urv|