What is ART DECO SUPERHEROES/FLASH GORDON: ROCKETSHIP about?

“Streamline Superheroes: Art Deco in Comics and Film,” 60 min. From science fiction to skyscrapers, Art Deco set the stage for a new kind of hero. In her hour lecture, film history writer Anne Marie Kelly traces the superhero’s origins in the optimism and style of 1930s Art Deco, and follows the enduring legacy of Deco design in the superhero’s cinematic rebirth at the end of the 20th century. Who designed Flash Gordon’s spaceship? Why does Superman wear a cape? What's the connection between Gotham City and Fritz Lang's Metropolis? Don your cape and cowl, and fly to the theater as we unmask these mysteries and more. Followed by: FLASH GORDON: ROCKETSHIP, 1936, Holland Releasing, 72 min. Dir. Frederick Stephani. Condensed from the original four-hour-plus serial, ROCKETSHIP hurtles along like, well, a rocket ship!

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What is ART DECO SUPERHEROES/FLASH GORDON: ROCKETSHIP about?: “Streamline Superheroes: Art Deco in Comics and Film,” 60 min. From science fiction to skyscrapers, Art Deco set the stage for a new kind of hero. In her hour lecture, film history writer Anne Marie Kelly traces the superhero’s origins in the optimism and style of 1930s Art Deco, and follows the enduring legacy of Deco design in the superhero’s cinematic rebirth at the end of the 20th century. Who designed Flash Gordon’s spaceship? Why does Superman wear a cape? What's the connection between Gotham City and Fritz Lang's Metropolis? Don your cape and cowl, and fly to the theater as we unmask these mysteries and more. Followed by: FLASH GORDON: ROCKETSHIP, 1936, Holland Releasing, 72 min. Dir. Frederick Stephani. Condensed from the original four-hour-plus serial, ROCKETSHIP hurtles along like, well, a rocket ship!