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    King of the Rocket Men is a 1949 12-chapter movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram...
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    A feature film was made from the King of the Rocket Men serial called Lost Planet Airmen, later inspiring the name of the rock group Commander Cody and...
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    Commando Cody and the third 12-chapter serial featuring the rocket-powered flying jacket and helmet introduced in King of the Rocket Men (1949). Instead...
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    jet pack in King of the Rocket Men. The same stock special effects were used in other serials. While several science fiction novels from the 1950s featured...
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    recycles the flying sequences from Republic's earlier 1949 serial King of the Rocket Men. It was later released by Republic in 1966 as the 100-minute...
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    Republic Pictures, which is actually the feature film condensation of their 1949 12-chapter serial, King of the Rocket Men. Lost Planet Airmen was directed...
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    last leading roles later in the decade, notably as the heroine in the Republic serial King of the Rocket Men (1949). In the 1950s and 1960s, Clarke played...
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    Mad scientist (category Cultural depictions of scientists)
    Fu Manchu" (Drums of Fu Manchu, Republic, 1940) "Dr. Satan" (Mysterious Doctor Satan, 1940) "Dr. Vulcan" (King of the Rocket Men, 1949) "Atom Man/Lex...
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    and the popular movie serials The Green Archer, Captain Midnight, and King of the Rocket Men. Craven's own professional resumé does not include the year...
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    the Army (1950), King of the Rocket Men (1949), and I Saw What You Did (1965). Evans was born in Madison, Virginia. In 1931, he joined the staff of WABC...
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  • Cody reuses the "rocket man" flying jacket and helmet costume, first seen in Republic's serial King of the Rocket Men (1949), to which the other Cody serials...
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    Pacific (1949) – Cagle King of the Rocket Men (1949, Serial) – Tony Dirken South of Rio (1949) – Henchman Chuck Bowers Scene of the Crime (1949) – Detective...
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    Tris Coffin (category University of Washington alumni)
    as Jeff King in Republic Pictures' King of the Rocket Men (1949), the first of three serials starring the "Rocket Man" character. During the 1940s and...
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  • Underworld, Inc. (1949, Serial) - Ambulance Thug [Ch. 3] (uncredited) King of the Rocket Men (1949, Serial) - Sparks - Henchman [Ch. 2] (uncredited) Mighty Joe...
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    from the serial King of the Rocket Men. Original title: 1 April 2000. 1956 reissue title: 1000 Years from Now Alternative title: Rocket to the Moon....
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    their "rocket man" serials (King of the Rocket Men, Radar Men from the Moon, Zombies of the Stratosphere, and Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe)...
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    A list of science fiction films released in the 1940s. These 45 films include core elements of science fiction and are widely distributed with reviews...
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  • Gray Lady Down James Remar – On the Yard Jean Reno – The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting Eric Roberts – King of the Gypsies Diana Scarwid – Pretty Baby...
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  • Ghost of Zorro, starring Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake The James Brothers of Missouri, starring Keith Richards and Noel Neill King of the Rocket Men, starring...
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    earlier serial, King of the Rocket Men, released under the title Lost Planet Airmen. After playing for several years in local bars, in 1969 the core members...
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  • distribution arm, Paramount Global Content Distribution, similar to the distribution model of, amongst other companies, Sony's Stage 6 Films or MGM's American...
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    The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. The design was based upon the rockets deployed...
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  • Innovation Publishing (category Comic book publishing companies of the United States)
    Street; and even the 1949 Republic movie serial King of the Rocket Men. Campiti brought to Innovation a number of properties he had overseen with other publishers...
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    Serial film (category History of film)
    G-Men of the Air (Universal, 1942) King of the Mounties (Republic, 1942) Overland Mail (Universal, 1942) Perils of Nyoka (Republic, 1942) Perils of the...
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  • Art Gilmore (category Presidents of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
    narrated 156 episodes of Highway Patrol with Broderick Crawford, 39 segments of Mackenzie's Raiders with Richard Carlson 41 episodes of Men of Annapolis and all...
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    Ted Adams (actor) (category United States Navy personnel of World War I)
    serials, including The Mysterious Pilot (1937), Holt of the Secret Service (1941), Daredevils of the West (1943), and King of the Rocket Men (1949). Late in...
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  • in S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939), Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (1941), and King of the Rocket Men (1949). For many years, Deluge was considered a lost film. In 1981...
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  • Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson William C. Cline, American film historian during 1960s–1990s specializing in serials (King of the Rocket Men) William R...
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  • recalled the characters creation stating: "King of the Rocket Men was a movie serial back in the 1940s. The lead character, Commando Cody, went on to more...
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    House Peters Jr. (category United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II)
    Rochelle, New York to actors House Peters, a major leading man in the silent era, and Mae King. He grew up in Beverly Hills, California and graduated from Beverly...
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