It’s the debut of the Flash Gordon serial, Things to Come, and Cosmic Voyage. Lots to cover in this episode with eleven scifi films that range from adventure to space opera to mad scientists.

Mars Wants Movies is a guide to the history of science fiction film (and eventually television).

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Links for this Episode
Cosmic Voyage is available on DVD and
YouTube
   • Cosmic Voyage (1936)  
Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cosmicvo...

Flash Gordon is available on DVD and
Long Forgotten Videos YT Channel
   • FLASH GORDON (1936)  Full First Serial  
Rumble
https://rumble.com/v47h4hxflashgord...

The Invisible Ray is available on DVD

Things to Come is available on DVD and BluRay
YouTube
   • Things To Come 1936  Public Domain M...  
Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/THINGSTOC...

The DevilDoll is available on BluRay and to rent on Amazon Prime

The Macabre Trunk
YouTube
   • El Baul Macabro 1936  
The Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/elbaulm...

The Man Who Changed His Mind is available on DVD and
YouTube
   • The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)  

The Walking Dead is available on DVD and
The Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/thewalki...

Ghost Patrol is available on DVD as well as
YouTube
   • Ghost Patrol | Western (1936) | Tim M...  
Tubi TV
https://tubitv.com/movies/610903/ghos...

Trapped by Television is available on DVD and
YouTube
   • Trapped By Television (1936) MARY ASTOR  
The Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/TrappedBy...

Undersea Kingdom is available on DVD and
YouTube
   • Undersea Kingdom (1936) | Complete Se...  
The Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/UnderseaK...
Mystery Science Theater3000 from Season 4
Episode 1 of the serial
   • MST3K  Undersea Kingdom 1: Beneath t...  
Episode 2 of the serial
   • MST3K  Undersea Kingdom 2: The Under...  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Cosmic Voyage
04:56 Flash Gordon
09:08 The Invisible Ray
11:38 Things to Come
15:26 SciFi and Horror Films of 1936
21:56 Scifi Adventures and Comedies of 1936
26:09 Science Fiction Literature of 1936
28:22 Historical, Cultural, and Scientific Events
34:18 Hollywood and Beyond

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