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Dale Arden is a female fictional character, the fellow-adventurer and love-interest of Flash Gordon and a prototypic heroine for later female characters, including Princess Leia in Star Wars[1]. Flash Gordon is the hero of a Science fiction adventure Comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, Leia and Princess Leia redirect here For the Blackadder character see Princess Leia of Hungary. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Flash, Dale and Dr. Hans Zarkov fight together against Ming the Merciless. Dr Hans Zarkov is a Fictional character appearing in the Flash Gordon comic strip Ming the Merciless is a Fictional character who first appeared in the Flash Gordon Comic strip in 1934
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For over 70 years Flash has been followed by his beautiful satellite, Dale Arden. She hardly had any lines in her early days, and however she is the antecedent of the unstoppable heroine of today; every time Flash was trying to keep her away from male things, all Dale needed to do was to express her horror to end up marooned alone in Mongo, or how sweet seemed to her to die by the side of the great space hero. Usually, that would suffice to get her into the adventure.
Alex Raymond’ Dale looks strangely inconsistent: heroic and cleaver at one time, selfish and childish at the other. Nevertheless, she would endure any pain –even with her life- if that would save Flash. And indeed, she saved his life several times in the comic strip.
The emperor Ming the Merciless was immediately attracted to her and the early strips were basically based on Flash’s heroic efforts to rescue Dale from the many intents of Ming to marry her.
Dale Arden in Film and Television
- Dale was first portrayed by Jean Rogers in the movie serials Flash Gordon (1936) and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938). Jean Rogers ( March 25, 1916 - February 24, 1991) was an American actress. Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were Short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a Feature Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 film serial of 15 episodes based on the comic strip Flash Gordon.
- In the 1940 serial, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, Dale was portrayed by Carol Hughes. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 twelve episode serial film about Flash Gordon.
- Irene Champlin took the role for the 1954 Flash Gordon television series. Irene Champlin (born Irene Parsons March 16, 1931 in Waurika Oklahoma, died July 10, 1990, Greenwich Connecticut Flash Gordon is a science fiction television series based on the characters of the Alex Raymond -created comic strip of the same name.
- Diane Pershing provided the voice for the character in the 1979 Filmation series. Diane Pershing, born and raised in Queens, New York, is a romance Novelist television writer and Voice actor. For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine.
- In 1980, Dale was portrayed by Melody Anderson in Flash Gordon, produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian-American Social worker and Public speaker specializing in the impact of Flash Gordon is a 1980 Science fiction film, based on the Eponymous Comic strip character Flash Gordon (Gordon Ferrao Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian In this version of the story, Dale is a travel agent.
- During the course of the 1980s Marvel animated series Defenders of the Earth, Dale (who has become a computer expert after Dr. Defenders of the Earth is an animated television series produced in the late 1980s featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate Zarkov's death) is captured and killed by Ming, but her consciousness is left trapped inside a crystal Flash uses to power the Defender's base on Earth, Monitor. It is due to this that Dale is reborn as the heart of the base, Dynak.
- Gina Holden plays Dale in the Sci Fi Channel's 2007 Flash Gordon TV series. Gina Holden (born March 17, 1975) is a Canadian actress who is currently starring in one TV show still in production Flash Gordon is a American Science fiction Television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10
Dale Arden in the SciFi Channel TV series
In this new series Dale is a news reporter who dated Flash when they were in high school. Because of his mother's poor health however, Flash was unable to go to college with her and they broke up. In the pilot episode she returns to her home town with a policeman who's her fiance. She goes to Mongo with Flash by accident and has become heavily involved in assisting Flash, Zarkov, and Baylin ever since. She uses her job as a news reporter to obtain information about open rifts or to hush up sightings of Mongo visitors. Unfortunately, her long absences because of this cause both her job and relationship with her fiance to suffer. She admits that Flash was "the best kisser she ever met" and seems very jealous when Aura slips him a love potion. Later, she tries to force him to tell her whether she or Aura was a better kisser.
Parodies
- In the 1974 adult film spoof Flesh Gordon, the character is renamed Dale Ardor and is played by Cindy Hopkins aka Suzanne Fields. Flesh Gordon is a 1974 science fiction and comedy adventure film
References
- ^ Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema, Yvonne Tasker
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