Editing Flash Gordon (serial) (section)

==Production==
* According to Harmon and Glut, ''Flash Gordon'' had a budget of over a million dollars.<ref name="Harmon1973" /> Stedman, however, writes that it was "reportedly" US$350,000 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|0.35|1936|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name="Stedman1971" />
* Many props and other elements in the film were recycled from earlier Universal productions. The watchtower sets used in ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931) appear again as several interiors within Ming's palace. One of the large Egyptian statues seen in ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1932) is the idol of the Great God Tao. The laboratory set and a shot of the Moon rushing past Zarkov's returning rocket ship from space are from ''[[The Invisible Ray (1936 film)|The Invisible Ray]]'' (1936). Zarkov's rocket ship and scenes of dancers swarming over a gigantic idol were reused from ''[[Just Imagine (film)|Just Imagine]]'' (1930). Ming's attack on Earth is footage from old silent newsreels, and an entire dance segment is from ''The Midnight Sun'' (1927), while some of the laboratory equipment came from ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935).<ref name="Harmon1973" /> The music was also recycled from several other films, notably ''Bride of Frankenstein'', ''[[Bombay Mail (1934 film)|Bombay Mail]]'', ''[[The Black Cat (1934 film)|The Black Cat]]'' (both 1934), ''[[Werewolf of London]]'' (1935), and ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933).<ref name="Stedman1971" /> 
* Crabbe had his hair dyed blond to appear more like the comic-strip Flash Gordon. He was reportedly very self-conscious about this and kept his hat on in public at all times, even with women present. He did not like men whistling at him.<ref name="Harmon1973" /> Jean Rogers also had her hair dyed blonde prior to production, "apparently to capitalize on the popularity of [[Jean Harlow]]". Brunette was actually the natural hair color for both actors.<ref name="Harmon1973" />
* According to the reference ''The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury'' (1973) by [[Jim Harmon]] and [[Donald F. Glut|Donald Glut]], Ming's makeup and costuming were designed to resemble [[Fu Manchu]], a fictional "supervillain" popularized in earlier [[The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu|Hollywood films]] and in a [[The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu|series of novels]] first published in England in 1913.<ref name="Harmon1973" /><ref>Rohmer, Sax. ''The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu''. North Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Methuen Publishing Ltd., 1913.</ref>
* Exterior shots, such as the Earth crew's first steps on Mongo, were filmed at [[Bronson Canyon]].<ref name="Harmon1973" />