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unusual facts about Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere


Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere

In fact, the only robots on view are the odd fedora-wearing robots from the 1935 Gene Autry serial The Phantom Empire.


Captain Z-Ro

Modeled on the science fiction space operas popular at the time (cf. Captain Video and Space Patrol), it featured sets and costumes emulating the futuristic designs of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.

G. Emerson Cole

In those days television shows were produced live and some of the programs he worked on included The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Jackie Gleason Show, Life Begins At 80, Ford Star Time, Omnibus, Captain Video, and The Gale Storm Show.

Judd Holdren

However, he got lead roles in Purple Heart Diary (1951) co-starring Frances Langford, and Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) the serial version of the adventures of Captain Video, becoming the third actor (after Richard Coogan and Al Hodge) to assume the role of the heroic Captain.

Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers

However, there are very few premiums or toys associated with the series, as compared to its rival live space adventure series such as Captain Video, Space Patrol, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.


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