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SUPERMAN SERIALS
This set has the two Superman serials from the
40's and 50's!! Both are great serials and definitely
worth several watches!!
SUPERMAN(1948)
The first serial of the Man of Steel, just entitled Superman,
stars Kirk Alyn. With a short synopsis of his origin(coming
from Krypton, Kents finding him in the rocket that brought
him from the doomed planet, and his arrival at the Daily
Planet) this quickly proceeds to his battle with The Spider
Lady. Also in this is Noel Neill, the first woman to play the
undaunted Lois Lane, and Tommy Bond as the ever faithful
Jimmy Olsen(also the first)! Kirk, Noel and Tommy do great
jobs in their roles!! Really the only drawbacks to this little
gem are the fact that it's black and white(really doesn't
bother me a great deal!), and the flying sequences which
are completely animated! Tho not top notch in animation
annals(you can certainly tell that Disney didn't help here!
lol), not too bad and done fairly seamlessly! B
From IMDb.com:
I wish to say that ten years ago on this very day I
personally met Kirk Alyn when I helped him with a
chore. He was quite elderly and frail, but still it was
an honor to meet him. So this comment is dedicated
to the memory of Kirk Alyn.
This is the first time The Man of Steel ever appeared
on the screen. And guess what? It's great all thanks
to Kirk Alyn and a cast that makes it good fun. Yeah
I grant you, the special effects are hokey, but you
don't need rock'em-sock'em visuals to make a movie,
just a great sense of pure enjoyment. Along with Kirk
there is Noel Neil as a very spunky Lois Lane. Carol
Forman makes a great villain (and a very sexy one
too) as the Spider Lady. And former Little Rascal
Tommy "Butch" Bond plays Jimmy Olsen (which in
itself is another beginning... Bond was the first person
to have ever played this role!). But it's Alyn that makes
it all great. He gives Superman a sense of real superhero
pizazz without making the Son of Krypton look pompous.
So run, or fly, out and get a copy and pop it in your
player. This is one time where your entertainment time
really does become "A job for Superman"! - atmcpnk40
Cast:
Kirk Alyn ... Superman / Clark Kent
Noel Neill ... Lois Lane
Tommy Bond ... Jimmy Olsen
Carol Forman ... Spider Lady
George Meeker ... Driller
Jack Ingram ... Anton
Pierre Watkin ... Perry White
Terry Frost ... Brock
Charles King ... Conrad [Chs. 6-15]
Charles Quigley ... Hackett [Chs. 6-15]
Herbert Rawlinson ... Graham [Chs. 3, 9-11, 13-15]
Forrest Taylor ... Leeds [Chs. 3-4]
Stephen Carr ... Morgan [Chs. 3-4]
Rusty Wescoatt ... Elton [Chs. 7-15]
Fred Aldrich ... Cop at Museum (uncredited)
Phil Arnold ... Cabbie (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey ... Wave Tracer (uncredited)
Robert Barron ... Ro-Zon (uncredited)
Roy Butler ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
James Carlisle ... Government Agent (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll ... Martha Kent (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy ... Eben Kent (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ... Dupe (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb ... Mechanic (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ... Government Agent (uncredited)
George DeNormand ... Agent with Crandall (uncredited)
Mason Alan Dinehart ... Young Clark Kent (uncredited)
Frank Ellis ... Mine Security Guard (uncredited)
William Fawcett ... Phoney News-Hawker (uncredited)
Eddie Foster ... Fred Collier (uncredited)
Jack George ... Railroad Workman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Car 1 Henchman (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton ... Prison Guard at Siren (uncredited)
Ralph Hodges ... Teenage Clark Kent (uncredited)
Reed Howes ... Jackson (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley ... Sheriff (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen ... Hawkins (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh ... Jor-El (uncredited)
Tom London ... Old-Timer at Mine (uncredited)
George Magrill ... Bank Robber (uncredited)
Knox Manning ... Narrator (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Spectator at Fire / Police Chief Forman (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman ... Dr. Fredrick Larkin (uncredited)
Eddie Parker ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Leonard Penn ... Electronics Store Owner / Henchman (uncredited)
Stanley Price ... Crandall (uncredited)
Gene Roth ... Carson (uncredited)
Charles Schaeffer ... Thug Holding Lois (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock ... Daily Planet Worker (uncredited)
Cap Somers ... Man at Mine (uncredited)
Paul Stader ... Irwin (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Man Sent for Help at RR Station (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Secretary of National Security (uncredited)
Glen Walters ... Woman at Mine (uncredited)
Luana Walters ... Lara (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver ... Metropolis University Administration Building Guard (uncredited)
Wally West ... Spectator at Fire / State Trooper (uncredited)
Al Wyatt Sr. ... Thug Holding Lois (uncredited)
Peggy Wynne ... Gloria (uncredited)
ATOM MAN VS SUPERMAN(1950)
Again Kirk Alyn plays Superman in this one, with Noel
Neill and Tommy Bond reprising their roles as Lois Lane
and Jimmy Olsen!! This is just as good as the the first
Superman serial, with Lex Luthor making his first
appearance in the Superman movie lore!! B
From IMDb.com:
There are few sequels that are ever as good as the
original. This is one of them. The only real difference
between the two is that the special effects in this one
are better. The story leaps right into the action, with
the city of Metropolis being hit by a crime wave. One
man is behind all this crime, the evil Lex Luthor.
Superman battles Lex Luthor and his alter ego the
Atom Man through 15 fun and exciting chapters.
Superman does a lot in this serial. Can he save
Metropolis from a deadly flood? Can Superman
escape the Empty Doom? Will Superman's real
identity be released to the public? Will Lois Lane
go to work for the Lex Luthor? Find out this and
more in ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN
I give it 10/10. It's perfect.
(Note: Look at the close-up shots of Kirk Alyn
flying as Superman. The 'S' on the Superman
uniform is backwards.) - mst86
Cast:
Kirk Alyn ... Superman / Clark Kent
Noel Neill ... Lois Lane
Lyle Talbot ... Luthor / The Atom Man
Tommy Bond ... Jimmy Olsen
Pierre Watkin ... Perry White
Jack Ingram ... Foster - Henchman
Don C. Harvey ... Albor (as Don Harvey)
Rusty Wescoatt ... Carl - Henchman
Terry Frost ... Baer -Henchman
Wally West ... Henchman Dorr [Chs. 1, 6, 9]
Paul Stader ... 'Killer' Lawson [Chs. 1-4] (as Paul Strader)
George Robotham ... Earl - TV Truck Cameraman-driver [Chs. 10-12]
Ernie Adams ... Oil Field Worker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Barron ... Rozan (Chief of the Council) (stock footage from original 'Superman' serial) [Ch. 7] (uncredited) (archive footage)
Stanley Blystone ... Joe Evans - Interviewee [Ch. 12] (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford ... Mr. Taylor [Ch. 6-7] (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ... Eddie - TV Truck Crewman [Chs. 10-12] (uncredited)
John Elliott ... Council Member (stock footage) [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
Frank Ellis ... Lawson's Police Escort [Ch. 1] / Phoney News Photographer [Ch. 3] (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell ... Man Observing Ship Rescue / Briggs, Chs. 2, 10 (uncredited)
William Fawcett ... Mayor of Metropolis [Ch. 7] (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston ... Thug Loading Truck [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Eddie Foster ... Chief Thug Loading Truck [Ch.1] (uncredited)
Kit Guard ... Cave Entrance Guard [Chs. 8, 14] (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Impatient Man at Bridge [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Creighton Hale ... Observer [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
John Hart ... Henchman in Car [Ch. 3] (uncredited)
Edward Hearn ... Prof. Stone [Chs. 3-4] (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Police Chief Forman [Chs. 5, 13-14] (uncredited)
Charles King ... Eavesdropping Robber at Daily Planet [Ch. 10] (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh ... Jor-El (stock footage from original 'Superman' serial) [Ch. 7] (uncredited) (archive footage)
Pierce Lyden ... Henchman Garland [Ch. 9] (uncredited)
Knox Manning ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
George Morrell ... Bank Guard [Ch. 8] (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Train Passenger [Ch. 5] (uncredited)
Eddie Parker ... Power Company Truck Driver [Ch. 9] (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser ... HQ Henchman [Ch. 2] (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... Policeman on Road [Chs. 11-12, 14] (uncredited)
Guy Teague ... Policeman at Bridge [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
Rick Vallin ... Power Company Truck Worker [Ch. 9] (uncredited)
Michael Vallon ... Council Member (stock footage) / Spectator (uncredited)
Luana Walters ... Lara (stock footage from original 'Superman' serial) [Ch. 7] (archive footage) (uncredited)
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