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1948 - 1950


SUPERMAN
1948 Serial (B/W)
Columbia Pictures
15 Chapters

ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN
1950 Serial (B/W)
Columbia Pictures
15 Chapters


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In 1948, with the success of the radio program and Paramount's animated shorts, Columbia Pictures was looking for the right actor to play Superman in live action serials. They found their man in Kirk Alyn, a then veteran actor of such movies and serials as Daughter of Don Q and Federal Agents vs. Underworld Inc.



SUPERMAN
Directors
Spencer Gordon Bennett and Thomas Carr

Producer
Sam Katzman

Screenplay
Arthur Hoerl, Lewis Clay and Royal Cole

Music by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff


Superman, Lois, and Jimmy combat an evil villian called Spider Lady. Spider Lady and her henchmen try to use Kryptonite against Superman in order to get a Relativity Reducer Ray.


"Where were you heading for? Talk fast! Speak up! Sometimes I don't know my own strength!"
-Superman apprehends two thugs.


Superman/Clark Kent....................Kirk Alyn*
Lois Lane......................................Noel Neill**
Perry White...................................Pierre Watkins
Jimmy Olsen.................................Tommy Bond


Spider Lady.............................................Carol Forman
Dr. Graham.............................................Herbert Rawlinson
Professor Leeds.......................................Forrest Taylor
Jor-El......................................................Nelson Leigh
Lara........................................................Luana Walters
Eben Kent...............................................Edward Cassidy
Sarah Kent..............................................Virginia Caroll

*Kirk Alyn later cameoed as Lois Lane's father aboard a train in Superman: The Movie.

**Noel Neill later became TV's second Lois Lane and in 1978 cameoed as Lois Lane's mother aboard a train in Superman: The Movie. Noel appeared in an episode of the 1980's television series Superboy and she also starred in the 2006 motion picture Superman Returns.


1) Superman Comes To Earth

2) Depths Of The Earth

3) The Reducer Ray

4) Man Of Steel

5) A Job For Superman

6) Superman In Danger

7) Into The Electric Furnace

8) Superman To The Rescue

9) Irresistable Force

10) Between Two Fires

11) Superman's Dilemma

12) Blast In The Depths

13) Hurled To Destruction

14) Superman At Bay

15) The Payoff



ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN
Director
Spencer Gordon Bennett

Producer
Sam Katzman

Screenplay
David Mathews, George H. Plymton and Joseph F. Poland

Music by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff


Superman saves Lois, Jimmy, Metropolis, and the Earth, from Lex Luthor's schemes involving coin tokens that transport criminals, synthetic Kryptonite, ray guns, rockets, and a Directional Cyclotron!


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Superman/Clark Kent....................Kirk Alyn
Lois Lane......................................Noel Neill
Perry White...................................Pierre Watkins
Jimmy Olsen.................................Tommy Bond
Atom Man / Luthor.........................Lyle Talbot


Foster......................................................Jack Ingram
Albor.......................................................Don C. Harvey
Carl.........................................................Rusty Wescoatt
Baer........................................................Terry Frost
Doer........................................................Wally West
Lawson....................................................Paul Strader
Earl.........................................................George Robotham
Man in the street.......................................Stanley Blystone
Mayor......................................................William Fawcett
Chief of Police...........................................Fred Kelsey
Narrator...................................................Knox Manning


1) Superman Flies Again

2) Atom Man Appears!

3) Ablaze In The Sky

4) Superman Meets Atom Man!

5) Atom Man Tricks Superman

6) Atom Man's Challenge

7) At The Mercy Of Atom Man

8) Into The Empty Doom!

9) Superman Crashes Through

10) Atom Man's Heat Ray

11) Luthor's Strategy

12) Atom Man Strikes!

13) Atom Man's Flying Saucers

14) Rocket Of Vengeance

15) Superman Saves The Universe

VHS - Each set of serials are still available for purchase on videotape at your local video store through Warner Home Video. You can occasionally find copies for sale on internet auction websites.

LD - none.

DVD - Warner Bros. has released both 15 chapter serials in a DVD box set which is available online or at various retailers.




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