Superman.

Duration: 2 reels

Genre: serial

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill

Description: Superman is sent to Earth by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as Clark Kent by a farm couple. After his foster parents die, the Man of Steel heads to Metropolis under the bespectacled guise of Kent and joins the staff of the Daily Planet in order to be close to the news.

Complete Record: SUPERMAN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 2 reels each, sd., b&w, 35mm. © Columbia Pictures Corp. Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; directors, Spencer Bennet, Thomas Carr; screenplay, Arthur Hoerl, Lewis Clay, Royal Cole; film editor, Earl Turner. Cast: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Carol Forman. 1. Superman Comes to Earth. © 15Jul48; LP1798. 2. Depths of the Earth. © 22Jul48; LP1770. 3. The Reducer Ray. © 29Jul48; LP1771. 4. Man of Steel. © 5Aug48; LP1799. 5. A Job for Superman. © 12Aug48; LP1871. 6. Superman in Danger. © 15Jul48; LP1772. 7. Into the Electric Furnace. © 26Aug48; LP1872. 8. Superman to the Rescue. © 15Jul48; LP1773. 9. Irresistible Force. © 15Jul48; LP1774. 10. Between Two Fires. © 6Sep48; LP1800. 11. Superman's Dilemma. © 6Sep48; LP1873. 12. Blast In the Depths. © 6Sep48; LP1806. 13. Hurled to Destruction. © 27Sep48; LP1822. 14. Superman at Bay. © 20Sep48; LP1868. 15. The Payoff. © 5Oct48; LP1833.

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