Superman (1948) Columbia Movie Serial Episode One (Part 1 of 3)

Superman Comes To Earth

Superman (1948) is a 15-part black-and-white Columbia film serial based on the comic book character Superman. It stars an uncredited Kirk Alyn (billed only by his character name, Superman; but credited on the promotional posters) and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. It is notable as the first live-action appearance of Superman on film and for the longevity of its distribution. The serial was directed by Thomas Carr, who later directed many early episodes of the Superman television show, and Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzman and shot in and around Los Angeles, California. It was originally screened at movie matinées and after the first three scene-setting chapters, every episode ends in a cliffhanger. The Superman-in-flight scenes are animations, in part due to the small production budget.

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[hermankatnip]

Despite what anyone says about Kirk Alyn's portrayal of Superman, He was the first to ever play the character on screen, the original Superman, the original Clark Kent.

[DarthAzmul]

This story is classic.Its nice to see that pretty much nothing has changed about it over the years in its various incarnations.The only thing is that I never get why the Kryptonians ignored the warnings.Youd think a race with such advanced technology would have seen this coming years before.

[brendancross]

5:20 He blames Jor-El!!!!!! Why?!?!?!

[Firelogger]

Nice theme music

[streamingmadly]

Sounds a lot like the debate on global warming.

[LeonbowWildheart]

@spacepatrolman Actually, the original superman had his powers given to him by his lineage with the kryptonians. The idea was that they were way ahead in the evolutionary chain of things. This was changed of course to kryptons gravity however later on. There have been a few explanations for his powers, but around the time this was conceived id imagine that that was accepted as canon.

[spacepatrolman]

1:46 the narrator makes a mistake when he states that krypton boasts a race of supemen and women superman only has super powers when he is on earth because the earth has a yellow sun krypton a red sun in one comic superman makes a mistake and goes to a planet that has a red sun and loses his superpowers and has to fight kang a bully that steals his fruit

[spacepatrolman]

@MrJasonjewell90 she was in a lot of westerns before this and she was a singer and did some singing with george reeves who played guitar and bass

[spacepatrolman]

@fromthesidelines Coates was supposed to have her own tv series what was that going to be lois lane investigative reporter for a great metropolitan womans liberation magazine she pops up in black saddle