Superman (1948) Columbia Movie Serial Episode One (Part 2 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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[fieldsofheaven02]

Hi there! this is awesome! How did you get this. thanks!

[hermankatnip]

@fieldsofheaven02

You can download this serial (and many others completely legally at the public domain based archive . o r g

[davidls11]

Jor El warned the council just like Al Gore (sounds Kryptonian) warned the Republicans.

[sillyg800]

Killer Kane series

[telmawilliam]

que legal!

[taiyoutekken]

Jonathan Kent is La Bamba? XD

[Adom]

I had never seen this. Fantastic. How screwed with Earth have been if the entire population of Krypton had made it to Earth?

[TheStanbabe]

These opening scenes are based upon the radio version of"Superman's"origin.

[LovingScrubbies]

LOL It's difficult enough to open one of those old car trunks, or a hood, and Ebenezar Kent pops the spaceship hatch open in a jiffy.

( This was before the comics settled on the name Jonathan for Clark's eart dad. )

[CheapCrawler]

This is a much better serial than those batman serials.

[tomitstube]

@HCShannon ~ looks like ww2 footage.

[HCShannon]

2:55 Stock footage!