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A movie poster for the release of Chapter 4 of the 1948 serial SUPERMAN, entitled "Man Of Steel." When the last chapter ended, Clark had collapsed and the surprised Professor Leeds picked up the phone and panicked, "Get me the coroner, Clark Kent just died in my office." We are revealed in Chapter 4, that he was just rendered helpless by the meteorite Kryptonite.
KIRK ALYN
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A movie poster for the release of Chapter 6 of the 1948 serial SUPERMAN, entitled "Superman In Danger."
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Kirk Alyn with Noel Neill (Lois Lane) and Lyle Talbot (Lex Luthor) in 1950's ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN serial. Talbot previously played Commissioner Gordon in the 1949 BATMAN AND ROBIN serial and went on to be a regular on the OZZIE AND HARRIET TV series.
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The 1988 video cassette cover from the Warner Brothers release of ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN (1950). The serial starred Pierre Watkin as Perry White, Noel Neill as Lois Lane, Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen, of course Kirk Alyn as Superman and (not pictured) Lyle Talbot as Lex Luthor.
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My favorite publicity still of Kirk Alyn, and I'm not just saying that because it's autographed to me.
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Superman arrives at the window of Perry White's office to deliver some important news.
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Superman catches up on some reading in this funny publicity shot.
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Kirk Alyn
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Kirk Alyn
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One of the most unique things to be featured in both Kirk Alyn Superman serials was when The Man Of Steel was in flight he was animated. This effect was very well-done for the time and added to the fantasy of Superman.
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Kirk Alyn
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For the first serial SUPERMAN in 1948, Kirk Alyn's name was never even listed in the credits. It simply said "Superman". This was to preserve the illusion for the young movie goers of the time.
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Chapter 5 of the SUPERMAN serial, "A Job For Superman," ended with Lois in need of rescue.
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Kirk Alyn
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Trouble with a caved in mine in the SUPERMAN serial. It's only Chapter 2 ("Depths Of The Earth") and Lois is in trouble already.
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A dirty joke played on Superman in Chapter 6, "Superman In Danger," of the 1948 SUPERMAN serial. Someone put a recording of a woman screaming into a burning auto. Superman takes care of the flames with some super breath and realizes that it's all a hoax.
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Pierre Watkin (sitting) as Perry White, Kirk as "the man of tomorrow", Noel Neill as Lois and Tommy Bond as Jimmy Olsen.
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Another rescue of Lois is all in a day's work in SUPERMAN (1948).
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Kirk's Superman would smile in the face of danger. He loved to see the bullets bounce off of his chest.
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Tommy, Noel and Kirk in 1948's SUPERMAN serial.
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Pierre Watkin (as Perry White), Kirk (as Superman) and Noel (as Lois) listen close to a recent news flash in 1950's ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN.
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Superman destroys more vehicles. This one in ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN.
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Pictured here from ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN is just one of Superman's many screen entanglements with a train.
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Besides Superman, Kirk also scored big with another serial called BLACKHAWK.
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Together again! Kirk Alyn and Noel Neil, the screen's first Superman and Lois, as they appeared on the set of SUPERMAN THE MOVIE in 1978. Their cameo appearances were subsequently edited out due to the tremendous length of the movie.
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The cameos cut from the film's final release: Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill play a young Lois Lane's parents on the train in 1978's SUPERMAN THE MOVIE. The footage was finally restored for the 2001 DVD release.
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Kirk poses with one of his original Superman costumes at the Superman museum in Metropolis, Illinois.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.
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2006 DVD release containing both full length Kirk Alyn serials.