With dean cain, teri hatcher, lane smith, k callan. Print collection of the digitalfirst adventures of superman anthology series. Adventures of superman, the complete first season dvd look. They could then film all of the scenes involving the gueststar. The film was produced by barney sarecky and directed by lee sholem with the original screenplay by richard fielding a pseudonym for robert maxwell and whitney ellsworth. A few fast facts about the adventures of superman series and collection. It stars an uncredited kirk alyn billed only by his character. In addition to fighting evil, superman has a burning romance with lois lane in both of his identities. The complete 5th and 6th seasons in color 5 discs dvd at best buy.
The adventures of superman the complete first season. The complete seasons 3 and 4 2006, dvd 5 disc set lois and clark the new adventures of superman complete series 1 dvd sealed. That film featured phyllis coates as lois lane, and clark kentsuperman was played by george reeves. I have the film superman and the mole men that came with the superman film series bluray set a few years back that i plan to view. The animated series went on to almost 100 successful episodes, including follow up series, the adventures of batman and robin and the new batman adventures all released as batman. All four seasons of the 1990s american drama starring dean cain as the dc comics superhero. Shot on a low budget, it served as a trial run for the syndicated tv series adventures of superman, for. And now for the first time in the classic tv series adventures of superman, the man of steels exciting flights, fights and super heroics are presented in color. For the live action tv series known in the united kingdom as the new adventures of superman, see lois clark. Based on the comic book character created by jerry siegel and joe shuster created in 1938. Adventures of superman is an american television series based on comic book characters and concepts that jerry siegel and joe shuster created in 1938. Adventures of superman tv series 19521958 full cast. The creative team behind the emmy awardwinning batman. Rather than a screaming damsel in distress, she is a tough as nails investigative reporter, absolutely fearless in 1951.
The classic adventures of superman episodes from the 1950s starring george reeves set the tone for how many people still think of clark kent, lois lane, and jimmy olsen. But the best of this seasons episodes are arguably the best of the entire series, including the defeat of superman in which we are introduced to kryptonite, a ghost for scotland yard, the golden vulture modernday piratescumcon artists, and, best of all, panic in the sky. Gary grossman and chuck harter trade off doing commentaries on four of the episodes, and theyre interesting if not terrifically informative. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show the adventures of superman anytime, anywhere. Popular syndicated television series, consisting of 104 episodes, which originally aired from september 19 1952 to april 28 1958. Maxwell who also produced the radio version and bernard luber a veteran of hollywood serials, each first season episode screens like a classic crime movie, where danger and death lurk in the shadows. The adventures of superman the complete first season by lee. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. The oldest baby boomers of today will tell you that these early comic come to life images of supey were magical. Maxwell who also produced the radio version and bernard luber a veteran of hollywood serials, each first season episode screens like a classic crime movie. Adventures of superman tv series 19521958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This box set is well packaged and full of special features, including documentaries and the 1951 theatrical movie, superman and the mole men, starring george reeves as superman on the big screen.
Cotrona as superman, but it was shelved in 2008 and the film series was rebooted in 20 with man of steel, directed by zack snyder with henry cavill starring as superman. Various superman series by filmation bud collyer as superman and bob hastings as superboy. The complete first season was originally intended to appear in late 2004, but it was delayed, reportedly by problems in finding suitable materials, a difficulty that as of this release in october of 2005 is still an issue for the later seasons. This is the old superman series from 19521958 with george reeves as clark kent superman. Adventures of superman dvd series collection home theater forum. Adventures of superman 1952 1958 opening and closing theme. The new adventures of superman is a series of sixminute animated superman adventures produced by filmation that were broadcast on cbs from september 10, 1966, to september 5, 1970. The complete animated series only ran to 54 episodes. Considering superman was animated on cels and shot to film before being mastered to video, the animated series looks pretty spectacular. May 17, 2011 superman comes to earth superman 1948 is a 15part blackandwhite columbia film serial based on the comic book character superman. Popular syndicated television series, consisting of 104 episodes, which originally aired from. Some of the strongest episodes in the series tend to be the ones.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. This series is one my favorites tv shows then any other show i seen so get ready for powerful,wonderful,and full fun adventure on this set. Good to know that the series sets are pretty much as it was. With george reeves, noel neill, john hamilton, bill kennedy. Sep 21, 2011 this series is one my favorites tv shows then any other show i seen so get ready for powerful,wonderful,and full fun adventure on this set. Superman and the mole men is a 1951 superhero film starring george reeves as superman and phyllis coates as lois lane. Some producers hoped to string two or three episodes of a popular television series together and distribute it to movie houses as one feature as was done with.
On a scale of excellent, good, fair, and poor, adventures of superman the complete first season rates. The 68 segments appeared as part of three different programs during that time, packaged with similar shorts featuring the adventures of superboy and other dc comics superheroes. Imho, the first superman movie was the best by far of all the movies featuring the man of steel, mainly for all the same reasons i loved the tv. The show was the first television series to feature superman and began filming in 1951 in california on rko pathe stages and the rko forty acres back lot. This group is 40 files, a few being a few kilobytes of the start. The set included the fleischer animated films and i saw a few of those. The adventures of superman the complete first season by. This product can expose you to some chemicals, which is known to the state of california to cause for more information, go to. This box set is well packaged and full of special features, including documentaries and the 1951 theatrical movie, superman and the mole men, starring. Warners fivedisc set of adventures of superman, the complete first season looks fine and the episodes are transferred from good materials.
Adventures of superman has never been released as a complete set. Superman comes to earth superman 1948 is a 15part blackandwhite columbia film serial based on the comic book character superman. Hollywoodland was released in 2006, a film dramatizing the shows. This is the old superman series from 19521958 with george reeves as clark kentsuperman.
The new adventures of superman the complete season 3 dvd 2006 3. Infobox television adventures of superman is an american television series based on comic book characters and concepts that jerry siegel and joe shuster created in 1938. The man of steel fights crime with help from his friends at the daily planet. Much of the superman formula, in all forms of its media presentations, involves superman rescuing someone, either one or more of his colleagues or another person or persons. But with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men, he battles for truth and justice as superman. George reeves returns as superman aka clark kent in 26 episodes comprising seasons 3 and 4 of the program that ran six seasons total. The success of the series came as a complete surprise to the cast. Savant watched ten full shows and with only six per disc the encoding is good as well.
Adventures of superman, seasons 16 dvd 4pack the legendary man of steele, last survivor of the doomed planet krypton lives on earth, assuming the secret identity of clark kent, mildmannered reporter for the metropolis daily planet. Jun 14, 2014 a few fast facts about the adventures of superman series and collection. Since his first comic book appearance in 1938, superman has appeared in radio, television, movies, and video games each on multiple occasions, and his name, symbol, and image have appeared on products and merchandise. Adventures of superman is an american television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by jerry siegel and joe shuster. This box set is well packaged and full of special features, including documentaries and the 1951 theatrical movie, superman and the mole men, starring george. Watch the adventures of superman episodes online season.
Adventures of superman, the complete first season dvdlook. As with seasons three and four, which had short production schedules of episodes each, owing to the switch to color shooting, there are a total of 26 episodes in the fiveplatter package, with all of the bonus. This first season of adventures of superman was previously unseen by savant except through the theatrical pilot show superman and the mole men. A year later it was reeves and coates once more starring together, this time in the new television program, the adventures of superman actually, the show began filming in 1951, but didnt start to appear onair until it secured sponsorship from. Created by deborah joy levine, joe shuster, jerry siegel. The fleischer superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in technicolor by paramount pictures and based upon the comic book character superman, making them his first animated appearance they were originally produced by fleischer studios, who completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942.
Adventures of superman is an american television series based on. The show was the first television series to feature superman and began filming in 1951 in california on rkopathe stages and the rko forty acres back lot. The show was teamed with the remainder of the batman run for the new supermanbatman adventures for a year or so longer. The first superhero created for comic books, superman leaped from radio to television when the adventures of superman debuted in 1952. Adventures of superman tv series wikimili, the best. The series follows clark kent aka superman as he works as a reporter for the daily planet newspaper alongside his photographer friend jimmy olsen michael landesjustin whalin and his love interest lois lane teri hatcher. Adventures of superman tv series pop culture wiki fandom.
The classic adventures of superman episodes from the 1950s starring george reeves set the tone for how many people still think of clark kent, lois lane and jimmy olsen. Mildmannered reporter clark kent works for the metropolis daily planet. The new adventures of superman tv series sonicwb wikia. Superman and lois series starring tyler hoechlin as superman and elizabeth tulloch as lois lane. By the time i found out the series existed it was already 1959 and the 104 episodes had probably all been recycled three times in reruns. Seasons 16 dvd, 2006, 20disc set at the best online prices at ebay. The first season of the 1950s tv series, plus the feature film superman and the mole men.
Watch the adventures of superman episodes online season 1. Playing the episodes brought back a lot of good memories from a somewhat happier and definitely simpler time. The fifth and sixth seasons of the adventures of superman close out warner home videos dvd release of the series in the same grand style seen on the earlier season installments. Savant isnt big on collecting tv series the hottest thing in dvd right now but will look forward to seeing the first color season of adventures of superman when it makes it to dvd. Dec 10, 2009 im obviously in the minority here, since batman. The initial feature film, superman and the mole men, was subsequently edited into a two part. Adventures of superman season 1 the secret of superman.