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Atom Man vs. Superman is a 1950 American film serial and the second Superman movie serial featuring Kirk Alyn, credited (as with the previous serial) only by his character name, Superman. [ 1 ] When Lex Luthor blackmails the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community, Perry White , editor of the Daily Planet assigns Lois ...
Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the Blackhawk movie serial in 1952, and Lois Lane's father Sam Lane in 1978's ...
The 1948 Superman was followed up by Atom Man vs. Superman, another 15-part serial from Columbia Pictures, the first installment of which was released in 1950. The serial featured the same main cast including Kirk Alyn as Superman, with the addition of Lyle Talbot as Lex Luthor, also known as the "Atom Man".
Kirk Alyn became the first actor to portray the hero onscreen. The production cost up to $325,000 [112] (equivalent to $4,121,000 in 2023). It was the most profitable movie serial in movie history. [113] A sequel serial, Atom Man vs. Superman, was released in 1950. For flying scenes, Superman was hand-drawn in animated form, composited onto ...
Fleischer Studios promotional model for the Superman shorts; Kirk Alyn (1948–1950) Superman; Atom Man vs. Superman; George Reeves (1951–1958, 2023) Superman and the Mole Men; Adventures of Superman; Stamp Day for Superman; The Flash (cameo, archive footage) Johnny Rockwell (1961) The Adventures of Superboy; Bob Holiday (1966–1968)
Kirk Alyn played Superman in two low-budget 1940s serials, but failed to find work afterward due to typecasting. As a result, he was relegated to voice roles, commercials, and uncredited screen roles. He later appeared as Lois Lane's father in the 1978 Superman film. [8] Alyn had Alzheimer's disease later in his life and died in 1999 at the age ...
When Katzman was casting his Superman serial for Columbia Pictures, he remembered Noel Neill's news-hawk portrayals and signed her to play Lois Lane. She played the role in the film serials Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), with Kirk Alyn portraying Superman/Clark Kent. Neill used what she saw in her father's workplace on her ...
Atom Man vs. Superman: 1950 15 Adventure Science Fiction Spencer Gordon Bennet Kirk Alyn, Lyle Talbot 44 Pirates of the High Seas: 1950 15 Action Adventure Crime: Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr Buster Crabbe: 45 Roar of the Iron Horse: 1951 15 Western Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr Jock Mahoney (as "Jock O'Mahoney") 46 Mysterious ...