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6.7/10   151 votes
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Director:
Dave Fleischer
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Writers:
Jerry Siegel (comic strip) and
Joe Shuster (comic strip) ...
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Release Date:
30 August 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Short more
Plot:
When the circus' animals escape and threaten disaster, Superman must taken action. full summary | add synopsis
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Superman Saves The Circus more

Cast

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Joan Alexander ... Lois Lane (voice) (uncredited)
Bud Collyer ... Clark Kent / Superman (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer ... Sideshow barker (voice) (uncredited)
Julian Noa ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
8 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | USA:Approved (PCA #3273)
Company:
Famous Studios more

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Quotes:
[first lines]
Voices: Up in the sky, look! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!
Narrator: Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to soar higher than any plane, this amazing stranger from the planet Krypton, The Man of Steel: Superman! Possessing remarkable physical strength, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth and justice, disguised as a mild-mannered newspaper reporter, Clark Kent.
[note that the opening narration in some prints is slightly different]
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Movie Connections:
Followed by Showdown (1942) more
Soundtrack:
Marche Militaire No 1 in D more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Superman Saves The Circus, 27 May 2000
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

A SUPERMAN Cartoon.

The Circus has come to town and girl reporter Lois Lane has been assigned to cover it. It's all pretty routine, until Gigantic, the huge & terrifying ape, escapes and spreads TERROR ON THE MIDWAY. With the enraged simian menacing Lois, it looks like a job for Superman...

This was another in the series of excellent cartoons Max Fleischer produced for Paramount Studio. They feature great animation and taut, fast-moving plots. Meant to be shown in movie theaters, they are miles ahead of their Saturday Morning counterparts. Bud Collyer is the voice of Superman; Joan Alexander does the honors for Lois Lane. And isn't that the voice of Jack ‘Popeye' Mercer as the first sideshow barker?

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