Adventures of Superman (TV Series) The Wedding of Superman (1956) User Reviews

It was sweet and definitely not a nightmare

[estabansmythe · 7/10 · 15 November 2006]

Why on earth did the person referring to this episode as a nightmare even post a comment? He so obviously hates the series. Whatever. Freedom of the press reigns at IMDb.com. However, I couldn't disagree more with his assessment of the show and this episode.

"The Adventures of Superman" remains one of those luminescent bright spots in a bright, mostly happy childhood. All of us kids watched it religiously. We were glued to the tune every episode.

Face it, just about every fan, man, woman, boy and girl wanted to see the happy ending that would be a romance between Lois and Clark, aka Superman. However, we all realized that, in reality, this could never be.

"The Wedding of Superman" was quite smart in that it allowed us to live that legendary romance and keep Superman's secret at the same time.

This is the all-time favorite Superman episode of Lois Lane herself, the wonderful, beautiful Noel Neill. I can understand why.

"Lois, My Glasses!"

[thejcowboy22 · 6/10 · 8 June 2017]

What one's imagination could conger up at the tender age of 12 years old in an afternoon science class. Staring directly at the lovely Laury in her extra short mini dress. Envisioning the crush of the time to be my future bride in full wedding gown with hundreds of friends and relatives around. If only to dream. Ask any female baby boomer who was a fan of the Adventures of Superman TV series and they'll tell you that "The Wedding Of Superman" is their favorite episode. Lois (Noel Neill) is given an additional assignment from her hum drum reporters job to answer thousands of love lorn letters delivered to her Newspaper "The Daily Planet". Lois bombarded by a sack of letters has the pile delivered to her ONE room apartment which she dumps on her bed and starts to read until she falls asleep. Suddenly her alarm clock rings as she awakens to a delivery of flowers from the Man of Steel. As for her other job Lois is to testify against a couple of crooks from an earlier incident. The Crooks have a plan to knock her off but Superman saves the day and reveals his true identity to her and proclaims his love for her. The use of "Darling" and "Dear" are exchanged as this love fantasy unfolds. By today's standards this scene was sanitized and scrubbed so clean the television censors never took notice. I would have loved to see Reeves and Neill in a romantic embrace coupled with a long kissing scene wouldn't hurt either. The wedding itself was stringent. No extras No elaborate wedding gown. Just a wedding cake that ticks. The ending hits you like a tire iron to the mouth as Lois wakes up to a ringing alarm clock and a bed filled with un-opened mail. Clark Kent and Perry White show up at her door as Lois attacks Clark shouting Superman Darling! Some ask why not an ostentatious wedding in a cathedral with a cast of thousands with other superheroes in the invites but that's my imagination getting the better of me. The Superman series in those days were always shot out of order i.e. A whole seasons scenes in Perry White's office would be filmed on a Monday. On Tuesday all close up scenes for the season would be shot and so on. Meanwhile back in seventh grade science class Mrs. Lyle asked me When wind blows the most likely cause is ? I woke up from my fantasy and said,"Seeing Laury's undergarments?" A roar of laughter spewed from the 24 fellow classmates, all except Laury and Mrs. Lyle. Oh what could have been! s

Lois as a Real Human Being

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 10 February 2015]

I don't know about you, but when a series of events begin to take place after someone puts their head on a pillow, I get suspicious. Not to mention the fact that the series will go on. We have seen the lonely existence of Superman who has been used over and over to do for others, not for himself. He was born in loneliness and depended on kindness as a foundling, he would certainly desire some sort of life outside the spotlight. When Lois, inundated with her current task of reading hundreds of letters to the Advice to the Lovelorn column, falls asleep, her mind must have been filled with her own longings. She leads as lonely a life as Superman. We never see her with anyone but Clark or Jimmy, and frequently in her apartment. I'm sure that in the fifties the private lives of the characters and such things as depression weren't really of interest to the viewers, just simple adventure, but for the writers it must have been a chance to feature her in some way other than stumbling into danger. The concluding scene is really quite sad as she won't even look at the flowers that have arrived for her.

I thought it was sweet

[suze-4 · 4 October 2006]

There are only 104 episodes. This is the only one where he calls her darling and she calls him dear, so why begrudge them? In every Superman movie and in the original comic book, there is some kind of romance between Superman and Lois Lane. It had to occur at least once in this series.

My problem with it was simply that there wasn't enough romance and there wasn't even a kiss. It was too austere. If you are going to have a dream for Lois, it should be a white wedding. What was the matter with a white gown and veil? It's not as if she had been married before, or was over 50.

The worst part was the end. It totally fell apart. In her dream, Superman had confessed that he was Clark Kent and told her she must never tell anyone else. Then she goes ahead and blurts out in front of two other people "aren't you Superman?" Nice going Lois.

Then she doesn't want to know who sent her flowers in real life just in case it isn't Superman or Clark. Whoa. It doesn't ring true.

Anyway it was stilted and fake, but let's be fair, it was Lois's dream. As dreams go it was not the worst one ever shown on TV. And at least they got to embrace.

THE WEDDING CAKE WITH THE BOMB!

[tcchelsey · 10/10 · 12 September 2022]

There were a lot of ???? Question marks about this episode, especially from all of us big little kids growing up on this series, and true, it was a little too sentimental, maybe even corny at times... but.... "The Wedding of Superman" had its adventurous moments. For starters, one of the best bad guys, Milton Frome, frequently used in the series, plays a rather inventive villain who wants to do away with both nosey reporter Lois Lane and Superman. So he plants a bomb in their wedding cake! See! Still a lot of fun to watch just what happens next! This may have also inspired future episodes of BATMAN, as the caped crusader was recipient of many disguised bombs himself. Also to note, Dolores Fuller, the wife of low, low budget producer/director/writer Ed Wood, also appears in the episode in a bit part and to her credit is a very good actress. The wedding ceremony in Perry White's office is definitely one for the books --at least with the bomb ticking away! SEASON 4 EPISODE 8 dvd box set.

Loneliness, the Lovelorn and "Dear Lois"

[redryan64 · 7/10 · 1 February 2015]

EXPLORING THE VARIOUS possibilities of variation on the Superman stories presented the production team with both some interesting ideas; and at the same time, some seemingly insurmountable problems in accomplishing such lofty goals. Furthermore, the widely disparate demographics of the series' followers made the creation of a "sure fire hit" very difficult.

STORIES THAT WOULD have great appeal to the boys in the living room may be regarded as Luke warm to their sisters. Conversely, any storyline contrived for its more feminine appeal would definitely not be of interest to the boys; at least to those of pre-adolescent stages of life.

SUBJECTS THAT HAVE great interest to the fair sex (even at such an early age as grade-schoolers) would include glamour, romance, dating, marriage and even an instinctive, pre-mature, uncomprehending interest in s-e-x. On the other hand, the boys at this stage of development regard it all as a lot of M-U-S-H!!

AS FOR THE story, in the proverbial nutshell, Lois Lane (Noel Neill) has the temporary assignment of writing the advice to the lovelorn column. Her stint as the Daily Planet's answer to "Anne Landers" and company proves to be even more problematic than her usual escapades on the Police Beat.

ONE THING LEADS to another and Lois falls off into slumber-land while working on the answers to her readers' heart aches. She is awakened by the delivery of Flowers sent through FTD by the big guy, Superman (himself). This lightning fast romantic move is followed up with a proposal of marriage (how quaint). Lois does confess to Superman that she does harbor some deep and hereto for highly secretive affection for Clark Kent. Superman then tenderly explains to Lois that he and Kent are one in the same person.

ALL OF THIS incredibly shocking business comes crashing to a sudden halt when it is revealed to be a dream that Miss Lane's dormant subconscious had conjured up.

AS A SIDE-BAR to the story, this was one of three episodes which featured actor Milton Frome as a thug. It was a misguided punch from the lanky arm of Milt that literally cold cocked Noel Neill during the filming.

WELL, FEAR NOT the outcome as "Miss Lane" recovered quite handily. Miss Neill is still with us today. At age of 94 years young, she is still active; making appearances at various movie fan fests.

A bit dumb, maybe, but entertaining and inoffensive

[sssuperman-dot-com · 5/10 · 24 January 2015]

This episode was a bit pointless, silly and insipid, but it was kinda cute and there was nothing really bad about it, so I'm satisfied.

It seems they basically dropped the "two person love triangle" angle and instead had Lois smitten with both Clark and Superman (though the latter more so). It's really a lot less interesting this way, but on the other hand, Clark totally deserves Lois' love, so I'm honestly rather happy about that. (Am I the only one who thinks Clark is actually cuter than Superman? Tee hee~)

I have to say, Lois Lane comes across as a total softy and very emotional and romantic, and I prefer her as the tough, hard-nosed journalist that Phyllis Coates portrayed much more so than Noel Neill, but whatever.

Even for a dream, the villain's plain was unspeakably stupid.

Really, the biggest problem is probably just that the ending was a pointless downer.

It could have easily been much worse. Of course, it probably could've been much better too, but oh well. It was harmless, inoffensive and kinda fun, so you might as well be happy with what you've got. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm coming down hard on this episode; it really wasn't bad, and I definitely enjoyed it for what it was. It just wasn't the best.

BTW - The implication that Lois knows Superman's secret identity in her subconscious is pretty hilarious, really. Though, possibly it was just a major plot hole, but I prefer my interpretation.

Probably the goofiest episode of the series

[morefaves-64069 · 6/10 · 7 December 2019]

Not a bad episode but it was out of character and a stand alone. Pretty much the only episode whee Lois and/or Superman expressed interest in the other, and what's with Henderson having a crush on Lois? I kept thinking that Phyllis Coates would never have been able to pull this one off. She was too hard nosed and realistic.

In Your Dreams, Lois!

[ccthemovieman-1 · 5/10 · 17 February 2008]

This episode was disgusting. (I say that with a laugh.)

Sure, it was all a dream to lovesick Lois, and that was no surprise, but it still was disgusting. Imagine, Superman calling Lois Lane "darling?" He does that about five times in one minute. He even tells Lois that he and Clark Kent "are one and the same." This wasn't a dream; it was a nightmare (to us male Superman fans).

Most of the show is, of course, Lois' dream, and one can't blame her for having that kind of fantasy. What woman wouldn't want Superman? Well, I guess the show's writers had to have at least one episode geared for the ladies during the broadcast season, something to get the female viewers involved.....but, overall, this is definitely not an episode a Superman "purist" wants to see twice!

Starring Mrs. Ed Wood

[doxgwdfhvijse-1 · 21 March 2007]

The woman named Lorraine in this episode is none other than Delores Fuller, a.k.a. Mrs. Ed Wood. Ed Wood is famous for directing "Plan 9 of Outer Space" among other "bad" movies. Ms. Fuller was portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in the Johnny Depp movie. I believe the Lorraine character is Lois Lane's hairdresser that she uses before the "Wedding". Delores Fuller was also famous for being Dinah Shore's stand-in. Fuller was fired when it was discovered that she had starred in Wood's movie "Jail Bait". I just watched this episode and couldn't believe it when I saw her. I had never seen her in anything but Wood's movies and was quite surprised!

ADDENDUM: It has been brought to my attention that Delores Fuller was not married to Ed Wood, but was only his girlfriend. Sorry. I apologize for the confusion on my part.

Revisiting as an adult...

[indy-39 · 7/10 · 12 September 2022]

You know it's entirely possible that Lois Lane was my least favorite fictional character of all time...growing up in the late fifties and early sixties I preferred my heroes to be asexual (truth be told I pretty much still do)= you can't be off doing heroic things when your mind is being sidetracked by the fairer sex. So, the Lone Ranger was my favorite hero- all business. Probably the reason why I never developed a fondness for James Bond. Superman was really all we had when it came to tv superheroes, until Batman came along in the late sixties, and thank goodness the tv series really played down the "romantic" angle between Lois and Superman. This was probably my least favorite episode as a child. I recently happened to catch it again and was surprised at how good it really was. I mean it's Lois's dream and the people in the dream have logical reasons for being there. It all makes sense and that's all you can really ask, even Lois' subconscious knowledge that Kent and Superman are one in the same. The pathetic nature of Superman's (then Perry White, Inspector Henderson and even the District Attorney) mooning over Lois is really quite comical- and fifty years later pretty much rings true when it comes to women. Everyone wants to marry Lois...really. Yeah, I never met any woman who thought like that.