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Cast
| Uncredited cast: | |||
| Joan Alexander | ... | Lois Lane (voice) (uncredited) | |
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Jackson Beck | ... | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bud Collyer | ... | Clark Kent / Superman (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Jack Mercer | ... | The Mad Scientist (voice) (uncredited) | |
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Julian Noa | ... | Perry White (voice) (uncredited) |
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Storyline
The Mad Scientist threatens to use his Electrothanasia-Ray to cause "total destruction" to the fools who had laughed at him. Lois Lane pilots an airplane to his mountaintop laboratory, but The Scientist has her bound and gagged before she knows it. He forces her to watch on a television screen as his ray destroys a famous bridge. Next, he uses the ray to topple over the Daily Planet, but Clark Kent changes to Superman in time to save the building and put his indestructible body in front of the ray. The Mad Scientist is thrilled at the opportunity to pit his deadly machine against the Man of Steel. Written by J. Spurlin
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 September 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$50,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Voices: Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!
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Marks the first appearance on film of the famous introduction, "Faster than a speeding bullet", etc. . . . , and of the "Look, up in the sky,", etc. . . . See more »Quotes
[first lines]Voices: Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!
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Alternate Versions
In the scene in the editor's office, when Lois Lane runs off to "follow up her lead," Clark Kent originally asked Perry White, "Don't you think that's a dangerous mission for a girl?" In most current prints, the scene is cut so that the line now ends on the word "mission." See more »Contribute to This Page
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This is the first of a series of Superman shorts done by the Fleischer Studios and the only one of the series nominated for an Oscar. The animation style is different and recognizable as Fleischer work and the cartoons hold up reasonably well, but there's nothing terrifically remarkable or special about this particular cartoon. Worth watching.