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Title Max Fleischer's Superman, 1941-1942 [videorecording] / Paramount.

Imprint Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2009]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Superman    ---  DUE 01-17-15 Billed
Edition Authorized ed.
Description 2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series DC Comics originals
DC Comics originals.
System Details DVD; NTSC ; Dolby Digital, mono.; fullscreen presentation, remastered.
Language English dialogue; English and French subtitles.
Credits Produced by Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios ; films on disc 1 directed by Dave Fleisher.
Note Based on the character created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster.
"Superman: the Max Fleischer cartoon collection is intended for the adult collector and is not suitable for children"--Container.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Superman's adventures in comic books were scarcely three years old when Max Fleischer began producing these animated films for Paramount. Contains 17 theatrical shorts filmed in Technicolor, with stories steeped in heroics and wartime topicality.
Contents Disc 1. Superman (Mad scientist) (Sept. 26, 1941) -- The mechanical monsters (Nov. 28, 1941) -- Billion Dollar Limited (Jan. 9, 1942) -- Arctic giant (Fev. 27, 1942) -- The Bulleteers (March 27, 1942) -- The magnetic telescope (Apr. 24, 1942) -- Electric earthquake (May 15, 1942) -- Volcano (July 10, 1942) -- Terror on the midway (Aug. 28, 1942) -- Disc 2. The Japoteurs / direction, Seymour Kneitel (Sept. 18, 1942) -- Showdown / direction, I. Sparber (Oct. 16, 1942) -- The eleventh hour / direction, Dan Gordon (Nov. 20, 1942) -- Destruction, Inc. / direction, I Sparber (Dec. 25, 1942) -- The mummy strikes / direction, I. Sparber (Feb. 19, 1943) -- Jungle drums / direction, Dan Gordon (March 25, 1943) -- Underground world / direction, Seymour Kneitel (June 18, 1943) -- Secret agent / direction, Seymour Kneitel (July 30, 1943).
Note Special features: "First flight: the Fleischer Superman series": the origins and influence of this groundbreaking cartoon series; "The man, the myth, Superman": exploring the tradition of "Superman" heroes on the page and screen; sneak peek at DC Universe's upcoming animated feature Green Lantern.
Summary "New_August_2009 SPL_AdultMovie"
Subject Superman (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Heroes -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Genre/Form Superman films.
Animated films.
Short films.
Added Author Fleischer, Max, 1883-1972.
Fleischer, Dave, 1894-1979.
Siegel, Jerry, 1914-1996.
Shuster, Joe, 1914-1992.
Fleischer Studios Inc.
Famous Studios (Firm)
Paramount Pictures.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Added Title Superman, 1941-1942
ISBN 141987909X
9781419879098
Standard No. 883929058488
Music No. 1000090077 Warner Home Video
2000007420 Warner Home Video (disc 1)
2000007421 Warner Home Video (disc 2)

 
    
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