The Adventures of Superman (TV series)
| Adventures of Superman | |
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| Also known as | ''Superman The Adventures of Superman'' |
| Genre |
Action/Adventure Superhero fiction |
| Created by |
Characters: Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster |
| Developed by |
Whitney Ellsworth Robert J. Maxwell |
| Starring |
George Reeves Phyllis Coates Noel Neill Jack Larson John Hamilton Robert Shayne Phillips Tead |
| Narrated by |
Bill Kennedy Charlie Lyon Jack Narz Sam Balter George Reeves |
| Theme music composer | Leon Klatzkin |
| Opening theme | Adventures of Superman Theme (Superman March) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 104 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Whitney Ellsworth (1953–1958) Bernard Luber (1951) |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
| Distributor |
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (originally Motion Pictures for Television, Inc.) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white (through 1954) Color (from 1955) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 19, 1952 – April 28, 1958 |
Whitney Ellsworth (1953–1958)
Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California on RKO-Pathé stages and the RKO Forty Acres back lot. It was sponsored by cereal manufacturer Kellogg's. The show, which was produced for first-run television syndication rather than a network, has disputed first and last air dates but are generally accepted as September 19, 1952 and April 28, 1958. The show's first two seasons (episodes 1–52, 26 titles per season) were filmed in black-and-white; seasons three through six (episodes 53–104, 13 titles per season) were filmed in color but originally telecast in black and white. Superman was not shown in color until the series was syndicated to local stations in 1965.
George Reeves played Clark Kent/Superman, with Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen, John Hamilton as Perry White, and Robert Shayne as Inspector Henderson. Phyllis Coates played Lois Lane in the first season, with Noel Neill stepping into the role in the second (1953) and later seasons. Superman battles crooks, gangsters, and other villains in the fictional city of Metropolis while masquerading "off-duty" as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent. Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, Clark's colleagues at the office, often find themselves in dangerous situations which can only be resolved with Superman's timely intervention.
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