SUPERMAN Part 1

Fleischer Studios
1. Superman (a.k.a. The Mad Scientist)
2. Billion Dollar Limited
3. The Arctic Giant

SUPERMAN is the first in the series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Also known as THE MAD SCIENTIST, Superman was produced by Fleischer Studios and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1941. Superman ranked number 33 in a list of the fifty greatest cartoons of all time sourced from a 1994 poll of 1000 animation professionals, and was nominated for the 1942 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject.
CAST
Bud Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent
Joan Alexander as Lois Lane
Julian Noa as Perry White
Jack Mercer as the Mad Scientist
Jackson Beck as the Narrator, Radio Newscaster

BILLION DOLLAR LIMITED is the third of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, Billion Dollar Limited centers on a train carrying one billion dollars in gold to the US mint, which is sabotaged by robbers before Superman intervenes. The short was released by Paramount Pictures on January 9, 1942.
CAST
Bud Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent, Conductor, Gangster
Joan Alexander as Lois Lane
Jackson Beck as the Narrator

THE ARCTIC GIANT is the fourth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This animated short was created by Fleischer Studios. The story runs nine minutes and covers Superman’s adventures defeating a Godzilla-like monster that terrorizes the city. It was originally released 26 February 1942.
CAST
Bud Collyer as Superman/Clark Kent, Reactor Worker #1, Police Officer #1, Police Dispatcher
Joan Alexander as Lois Lane, Female Pedestrian
Julian Noa as Perry White, Male Pedestrian, Police Officer #2
Jackson Beck as the Narrator, Reactor Worker #2

(All films are in the public domain)

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