The Superman Radio Scripts Superman vs the Atom man

by Steven Korté

The first book ever to publish the scripts from the smash-hit Superman radio series!

The Superman Radio Scripts Superman vs the Atom man

Author: Steven Korté

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications

ISBN: 9780823084234

Page: 208

View: 977

The first book ever to publish the scripts from the smash-hit Superman radio series! Features classic art by Superman cocreator Joe Shuster, plus 16 sidebars providing inside stories about the Superman legend as well as the radio broadcasts themselves.

Superman on Film Television Radio and Broadway

by Bruce Scivally

039 The studio worked with Tim Burton to reconfigure Superman, but by summer,
the film had been o‡cially removed from the Warner Bros. slate. Variety reported
that Superman Lives! was cancelled because the script didn't work and the ...

Superman on Film Television Radio and Broadway

Author: Bruce Scivally

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 0786431660

Page: 248

View: 425

First introduced in a 1938 comic book, Superman has since become an iconic character in American entertainment. This complete history covers Superman's appearances in film and television, from the 1941 introduction of the first Superman cartoon to the 2006 live-action film Superman Returns. The book includes several rarely seen photographs of the actors who have brought Superman to life for over seven decades, including Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Kirk Alyn, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Multiple appendices provide a complete listing of Superman-related books and websites, along with a comprehensive list of the cast and characters featured in Superman films, television shows, and radio programs since 1941.

Superman

by Larry Tye

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98 98 98 98 vs. Atom Man, 7. “SUCCEED WHERE”: Freeman, The Superman
Radio Scripts, 1-43, 199, 203. “UP IN MY ARMS”: Author's transcript of“Clan ofthe
 ...

Superman

Author: Larry Tye

Publisher: Random House

ISBN: 1588369188

Page: 432

View: 508

Seventy-five years after he came to life, Superman remains one of America’s most adored and enduring heroes. Now Larry Tye, the prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Satchel, has written the first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and performers who made him the icon he is today. Legions of fans from Boston to Buenos Aires can recite the story of the child born Kal-El, scion of the doomed planet Krypton, who was rocketed to Earth as an infant, raised by humble Kansas farmers, and rechristened Clark Kent. Known to law-abiders and evildoers alike as Superman, he was destined to become the invincible champion of all that is good and just—and a star in every medium from comic books and comic strips to radio, TV, and film. But behind the high-flying legend lies a true-to-life saga every bit as compelling, one that begins not in the far reaches of outer space but in the middle of America’s heartland. During the depths of the Great Depression, Jerry Siegel was a shy, awkward teenager in Cleveland. Raised on adventure tales and robbed of his father at a young age, Jerry dreamed of a hero for a boy and a world that desperately needed one. Together with neighborhood chum and kindred spirit Joe Shuster, young Siegel conjured a human-sized god who was everything his creators yearned to be: handsome, stalwart, and brave, able to protect the innocent, punish the wicked, save the day, and win the girl. It was on Superman’s muscle-bound back that the comic book and the very idea of the superhero took flight. Tye chronicles the adventures of the men and women who kept Siegel and Shuster’s “Man of Tomorrow” aloft and vitally alive through seven decades and counting. Here are the savvy publishers and visionary writers and artists of comics’ Golden Age who ushered the red-and-blue-clad titan through changing eras and evolving incarnations; and the actors—including George Reeves and Christopher Reeve—who brought the Man of Steel to life on screen, only to succumb themselves to all-too-human tragedy in the mortal world. Here too is the poignant and compelling history of Siegel and Shuster’s lifelong struggle for the recognition and rewards rightly due to the architects of a genuine cultural phenomenon. From two-fisted crimebuster to über-patriot, social crusader to spiritual savior, Superman—perhaps like no other mythical character before or since—has evolved in a way that offers a Rorschach test of his times and our aspirations. In this deftly realized appreciation, Larry Tye reveals a portrait of America over seventy years through the lens of that otherworldly hero who continues to embody our best selves. Praise for Superman “Engaging, fun, inspiring—like the Man of Steel.”—The Huffington Post “Powerful . . . wonderfully readable.”—The Plain Dealer “A story as American as Superman himself . . . The best origin story pulsing through Superman is not the one about the Krypton-to-Kansas alien baby, but rather the one about the superhero’s mortal and sometimes star-crossed creators.”—The Washington Post “Fun, enlightening pop-cultural history.”—Kirkus Reviews “A rich history full of lively heroes and villains‚ much like a comic book. Essential for Superman fans.”—Library Journal (starred review) “[A] comprehensive, definitive history.”—Publishers Weekly

The Ages of Superman

by Joseph J. Darowski

1947). New York: DC Comics. The Superman Radio Scripts. Vol. 1: Superman vs.
theAtom Man. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001. Swan, Curt (a). “Half
a Superman!” Action Comics #290 (July 1962). New York: DC Comics. _____.

The Ages of Superman

Author: Joseph J. Darowski

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 0786489642

Page: 246

View: 614

Since Superman first appeared on the cover of Action Comics #1 in 1938, the superhero has changed with the times to remain a relevant icon of American popular culture. This collection explores the evolution of the Superman character and demonstrates how his alterations mirror historical changes in American society. Beginning with the original comic book and ending with the 2011 Grounded storyline, these essays examine Superman’s patriotic heroism during World War II, his increase in power in the early years of the Cold War, his death and resurrection at the end of the Cold War, and his recent dramatic reimagining. By looking at the many changes the Man of Steel has undergone to remain pertinent, this volume reveals as much about America as it does about the champion of Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

Flights of Fantasy The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio TV s Adventures of Superman

by Michael J. Hayde

That's the mystery Superman must unravel, with the help of Lois and Jimmy.
TRIVIA: Clark and Lois were originally supposed to take Jim to a nightclub (“
similar to Ciro's or the Mocambo” according to the script) for his birthday; the
ventriloquist ...

Flights of Fantasy The Unauthorized but True Story of Radio TV s Adventures of Superman

Author: Michael J. Hayde

Publisher: BearManor Media

ISBN:

Page:

View: 392

Author Michael J. Hayde’s definitive work about Superman on radio and television. Hayde is well-known for My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and The Films of Jack Webb; and Little Elf: A Celebration of Harry Langdon, and this new treasure trove of information on The Man of Steel covers comprehensive episode logs for the radio series and the original television series, plus the complete story lines for two unproduced television series episodes, and dozens of "deleted scenes" taken right from the scripts. "Michael J. Hayde significantly broadens our empathy for The Man of Steel through his profound revelations surrounding an imposing figure based on popular myth. In a meticulously researched discourse, he supplies the gaps about a character that became a mid-twentieth century hero to the nation's boys and girls. Hayde probes the backgrounds of the real-life individuals behind-the-scenes and before the microphones and cameras that intensified that aura. In breezy, comprehensive-style, he focuses on the radio and TV manifestations while interweaving timely inferences from the newspaper strip, comics, books, film, and other formats plus a prosperous merchandising trade. Lovers of the genre of juvenile adventures are rewarded by the author's efforts to expose how one man wearing a cape and bearing incredible strength could pervade an impressionable younger generation and a society that pursued his exploits intensely." –Jim Cox, author of Radio Crime Fighters "With so many books about Superman out there, it's pleasing to know that one book has everything you'd want to know under one cover. Trivia, background production, and numerous behind-the-scenes stories make this a must-have for everyone's shelf. An enjoyable read." –Martin Grams, Jr., author of The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic 536 pages.

J R R Tolkien Robert E Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy

by Deke Parsons

Superman and the Mole Men. Dir. Lee Sholem. Screenplay by Richard Fielding.
The Superman Motion Picture Anthology. Warner Brothers, 2011. Bluray. The
Superman Radio Scripts. New York: Watson-Guptill, 2001. Print. Superman: The
 ...

J R R Tolkien Robert E Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy

Author: Deke Parsons

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 147661749X

Page: 200

View: 991

The birth of modern fantasy in 1930s Britain and America saw the development of new literary and film genres. J.R.R. Tolkien created modern fantasy with The Lord of the Rings, set in a fictional world based upon his life in the early 20th century British Empire, and his love of language and medieval literature. In small-town Texas, Robert E. Howard pounded out his own fantasy realm in his Conan stories, published serially in the ephemeral pulp magazines he loved. Jerry Siegel created Superman with Joe Shuster, and laid the foundation for perhaps the most far-reaching fantasy worlds: the universe of DC and Marvel comics. The work of extraordinary people who lived in an extraordinary decade, this modern fantasy canon still provides source material for the most successful literary and film franchises of the 21st century. Modern fantasy speaks to the human experience and still shows its origins from the lives and times of its creators.

The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2

by Douglas Adams

As well as comedy programmes our output included 'Light Drama', and whilst
making action serials featuring the DC Comics characters Superman and Batman
I was able to develop a radio-production style which layered lots of sound effects
 ...

The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2

Author: Douglas Adams

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

ISBN: 1447227581

Page: 368

View: 411

Twenty-five years after the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero Arthur Dent were finally adapted for radio by Dirk Maggs, in part using drafts written by Douglas Adams before his death. The resulting fourteen completely new episodes were produced by Above the Title Productions and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with nearly all of the original cast reunited for recording. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2 brilliantly bring to life the last three books in Adams' perennially popular Hitchhiker series: Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. Dirk Maggs supplies notes which highlight original Adams material and explain how the cast, special effects and music were directed. The scripts are introduced by Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in both the original and the recent radio series, as well as in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy television series. Douglas Adams first conceived The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for radio and it is an honour to his memory that all five Hitchhiker novels have now been adapted for this medium. These scripts exemplify the freshness of perspective, humour and perspicacity that epitomize the work of Douglas Adams.

A Voice in the Box

by Bob Edwards

My Life in Radio Bob Edwards. starting a program from ... That was before
Stetson rode the rails with Woody Guthrie and infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan to
reveal the Klan's secrets through scripts of the Superman radio show. After I
interviewed ...

A Voice in the Box

Author: Bob Edwards

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

ISBN: 0813140455

Page: 236

View: 667

The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite radio. The programs' mix of long-form interviews and news documentaries has won many prestigious awards. For thirty years, Louisville native Edwards was the voice of National Public Radio's daily newsmagazine programs, co-hosting All Things Considered before launching Morning Edition in 1979. These programs built NPR's national audience while also bringing Edwards to national prominence. In 2004, however, NPR announced that it would be finding a replacement for Edwards, inciting protests from tens of thousands of his fans and controversy among his listeners and fellow broadcasters. Today, Edwards continues to inform the American public with a voice known for its sincerity, intelligence, and wit. In A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio, Edwards recounts his career as one of the most important figures in modern broadcasting. He describes his road to success on the radio waves, from his early days knocking on station doors during college and working for American Forces Korea Network to his work at NPR and induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2004. Edwards tells the story of his exit from NPR and the launch of his new radio ventures on the XM Satellite Radio network. Throughout the book, his sharp observations about the people he interviewed and covered and the colleagues with whom he worked offer a window on forty years of American news and on the evolution of public journalism. A Voice in the Box is an insider's account of the world of American media and a fascinating, personal narrative from one of the most iconic personalities in radio history.

Dick Tracy and American Culture

by Garyn G. Roberts

20 Jim Harmon attributes some of the success of radio Dick Tracy to the writing
skills of George Lowther . 21 Lowther wrote radio scripts for Superman , The Tom
Mix Ralston Straightshooters , and Dick Tracy . Harmon claims that Lowther ...

Dick Tracy and American Culture

Author: Garyn G. Roberts

Publisher: McFarland Publishing

ISBN:

Page: 326

View: 874

In October 1931, Dick Tracy made his debut on the pages of the Detroit Mirror. Since then America's most famous crime fighter has tangled with a variety of protagonists from locations as diverse as the inner city and outer space, all the time maintaining the moral high ground while reflecting American popular culture. Through extensive research and interviews with Chester Gould (the creator of Dick Tracy), his assistants, Dick Locher (the current artist), Max Allan Collins (who scripted the stories for more than 15 years), and many others associated with the strip, Dick Tracy as a cultural icon emerges. The strips use of both innovative and established police methods and the true-to-life portrayals of Tracy's family and fellow cops are detailed. The artists behind the strip are fully revealed and Dick Tracy paraphernalia and the 1990 movie Dick Tracy are discussed. Dick Tracy's appearances in other media--books, comics, radio, movie serials, B movies, television dramas, and animated cartoons--are fully covered.

Atomic Culture

by Scott C. Zeman

10 . Action 101 ( October 1946 ) , National Periodical Publications / Detective
Comics . 11 . These incarnations have been collected in The Superman Radio
Scripts : Superman vs . the Atom Man , ed . Steven Korte ( New York : Watson -
Guptill ...

Atomic Culture

Author: Scott C. Zeman

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 187

View: 683

Eight scholars examine the range of cultural expressions of atomic energy from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century, including comic books, nuclear landscapes, mushroom-cloud postcards, the Los Alamos suburbs, uranium-themed board games, future atomic waste facilities, and atomic-themed films such as 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'The Atomic Kid'. Despite the growing interest in atomic culture and history, the body of relevant scholarship is relatively sparse. Atomic Culture opens new doors into the field by providing a substantive, engaging, and historically based consideration of the topic that will appeal to students and scholars of the Atomic Age as well as general readers.

Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920 1960 Entries 28041 35976 S Z appendices bibliography indexes

by Luther F. Sies

Encyclopedia of American Radio 1920 1960 Entries 28041 35976 S Z appendices bibliography indexes

Author: Luther F. Sies

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 1144

View: 450

"This work is the source for scholars of communication, social and cultural history and the popular arts, as well as devoted fans of radio history. New entries include information on such topics as gender discrimination in radio; holidays on the airwaves; husband and wife teams; minstrel shows, vaudeville, and burlesque; Scopes "monkey" trial broadcasts; and super heroes"--Provided by publisher.

The Armchair Detective

by

www The Radio Murder Hour By Chris Steinbrunner Saturday Night Theatre ,
which runs ninety minutes . As well ... Philo Vance The recent gathering of The
Friends of Old | the two announcers on the Superman show . ... The highlight of
the convention was a re - creation of an actual Green Hornet script - the
fourteenth in the series - played by many of the actual actors in the series against
wondrous old ...

The Armchair Detective

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page:

View: 201

Beacham s Popular Fiction

by Walton Beacham

... who had moved to the Superman Group , hired Bester to write the script for
Superman , Batman , and , with Henry Kuttner ( Lewis Padgett ) , Green ... The
author translated one of his comic book scripts into a radio script and it was
accepted .

Beacham s Popular Fiction

Author: Walton Beacham

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 1574

View: 771

Beacham s Popular Fiction in America

by Walton Beacham

... who had moved to the Superman Group , hired Bester to write the script for
Superman , Batman , and , with Henry Kuttner ( Lewis Padgett ) , Green ... The
author translated one of his comic book scripts into a radio script and it was
accepted .

Beacham s Popular Fiction in America

Author: Walton Beacham

Publisher: Beacham Pub

ISBN:

Page: 1574

View: 165

Updates V.1 & V.2 ; Fiction-20th Century Literature.

Made in America

by Murray I. Suid

Sound effects were responsible for making characters like Superman seem to
come alive for the radio audience . Here , the ... To avoid music you need from
classical or popular confusion , radio scripts often have characters music records
.

Made in America

Author: Murray I. Suid

Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company

ISBN:

Page: 186

View: 147

Discusses the rise of eight phenomena of modern American culture: Coca-Cola, Superman, Monopoly, King Kong, Levi's, Frisbees, television, and McDonald's.

Radio TV Premiums

by Jim Harmon

Ned Weaver gave Tracy a rich , quietly authoritative voice , and the scripts were
by George Lowther , one of the top writers in radio . He went on to write the
broadcasts of Superman for a time , and then Tom Mix from 1944 to 1950 . He
tried a ...

Radio TV Premiums

Author: Jim Harmon

Publisher: Krause Publications Incorporated

ISBN: 9780873415187

Page: 256

View: 700

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos—the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.