2013 Movie News Archives

June 27, 2013: Rare Images of Flying Kirk Alyn Superman

Superman researcher and expert Chuck Harter has located three flying shots of Kirk Alyn, taken during the production of the "Atom Man vs. Superman" serial (produced in 1949 and released in 1950).

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Chuck informs the Superman Homepage that these rare images appeared in a 1969 edition of Cinema magazine (Vol. 5, No. 4).

It's clear from looking at these pictures that Alyn is wearing some kind of body pan under his costume, similar to the body pan used for George Reeves in the "Adventures of Superman" TV series of the 1950s. What's really interesting is that body-pan flying shots never made it into either of the film series starring Kirk Alyn. Alyn's flying shots were either animation or close-ups showing him from the waist up.

You may have seen the third image before, as it was used for a lobby card for the first episode of "Atom Man vs. Superman", titled "Superman Flies Again."



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