Acquired from the Propstore Of London and nestled amongst a bulk lot of Superman: The Movie production ephemera, come these unseen treasures from the Dovemead Ltd. Art Dept.
These never-before-published contact sheets depict early studies of Marlon Brando’s Jor-El for his appearance on Krypton and later in the Fortress Of Solitude. The sheet with the Crystal mask is arguably the best study of the prop to date while the final print chronicles Brando’s first day on-set…
Enjoy this collection of trivia abut our favourite Man Of Steel from various vintage publications –
From the top – vintage UK Look-In (Junior TV Times magazine) Superman and Christopher Reeve fact files, European clipping (translation would be welcome for this!!) and clipping from The Sun newspaper circa mid-1980’s.
Hopefully you learn something new..?
This fabulous 15″ tall vinyl statue with cloth cape was produced by Hamilton Gifts in 1988, a year after the release of Superman IV.
Resembling an oversize Super Powers figure the likeness owes more to Jose Garcia Lopez line art than his cinematic counterpart. Part of a range that included similar comic-book treatments of Batman (and Spider-man?)The figures came with white metal stands and were articulated at the shoulders.
Interestingly, the molds were re-used and sold in Warner Bros. Stores (minus stand and featuring slap-dash paintjobs) for many years later until their eventual demise…
All obtained in person by me at various conventions – Helen Slater was a rare treat and was very sweet and quite shy. Margot Kidder was fantastic and outrageous and very funny. Sarah Douglas was bolshy and fabulous while Jack O’ Halloran was a gentle giant.
So privileged to have met some of the performers that made this movie series so great..!