Historically, the Superman movie premieres had always been lavish events that had benefited charities such as the Special Olympics.
With the considerable coup of the Royal audience and always the showmen, Cannon Films producers Golan & Globus had planned to have both leading men arrive in costume to the Leicester Square Odeon for the first showing. Despite the attendance of his family, Christopher Reeve is notable by his absence, leaving Nuclearman Mark Pillow to fend for himself alongside co-stars Margot Kidder and Mariel Hemmingway. First, he has fun.
From the top, original programme and scarce images of the reception culled from the Spanish edition of Hello magazine…
Presenting a sample of some of the more scarce images from the huge sets of publicitu B&W 10×8’s I have accumulated from all four movies –
From Press Kits to Lobby Cards to Posters I always endeavour to display the most scarce and sought after right here..!
One of the best things about modern fandom is that stars from your favourite Movies are more accessible than ever thanks to Cons like Memorabilia and Collectormania UK hosting awesome guests.
The actors themselves are usually very accommodating and love to share their experiences working on the movies. From the top, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure and Christopher Reeve’s stunt double from Superman III and IV Mark Stewart…
As Superman producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind based the production of the SuperBoy TV Series at Universal Studios in Florida it was maybe inevitable that some items from the production would wind up in exhibition there. In fact, the Christopher Reeve Superman costume on display in the Downtown Disney Planet Hollywood restaurant was used for John Haymes-Newton’s screentest (as shown on the SuperBoy: Season 1 Boxset) and appearing, bizarrely, as fancy dress in a second season two-part episode worn by Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Andy McCallister (click here and see it to believe it!)
Suspended on a black velvet mannequin in ‘flight mode’ from the ceiling, the prop was hung in open space unguarded from the elements and showing signs of wear, prompting a relocation years later to the entrance lobby (see its ‘upgrade’ here). Conversely, Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor robe was preserved in pristine condition in a wall-mounted glass case in the stairwell (bottom pic) until the site was closed for a refurb in 2000…
