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Who Killed Superman?
Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! For us “baby-boomers” there is only one Superman. And that is as portrayed actor, George Reeves. Reeves version of the Man of Steel was beamed into our living rooms as The Adventures of Superman. The serial aired from 1952-1958, first in black white
and then in color, during the birth of the Golden Age of Television. Mr. Reeves did not get rich from the show and sadly, arguably. due to typecasting, could never shake the role.
In 1959, he was discovered in his bedroom, dead from what was deemed by authorities to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But was it indeed suicide or something more sinister?
In 2006 the film HOLLYWOODLAND was released and pondered this exact question. The movie
also offers us a look into the life and times of one of the first T.V. super-heroes.
The Writer and Producer of HOLLYWOODLAND, Paul Bernbaum, joins me today on Murder Most Foul.
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Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! For us “baby-boomers” there is only one Superman. And that is as portrayed actor, George Reeves. Reeves version of the Man of Steel was beamed into our living rooms as The Adventures of Superman. The serial aired from 1952-1958, first in black white
and then in color, during the birth of the Golden Age of Television. Mr. Reeves did not get rich from the show and sadly, arguably. due to typecasting, could never shake the role.
In 1959, he was discovered in his bedroom, dead from what was deemed by authorities to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But was it indeed suicide or something more sinister?
In 2006 the film HOLLYWOODLAND was released and pondered this exact question. The movie
also offers us a look into the life and times of one of the first T.V. super-heroes.
The Writer and Producer of HOLLYWOODLAND, Paul Bernbaum, joins me today on Murder Most Foul.
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