Superman Cartoon - Billion Dollar Limited - Pre-WWII
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I believe this one to be pre-war (WWII) and it shows.
I was always told that hair was an animator's nightmare. It is extremely hard to get the natural motion down. If that is true, have a look at Superman's hair throughout all of these, but especially in the scene where he is being attacked while trying to save the train. Right when he starts to pull the train up... watch the hair.
Where did talent go these last 60 years? Now we have computer programs running on vast arrays of physics simulators, that don't do as well as these folk did in 1941.
I will be posting about a dozen of these World War 2 era Superman cartoons over the next week or two.
Please pay close attention to the animation. The animation of the people isn't the best, but any time there is structural drawing or something that was considered high-tech for the day, the animation is incredible.
I don't know how to describe it really, but there is a mixture of realism in the cars and buildings mixed with a sense of fantasy in the other elements that just really, really WORKS to make these a fun time.
There is a lot of politically incorrect stuff in some of these, so please remember the times these came from before whining about that.
This is where we came from, not where we are now.
Produced by the Fleischer studios, the same folks that brought you Popeye cartoons, and the early ad piece "In My Merry Oldsmobile" which is also available here.
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| 1941 to be exact ( 1 year ago by Lazarus1126) |
| 1941 to be exact |
| WOW!!! Lois Lane ... ( 1 year ago by pistolio77) |
| WOW!!! Lois Lane with a machine gun... could she have been with a bikini ? |
| this is great, all ... ( 1 year ago by RENNAG) |
| this is great, all are. the wife ask's what you doing locked in the office all night, watching old superman films i say, yeh right you mean porn don't you, i say no superman.porn v superman she don't belive me. i am now a weird'o in her eyes thanks to you. |
| this wasnt pre-war, ... ( 1 year ago by cybersaur) |
| this wasnt pre-war, the war started in 1939 in europe and in 1941 america and asia joined in, but were the aaabs involved with wwII? |
| Maybe she caught ... ( 1 year ago by dezurtdude) |
| Maybe she caught you gettin' a "chubby" over these old cartoons and in her eyes it's "SuperPorn". |
| For the most part, ... ( 1 year ago by AceTheBathound) |
| For the most part, you're right... Although, I'm a Canadian, and we joined Gt. Britain in the war effort in 1939 and we weren't joined by the US until December 7, 1941, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, that day... Who are these aaabs? |
| its spelt aaabs in ... ( 1 year ago by cybersaur) |
| its spelt aaabs in england, arabs you may be familier with, by the way my cousin's canadian she tells me all this stuff about the schools and i get really jealous, in england we have uniforms and hair standards |
| Don't be too ... ( 1 year ago by AceTheBathound) |
| Don't be too jealous. They're finally getting around to that here, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada... |
| And it's been 25 ... ( 1 year ago by AceTheBathound) |
| And it's been 25 years since I've been in school! |
| what about the ... ( 1 year ago by cybersaur) |
| what about the arabs were they in the war? |
| Ahhh, my favourite ... ( 1 year ago by TampaRed) |
| Ahhh, my favourite episode... |
| Wait a minute. I ... ( 1 year ago by TampaRed) |
| Wait a minute. I just realised, and after going through some posts, that this cartoon isn't pre-WWII. It was first released on January 9, 1942. |
| My favorite ... ( 1 year ago by malikscifi92) |
| My favorite superheroes are Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man. |
| Now is is Supperman! ( 1 year ago by OceanRailroader) |
| Now is is Supperman! |
| LOL!! Lois picks up ... ( 1 year ago by jetmech001) |
| LOL!! Lois picks up the tommy gun and shoots back!! my kind of woman!! :) |
| Lois rocks! She ... ( 10 months ago by estupido7490) |
| Lois rocks! She isn't just a damsel in distress. She fights back! |
| That ain't a bad ... ( 10 months ago by BatShakerJami) |
| That ain't a bad thing, concidering the unhygenic things kids would wear if it was up to them. Like baggy pants, for instance. |
| when he uncouples ... ( 10 months ago by joeferrito) |
| when he uncouples the cars, that'd pull the air hoses and stop the whole train. |
| Superman must stop ... ( 9 months ago by redruth1955) |
| Superman must stop the robbers on the train and he stops Lois Lane with the robbers. |
| This was made in ... ( 8 months ago by AK47bandit) |
| This was made in 1942. |
| Totally! ( 6 months ago by Concetta20) |
| Totally! |
| The Lois Lane of ... ( 6 months ago by Concetta20) |
| The Lois Lane of the 40's in the comics and especially in the cartoon was ahead of her time. She was quick-witted and brave; not one to stand idly by and scream if she was in a position to aid Superman. It's just really interesting, because, given the time and the other movies out in that period, you would think she would just be the usual damsel in distress like in all the other serials. Although, occasionally, she does do some really dumb things to get a story. Pain in the neck for Superman. |
| awesome post...thnx! ( 5 months ago by gbail9566) |
| awesome post...thnx! |
| Lois really knows ... ( 1 month ago by philipbabb) |
| Lois really knows how to use that gun, you don't see that in the justice league. |
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