April 12, 2024
Superman Day 1939 at World's Fair NYC Footage on DVD
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If you have never seen the very first Superman "Ray Middleton" up close in color wearing the Superman costume then is your chance. As an added bonus you will also see a brief appearance of Jerry Siegel the creator of Superman during the Super-boy & Super-girl challenge. T is also black & white footage of the crowning of Super-boy & Super-girl by muscle man Charles Atlas himself. All in all t is about 5 minutes of very rare footage of the World's Fair events. I have scoured the internet and have yet to see any of the World's Fair with any Superman footage anyw and given the fact that this is in color makes it extraordinary rare footage. is some background Info on Superman Day 1939: In 1939 DC Comics hosted "Superman Day" at the New York World's Fair,with a live radio broadcast from the fairgrounds.It also featured thefirst public appearance of Superman in full costume, Ray Middleton was the man in the costume and is often credited as being the first actor to ever play Superman. Ray Middleton From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Raymond Earl Middleton, Jr. ( February 8 , 1907 - April 10 , 1984 ) , known and billed as Ray Middleton , was an American character actor . Born in Chicago, Illinois , Middleton was the first actor to play Superman in public, which he did at the 1939 World's Fair . The fine
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