Film Forum – New York, NY
May 17 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Superman (1941)
The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
Billion Dollar Limited (1942)
The Arctic Giant (1942)
Bulleteers (1942)
The Magnetic Telescope (1942)
Terror on the Midway (1942)
A number of firsts mark this series of incredible animated shorts. Superman had taken the country by storm in 1938, the character himself begat the modern “superhero” and established comic books as a creative medium. A radio show was established the next year—and Hollywood came a-calling in 1940. Paramount won the bidding war and put the braintrust at Fleischer Studios on it—creating the first dramatic science fiction superhero cartoons ever. Seven classic shorts will screen, including “Fleischertoons” restorations of The Arctic Giant and The Bulleteers.