| Superman | |
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| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Story by | Seymour Kneitel Isadore Sparber |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Bud Collyer Joan Alexander Julian Noa Jack Mercer Jackson Beck |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg Winston Sharples (uncredited) Lou Fleischer (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Steve Muffatti Frank Endres |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 10 minutes (one reel) |
| Language | English |
Superman (1941), also known as The Mad Scientist, is the first installment in a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. It was produced by Fleischer Studios and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1941.[1] Superman ranked number 33 in a list of the fifty greatest cartoons of all time sourced from a 1994 poll of 1000 animation professionals,[2] and was nominated for the 1942 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject.[3]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (ed.) (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons. Atlanta: Turner Publishing. ISBN 1-878685-49-X
- ^ Flixens | The Real Heroes of Superman, Part 3 Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine