2006: A Year in Review

2007: A Year in Review

2008: A Year in Review

Artistic Tribute to George Reeves from:

   1) Ron Gross combines his appreciation for TAoS and his unique and impressive artistic style to bring a beautiful tribute to George Reeves.

    2) Rare Neal Adams illustration of George Reeves from the early 90's.

Bruce Dettman Presents:   

   1) TAC invites you to visit Bruce Dettman Documents. Bruce has lent his efforts to bring us mini-profiles of the character actors.

   2) TAOS: A Reflection by Bruce Dettman.

Character Actors of the Adventures of Superman:

   1) Part 1

   2) Part 2

   3) Ladies and Gentlemen,....Veda Ann Borg

   4) Ben Welden, The Gentle Gangster.

   5) Judy Nugent  Thanks to Boyd Magers

   6) Isa Ashdown by Jim Nolt

   7) JOHN DOUCETTE: A FINE CHARACTER ACTOR and The John Doucette Gallery By Colete Morlock

Chet Marshall: Can you help Chet Marshall's relative?

Close Encounters
(People who met George Reeves in person)
   1) Vince Marzo
   2) Thomas Paine
   3) Nick Canterucci
   4) William Conley
   5) Ed from New Jersey
   6) Ken Huthmaker
   7) Joe Farmer

Dabbs Greer: April 2, 1917 - April 28, 2007

    Good-bye, My Friend

Director: George Reeves

    The Deserter Review - by Colete Morlock. As every fan of George Reeves knows, he directed the last three episodes of the Adventures of Superman. It was in George's best interest to direct further and directing the film The Deserter was on his agenda, as well as Return to Earth. Colete reviews The Deserter and why it may have interested George Reeves.

Drums of Death
.....1) Part 1 (A - L)
.....2) Part 2 (M - Z)

Favorite Scenes From the Adventures of Superman
.....1) Ben Welden
.....2) "Shot In The Dark" and About the Trains
.....3) "Beware The Wrecker"
.....4) "Superman In Exile"
.....5) "A Ghost For Scotland Yard"

Forty Acres
.....1) Bus Road (from "The Mind Machine")
.....2) Illustrated map of Forty Acres
.....3) Metropolis and Mayberry by Randy Garrett
.....4) Wally's Gas Station
.....5) Culver Studios
.....6) RKO Forty Acres
.....7) Batman and Forty Acres
.....8) Forty Acres in the Movies
.....9) More Mayberry
.....10) Still More Forty Acres
.....11) Andy Griffith/Mayberry RFD Years

From The Editor

George Reeves Calendar

George Reeves' Home
.....1) In the Back Yard
.....2) Floor Plan by Lou Koza

George Reeves in:
.....1) TV Guide
.....2) The Des Moines Register

George Reeves on:
.....1) A&E's Biography
.....2) ABC's 20/20
.....3) Extra and Response from Ed Lozzi
.....4) Unsolved Mysteries

George Reeves Personal Appearances

   1) George Reeves Personal Appearance in Hartford, Connectibut

'   2) Superman' Is Just Quiet Fellow From Ashland

   3) Disneyland July 17, 1955. Anaheim, Ca. Candid Photo

   4) George Reeves Final Costume Appearance. Possibly George Reeves' final costumed TV appearance at KJEO-TV in Fresno California for a telethon for Cerebral Palsy as told in the August 18, 1958 Fresno Bee Thanks to Carl Glass

   5) George and Noel at the Ashville-Hendersonville Airport, Fletcher NC, August 1957. Credit StrangeV for the find.

George Reeves: A Life and Career detailed in Magazines

     I Thought I Was the Only One is a list of George Reeves/Superman resources. (Updated 11/22/06)

George Reeves: the Early Days

   1) Relative Revelations: Relative Revelations provides a small glimpse into the triangle relationship between George, Toni and Eddie. By Lou Koza

   2) Father's Day: Frank Joseph Bessolo: Step-Father of George Reeves

   3) Bessolo Photo Gallery and Finding Helen

   4) Reader Responses

It was long speculated and at times defined as fact that Frank Bessolo, George's step-father, died by suicide. Enter the pages above and learn the truth.

Lou
July 20, 2007

   5) Helen Bessolo  By Serena Enger

   6) EDDIE MANNIX

Good Reading
.....1) And Who, Disguised As Clark Kent by Stephen Brooks
.....2) The Adventures of Superman: Ultimate Super-Hero Portrayal, or Low-Budget Disappointment? by Kirk Hastings
.....3) A Super Memory by Bruce Dettman

     4) Crime and Justice: Notable Film Noir and Crime Dramas By Serena Enger

Guided Tours and Miscellaneous Information

   1) Happy Landings: Another article from Mr. X and Jim Nolt. (4/29/07)

   2) Take a guided tour of the Daily Planet with your tour guides, Mr. X and Jim Nolt.

   3) And now, take the "Out of the Office Tour" with that fabulous duo, Mr. X and Jim Nolt.

   4) Mr. X and Mr. N(olt) bring to you SUPER OUTTAKES.

   5) Put-and-Take Tops? It took 50 years, but thanks to Mr. X, another mystery is solved, and I now know what a Put-and-Take Top looks like ("The Man Who Could Read Minds").

   6) Not Just A Strange Visitor

Have You Ever Wondered What Would Happen... by Barry Eysman. Read Barry Eysman's very personal feelings on the day George died.

Hollywoodland - DVD Release February 6, 2007   

  1) Flight of the Innocent - Lifetime knowledge and review of Hollywoodland

   2) Hollywoodland: The UK DVD -- Advertisment Review by Lou Koza

   3) Phyllis Coates on Hollywoodland.

   4) New York Post article on Hollywoodland includes remarks by Mr. Jim Nolt.

   5) Sunset Boulevard: "Mad About the Boy"   - by Lou Koza

Jack Larson, Superman's Pal

   1) The Many Faces of Jimmy Olsen: As Shown by Jack Larson - by Thom Hamilton and Colete Morlock

   2) Jack Larson in Superman Returns

Jack Larson Interviews

   3) Download Karen Grant's interview with Jack Larson from May, 2003. (Thanks to Mike Goldman for bringing this to my attention).

   4) Jack Larson's connection with antiques in this interview by Ken Hall.

   5) SUPERMAN RETURNS: Jack and Noel in the New York Times.

June 16, 2009

   1) 50 Years Later Still Resonates  A sentimental remembrance from the fans.

    2) Life of George Reeves Celebration - June 20, 2009 - NEW YORK CITY

Letters Worth Reading

Jim's Introduction to George Reeves

Letter from John Duval - Son of Juan Duval who played Dr. Cuesta in "Treasure of the Incas"

Lost Adventures of Superman - Illustrationd From Randy Garrett

by Stephen Brooks

   2) First Encounters by Stephen Brooks

  3) Missing by Stephen Brooks

   4) Night Before Christmas by Kirk Hastings

   5) Superman's Wife (The Expanded Version) by Kirk Hastings

   6) Trouble In The Old Home Town by Stephen Brooks

   7) Superman's First Rescue by Stephen Brooks

   8) Superman and the Ghost of Mystery Mountain By Stephen Brooks and Ralph Schiller

Maybe It's His Costume

Nash-Healey Sports Car

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 1953 Nash-Healey driven by George as Clark Kent on TAoS? Well, wonder no more.

Noel Neill

Non-Superman, Film Work

  1) Superman and Captain Midnight Together

   2) Inside look at So Proudly We Hail Exhibitor's Manual. 13 pages. Includes Tall, Dark and Embarrassed - Nurse Claudette Bathes Shy Male (see Page 40). Thanks to Serena Enger.

   3)  Publicity Page from Lydia. Features; Young George Reeves is Odd-Job Graduate. Thanks to Serena Enger.

  4) Movie Reviews  By Lou Koza

   5) Kit Parker Films presents for the first time on DVD two back to back films staring George Reeves. Thunder in the Pines and Jungle Goddess. Backed by the emense energy of Carl Glass and Steve Kirk and others. (I received my copy on Dec. 14, 2006 and it is terrific. Be sure not to miss out on this gem.)

On Location with the Adventures of Superman

    1) "The Machine That Could Plot Crimes" Location shots in "The Machine That Could Plot Crimes" (See also Then and Now)
....2) "The Man Who Could Read Minds" Location shots in "The Man Who Could Read Minds"

....3) Learn about the train shown in the introduction to the Adventures of Superman.

... 4) The Williams' apartment building in "The Birthday Letter."

Opening Credits - Adventures of Superman

     Mike Goldman has given us an insight to the mysterious changes in TAoS Opening Credits.

Pat Timberg, daughter of Sammy Timberg, composer of the music for the Fleischer Superman cartoons of the 1940s, is promoting a CD of her dad's music featuring the Paramount cartoon Superman theme, Popeye, and Betty Boop classics.

Phyllis Coates

     Lois In Manhattan - by Bruce Dettman

Photos of the Month

Published Tributes to George Reeves
.....1) VARIETY TRIBUTE 1989
.....2) VARIETY TRIBUTE 1999
.....3) HOLLYWOOD REPORTER TRIBUTE 2001
.....4) REMEMBERING JUNE 16, 1959

Questions and Answers

Reader Profiles
.....1) Colete Morlock
.....2) Paul Smart
.....3) Brad Shey
.....4) Thomas Boud
.....5) Roy Stuts
.....6) Lou Koza
.....7) Jeff Minich
.....8) Don Holmes
.....9) Tim James
.....10) Paul Burgio
....11) Roy Wall

  12) Serena Enger

Richard Taylor

    1) Great animated feature will have you walking on air.

    2) Combining two passions... TAoS and Stereoscopic imaging.  Bring your 3D glasses.

   3) Now you can have a Nash-Healey sports car just like George's.

Seinfeld and Superman

Superman And The Secret Planet

* Boys and girls... your attention please. Presenting a new and exciting story featuring the thrilling adventures of an amazing and incredible personality in
Superman and the Secret Planet.

This concludes Superman and the Secret Planet, and we owe Randy Garrett a sincere debt of gratitude. I know he put in many long hours for our enjoyment. Randy, thanks so much for sharing your talents, your time, and your love for George.

For more of Randy's artwork, visit his web-site.

Superman Comes to Television by Michael Hayde. It will answer many of your questions.

Superman Week (July 10 - 16, 2001)

   1) Superman Week Ceremony
   2) The Day Before
   3) The Luncheon
   4) Candid Shots
   5) Back in the Room

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TAoS - WARNER Bros. DVD News.

Special Report from NEWSDAY, Sunday edition dated June 18, 2006 on the upcoming Superman DVD and broadcast events.

Thanks from my granddaughter, Brittany
Brittany thanks the "Legion of Super Friends" who helped her with a school project in the spring of 2003.

Video and Audio Tributes to George Reeves from:
.....1) Richard Clabaugh
.....2) Richard Potter
.....3) Richard Taylor
.....4) Mr. X

Subject initiated by Bruce Dettman / Friday-Feb. 27, 2009: The always generous Jim Nolt sent me a copy of the Warner Brothers film ALWAYS A BRIDE starring George Reeves the other day. After watching it a coincidence occurred to me. Don't know if anyone else has spotted this over the years or written about it. George's co-star in this was Rosemary Lane, one of the era's famous acting Lane sisters. Her sibling Lola appeared as Torchie Blaine, the gutsy female reporter, in one of the films featuring this character. I have read several accounts that claim that Schuster and Siegel saw this performance, loved it and named their girl reporter Lois Lane after Lola. So George shows up in a film with the sister of the woman Lois was patterned and partially named after.

Response from Laura Siegel / Saturday-March 14, 2009: Dear Lou, My mom has this comment for you: The Lola Lane connection regarding fictional reporter Torchy Blaine (played by Lane in one of the Torchy series of movies) and the name of Superman's girlfriend, reporter Lois Lane, was mentioned by Jerry Siegel in Time Magazine and confirmed by me in various interviews. In the 70+ years the Superman characters have been around, their history sometimes gets lost and it is refreshing to have a bright fan notice the Lane sister-George Reeves connection.-Joanne Siegel

Hope you are doing well.
Best always,
Laura and Joanne Siegel

From Ted Hart

In The Runaway Robot (Season 1) the inventor of the robot is a character named Professor Horatio Hinkle. Also starring in that episode is actor Russell Johnson, whose best-known role was to be The Professor on Gilligan's Island. Now that Professor had the character name Roy Hinkley. His name was used only in the first episode and in some Gilligan movies that were produced long after the demise of the television show.

Professor Horatio Hinkle-------Professor Roy Hinkley. Is it a coincidence? Or does the Gilligan's Island Professor owe his name to the Adventures of Superman episode?