Trivia: The scene where Lois takes off out of Perry's office for her scoop has been censored and cut down for most modern releases of this series. In the original airing, when Clark turns to Perry he says, "Chief don't you think that's a dangerous mission for a woman?" In versions you find to day, even the DVD, this has been cut down so that he just says "Chief don't you think that's a dangerous mission?" with a very faint F sound after where they cut it off and quickly fade the scene to black. (00:03:05)
Superman (1941)
3 trivia entries for season 1
Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Starring: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa
Continuity mistake: As the narrator is saying that Superman disguises himself as Clark Kent, you see Superman standing there perfectly still and the image fades into him having on civilian clothes and turning into Clark Kent. As the image fades, his jaw becomes thinner when he is Clark Kent, despite him being the same person. (00:02:10)
Clark Kent: This looks like a job for Superman. (00:06:25)
Question: So I have seen several places where people have been claiming that The Mad Scientist in this first episode was based on Nikola Tesla, and have seen many people complaining about him being portrayed as a bad guy in this. However, IMDb trivia states that "Boris Karloff' engineer Poelzig in Edgar G. Ulmer's The Black Cat (1934) was the inspiration for The Mad Scientist..." I've tried looking into it a little bit, but I can't seem to determine which is the correct person that The Mad Scientist was based on... Maybe both?
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