And now, another
exciting episode in the
Adventures of Superman...
Wednesday
August
8, 1951 was
the third
day
of filming of the second set of episodes which included “The
Mind Machine,” “No Holds Barred,” “The
Birthday Letter,” “The Stolen Costume,” and
“Mystery In Wax.”
Supporting
Players: Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Malcolm Mealey, Dick Reeves,
Dick Elliot, Herb Vigran, Henry Kulky, and Tito Rinaldo.
"No
Holds Barred" received all the attention on this date.
Larson, Hamilton, Mealey and Rinaldo worked together on two
different dates, so we can't be sure which of their scenes
together were filmed on this date, Wednesday, and which on the
coming Saturday.
However,
Rinaldo
worked with Vigran and the wrestlers only on Wednesday, so we can
be confident in saying that the fight scene was filmed on this
date. And, since the cameras were already in "the gym"
for that fight scene, Clark's line, "Like
the only real magic... the magic of knowledge"
was
probably also filmed on this date. And I wouldn't be surprised if
that was filmed first and the fight scene saved until closer to
the end of the day.
The
fight scene:
A
double frequently stands in for Superman in the first season, and
here it's quite obvious. But it seems to me George still did most
of the more difficult work. George jumps over the railing,
punches Kulky, ducks down to avoid punches from the other two
guys, punches Kulky again... then Dick Reeves. George turns to
Vigran and throws a punch. The double follows through with that
punch, then turns to face a man wielding a cane. But it's George
who grabs the man's arm and knocks him down. Immediately another
man jumps on George's back... but the double is substituted to
throw him off. Bald headed guy approaches the double with a
barbell, but George is the one who takes the hit. Then a chair is
broken over the stunt double from behind. Stunt man ducks from
Dick Reeves' punch. But then George immediately comes between two
other guys and throws them off.
Next:
Set 2 Day 4
Thursday, August 9, 1951
Posted:
August 8, 2021
Jim
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