From the publisher of
The Adventures Continue

March 28, 1999

1) KIRK ALYN
2) A JOB FOR SUPERMAN
3) SUPERMAN MUSIC ON CD
4) A REVIEW OF THE SUPERMAN MUSIC CD
5) THINGS TO LOOK FOR
6) VARIETY AD
7) THE END -- PUBLISHED IN LANCASTER, USA

1) KIRK ALYN --
Several readers wrote to say no mention of Kirk Alyn's death appeared in
their local papers. Bob Hoffman of Coldsprings, Texas, sent this obituary
from the Houston Chronicle:

<<Kirk Alyn, an actor who starred as Superman in two early serials died
Sunday [March 14, 1999] at Heritage Sam Houston Gardens, nursing home
following a long illness. He was 88. For the past 12 years, Alyn had lived in The
Woodlands.

Alyn starred as the Man of Steel in Superman:the Serial in 1948 and Atom
Man vs Superman in 1950. At the time, such serials were shown in chapters
with a cliffhanger ending each week designed to entice young viewers to
return to the movie theater for the next installment. Alyn also appeared in
an uncredited role as the young Lois Lane's father in the 1978 movie
Superman:The Movie that starred Christopher Reeve.

His film career spanned 49 years, but the bulk of his performances were in
the 1940s and early 1950s, when he appeared in Blackhawk, When Worlds
Collide, Radar Patrol vs. Sky King, and The Daughter of Don Q. The
first run serials disappeared from theaters in the 1950s. He also appeared
in two episodes of the 1970s television series Battlestar Galactica.

Funeral arrangements are being handles by Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral
Home and Cemetery. A memorial service will take place Friday in Hollywood,
California.>>

Attached is a photo of Kirk Alyn with my wife, Gail, at the Superman
Exposition in Cleveland in 1988.

2) A JOB FOR SUPERMAN --
Since his death, several readers have asked me about Kirk's book. A Job
For Superman was published in 1971. In the foreward, the publisher states
in part, "Alyn takes great delight in telling stories of how the cliffhangers were
made since he remembers so vididly his own boyhood pleasure at the Saturday
afternoon movies. Kirk Alyn tells it with all good humor and fond commentary.
This book contains stories of show business and show people ranging over a
period of some thirty years and including every branch of the entertainment
field -- excepting only carnivals and burlesque.

The chapter titles are: The Superman Job, Show Business Back East, Hollywood
Feature Pictures, The Westerns, and The Other Cliffhangers.

The book contains 118 pages of text and many interesting photos of Kirk in
his many different roles. The book is currently not in print.

3) SUPERMAN MUSIC ON CD
The CD of Superman music from Varese Sarabande has been released. Last week I received
this information from VS:

<<The disc is $16.98 (catalog # VSD-5998). The track listing is as follows:

The Adventures of Superman (the TV series)
Main Title (Superman)
Trip to the Earth (Superman)
Leaving Home (Superman)
Superfeats (Superman)
Love Theme (Superman)
Superman: The Columbia Serial
It's Superman (From the musical)
Fanfare & Clark Kent Screws Up (Superman 2)
Love Theme & Flying (Superman 2)
Phantasmagoria (The Musical)
Honeymoon Hotel (Superman 2)
March of the Villans (Superman)
Main TItle (Supergirl)
Main Title (The STreets of Metropolis) (Superman 3)
Superman (The Max Fleischer Cartoon)

*Superman = Superman: The Movie
*The Musical = It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman!

Superman fans can purchase the disc by going to our website:
www.varesesarabande.com or by calling 1-800-Varese4 >>

4) A REVIEW OF THE SUPERMAN MUSIC CD
Soon after the CD mentioned above was released, I received a review from
Donald Wurzelbacher. If anyone else purchased the CD, feel free to send your
comments also.

<<Jim, I know you were talking about the Superman ultimate CD a few times
and I wanted you to know that I did buy it since it is part of my Superman
collection. Unfortunately, you may want to warn your readers that it is far
from any type of ultimate collection. In a total of 16 tracks, ten of them
are from the Superman movies. Only ONE is from the George Reeves television
series and ONE is from the Kirk Alyn serials. There is one from the
Fleischer cartoons, two from the broadway musical, and one from Supergirl
(equal time?) I'm sorry to say that it is nothing but a rehash of the movie
music which most Superman fans probably already have. I critiqued it on the
Amazon Books webpage today which means that it probably won't be posted
until next week. I gave it one star just because the orchestration was done
well. In my opinion this CD is not worth the trouble to buy. You want an
ultimate collection? Tape your own music, but don't waste your time or money
with this. Don>>

5) THINGS TO LOOK FOR
There are a couple things you might want to check out. Superman and the
Mole-Men is currently available on laser disk. Also Jan Alan Henderson's
Speeding Bullet will be reviewed in Filmfax, and Cult Movies magazine.
In addition to the review, Cult Movies will feature an interview with
Jan. I'll let you know when those to publications hit the news stands.

6) VARIETY AD
Just a reminder ... the George Reeves commemorative ad will appear in the
Los Angeles edition of Daily Variety on June 1, 1999. If you'd still like
to be included in the ad, I must have your contribution by April 10, and if
you want to purchase a copy of Variety through me, I must have your money
and order by April 15. Thanks again to everyone who helped make the ad
possible.

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