Film Record: Superman Goes West

Still from Superman Goes West in Movie Makers, Dec. 1943, 457.

Date produced: 1943

Filmmaker(s):

Donald H. Kelly

Languages:

English

Length:

800 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

With recorded music and recorded narrative on disc.

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1943 - Honorable Mention General Class

Description:

"Donald H. Kelly has cast a comic strip character in Superman Goes West, integrating travel sequences and comedy with great success. While the magnificent cinematographic record of a Western trip is the most engaging factor of the film, the entertainment value of the Superman motif cannot be minimized. The fictional hero is shown to be the consuming interest of a small boy passenger on the trip. The lad proceeds to read Superman comics under varying conditions, despite a changing background of allegedly awe inspiring scenery. One dream sequence with a Superman flavor is a triumph of trick cinematography." Movie Makers, Dec. 1943, 478.

Resources:

Discussed by Kelly in "A Travelog Plus" (Movie Makers, July 1944, 268-269, 286). Shooting locations are listed.

Locations:

• Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (Filming)
• Mount Rushmore, South Dakota (Filming)
• Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Filming)
• Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (Filming)

Subjects:

• Locomotion
•      Travel
• Medicine
•      Psychology
•           Dreams
•           Imagination
• National parks and reserves
• North America
•      United States
•           Arizona
•           California
•           Yellowstone national park

Genre:

• Comedy
• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

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