Talk:Superman (1940s cartoons)

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Voices in the Fleischer Series:

Can anyone verify this information? Every online source identifies Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander as the voices of Superman and Lois Lane for the entire Fleischer run, but listening to the voice actors proves that this is not the case.

The voice of Superman for most of the series is not Bud Collyer. Collyer is only heard in the first couple of shorts and replaced thereafter by another actor, one with a pronounced Midwestern drawl that Bud Collyer did not have. I can't tell for certain due to the poor recording, but I think the voice in "Magnetic Telescope" may be a third Superman actor. Julian Noa was only Perry White in the first cartoon (and if I recall correctly, "Electric Earthquake"), but may have provided the voices of the scientist-types in "Mummy Strikes" and "Underground World."

Joan Alexander is usually listed as providing the voice of Lois Lane, but I don't think it's her. I believe Alexander had not become the radio program's permanent Lois by that point, and Lois was played by a number of actresses (including one Rollie Bester) during her brief sporadic appearances in the early radio stories. Regardless, the voice of the Fleischer Lois clearly changes from short to short.

• I can't exactly verify it, but Superman Homepage (a pretty respectable source, and used as an external link in this article) gives a pretty detailed description of the actors and their history with the cartoons [1]. —EatMyShortz 08:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright status in Europe

The cartoons may be in the public domain in the USA, but is it so here in Europe? I don't really think so, since laws in here say EVERY work's copyright continues 70 years after the authors' death, which, in the case of the Superman cartoons, have not yet passed. Can anybody give some more information about this? --Mégara (Мегъра) - D. Mavrov 23:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)