The Adventures of Superboy

The Adventures of Superboy

infobox television
show_name = The Adventures of Superboy


format = Action/Drama
runtime = 25 minutes
creator = Whitney Ellsworth
starring = Johnny Rockwell
Bunny Henning
country = USA
num_episodes = 1

"The Adventures of Superboy" was a proposed TV series that was put into production in 1961. It was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman, which was cancelled years earlier. A revival was planned, but abandoned following the death of George Reeves, but only a pilot episode was produced. It featured the first non-comic book portrayals ever of Superboy and Lana Lang and stands as a forerunner of later series "Superboy", which lasted 4 seasons and "Smallville", currently in its 7th.

The show starred Johnny Rockwell as Superboy / Clark Kent and Bunny Henning as Lana Lang. Although they did not go into production, twelve additional scripts were prepared, should the series be picked up.

A book titled "Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos", written by Chuck Harter, was published during the 1990s by Cult Movies Press, which looked at both "The Adventures of Superboy" pilot and "The Adventures of Superpup" pilot, as well as the 12 additional Superboy scripts that were prepared, had the "Superboy" pilot been picked up as a series.

A short clip of this pilot can be seen in the documentary "Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499516/] .

Cast

John Rockwell - Superboy / Clark Kent

Bunny Henning - Lana Lang

Ross Elliot

Monty Margetts

Charles Maxwell

Robert Williams

Richard Reeves

Yvonne White

Stacy Harris

Jimmy Bates

Ray Walker

True Ellison - Donna

Trivia

* True Ellison had auditioned for the role of Lana Lang.
* Footage in the opening sequence, including the Kryptonian council and an infant Kal-El, was recycled from the first episode of "Adventures of Superman", "Superman on Earth".

Video releases

The only releases so far for "The Adventures of Superboy" have been from specialty distributors, such as Video Rarities, which released it on VHS along with "The Adventures of Superpup" and screen test footage as "Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Pilots".

External links

*imdb title|id=0159238
* [http://superman.nu/sites/thescreen/superboy0/ Information from Superman.nu]
* Original Pilot on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chOuNCmP8KI pt. 1] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faMeO0KMIv8&mode=related&search= pt. 2] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtlup5fD2M0 pt. 3] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqvzULMPwA pt. 4] , [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaGBLG1sQ2U pt. 5]


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