MUCH AS OTHER Episodes in the first season of the SUPERMAN Series, this one had a plot that could well have been a "B" Movie Detective picture in the 1930's or '40's. The hero in the picture could well have been Charlie Chan, Boston Blackie, Simon Templar or whoever.
BUT THE GUY in charge of this story was the Man of Steel and we're sure glad he was. The story fits very well in with the other entries of season one & two. There was very little out and out comedy and a serious treatment of the events of the day was the rule. The comic relief came from cantankerous and blustery Perry White (John Hamilton ) and his running gag of losing temper with the antics of 'young' Jimmy Olsen (Jack Larson).
AS FOR THE story, we have a baffling mystery that has a ventriloquist's dummy apparently speaking on his own. The inexplicable occurrences have even the great ventriloquist, Marco (Syd Saylor) totally baffled and on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
WHEN THE THREE Daily Planet reporters, Kent (Mr. Reeves) Lois (Phyllis Coates) and Olsen (Larson) get to the theatre to investigate, they discover it to be a clever way for a criminal enterprise to transmit info about armored car routes to their minions!
FAR FETCHED AND less than efficient as this method may seem, it was indeed clever and made for an excellent installment of the series.
THE EPISODE Benefited from the inclusion of many reliable players in the cast. In addition to regulars George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, John Hamilton, Jack Larson and Robert Shayne; we have Tris Coffin, Syd Saylor, Pierre Watkin*, Robert Kent and Phillip Pine.
NOTE: * The prolific Mr. Watkin did at least one other SUPERMAN Episode and did portray Editor Perry White in both Columbia Serials. SUPERMAN (Columbia, 1948) and ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN (Columbia, 1950).
BUT THE GUY in charge of this story was the Man of Steel and we're sure glad he was. The story fits very well in with the other entries of season one & two. There was very little out and out comedy and a serious treatment of the events of the day was the rule. The comic relief came from cantankerous and blustery Perry White (John Hamilton ) and his running gag of losing temper with the antics of 'young' Jimmy Olsen (Jack Larson).
AS FOR THE story, we have a baffling mystery that has a ventriloquist's dummy apparently speaking on his own. The inexplicable occurrences have even the great ventriloquist, Marco (Syd Saylor) totally baffled and on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
WHEN THE THREE Daily Planet reporters, Kent (Mr. Reeves) Lois (Phyllis Coates) and Olsen (Larson) get to the theatre to investigate, they discover it to be a clever way for a criminal enterprise to transmit info about armored car routes to their minions!
FAR FETCHED AND less than efficient as this method may seem, it was indeed clever and made for an excellent installment of the series.
THE EPISODE Benefited from the inclusion of many reliable players in the cast. In addition to regulars George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, John Hamilton, Jack Larson and Robert Shayne; we have Tris Coffin, Syd Saylor, Pierre Watkin*, Robert Kent and Phillip Pine.
NOTE: * The prolific Mr. Watkin did at least one other SUPERMAN Episode and did portray Editor Perry White in both Columbia Serials. SUPERMAN (Columbia, 1948) and ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN (Columbia, 1950).