Bruce, The letters are indeed interesting.
As a small correction to the further information in your link, the ongoing dispute between DC Comics and Republic pictures during the early 1940's did not result in Republic finally making the Superman serial in 1948. The DC comics/Republic fight in the early 1940's actually resulted in Republic losing access to any and all DC characters for its serials. Rather, the much delayed Superman serial that was eventually produced in 1948 was done by Republic's rival studio, Columbia Pictures. Columbia, in fact developed and produced various DC Comics properties starting with The Batman serial in 1943. Meanwhile as you note, Republic made Captain Marvel. Without DC Comics, they had to go in another direction with Fawcett/Whiz for Spy Smasher and Timely Comics for Captain America ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:33 AM Subject: [MOPO] Here's a REALLY cool group of SUPERMAN letters we have up for auction! Many people have wondered why it took 10 years for a live action Superman movie to be made (he started in 1938 and the first serial was in 1948). This was especially odd since serials were SO big in the late 1930s and early 1940s. But Republic Pictures had first started trying to get Superman for one of its serials in 1940! These letters from the Paul Kohner estate help shed light on what went wrong. http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2844065 Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site our auctions Complete Buyer Protection - No time limit on our guarantees & NO buyer beware Hershenson Help Hotline - Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth Customer Reviews of our company - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
