Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Superman - The Dragon's Teeth (Show 2 of 3) 1941

The Dragon's Teeth (Show 2 of 3) Aired February 17, 19 and 21, 1941


This juvenile adventure series was first broadcast on Mutual in 1940 with Clayton (Bud) Collyer starring as Superman/Clark Kent. It first began as a fifteen-minute show but later, in 1949, it moved to ABC as a thirty-minute Saturday show with Michael Fitzmaurice as Superman. At the end of its thirteen-year run it had totalled over 1600 episodes. The opening for the show was one of radio’s best, setting the stage for those flights into fantasy with a cascade of voices, narration and sound effects. “Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!” “Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s Superman!” The scripts by B.P. Freeman and Jack Johnstone were directed by Robert and Jessica Maxwell, George Lowther, Allen Ducovny and Mitchell Grayson.Sound effects were created by Jack Keane, AlBinnie, Keene Crockett and John Glennon. Cast : Superman: Bud Collyer (1940-1950), Michael Fitzmaurice (1950-1951) Lois Lane: Joan Alexander, Rollie Bester, Helen Choate. Perry White: Julian Noa. Jimmy Olsen: Jack Grimes, Jackie Kelk. Jor-L: Ned Wever Lara: Agnes Moorehead. Narrator: George Lowther (1940-1942), Jackson Beck (1943-1951), Ross Martin(1951). Airing in the late afternoon (variously at 5:15pm, 5:30pm and 5:45pm), the radio serial engaged the young after school audiences.

THIS SERIES: Superman - THE DRAGON'S TEETH (10 Episodes)


February 17, 1941. Program #160. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. Clark Kent visits Walter Hoffman on a pretense. Perry White receives a telegram from Superman! Is it a trap? Bud Collyer, Julian Noa. 12:24.

February 19, 1941. Program #161. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. An interview with a Superman imposter, and a confrontation with the real thing! Bud Collyer. 12:28.

February 21, 1941. Program #162. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are flying west in an air transport plane which is running into serious trouble. Clark Kent switches to Superman, knocks out the pilots and lands the plane safely. Walter Hoffman confronts Lois Lane! Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander. 12:20.

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