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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:11 pm
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I'm an old timer too, FSB and remember those days well. Seeing The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in B/W in '64. Our first color TV was an RCA and we had to fool around with the color/tint/fine tuning for just about every show. Crazy how fast things changed. How about Superman? That was one of the first color series, wasn't it?


The Lone Ranger was early in color also.

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That's a good one, Glenn. We watched Ocean's 12 last night. Seems like we have much the same taste in TV. :D

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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 3:33 pm
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That's a good one, Glenn. We watched Ocean's 12 last night. Seems like we have much the same taste in TV. :D


It does seem that way. I like "Ocean's Thirteen" the best of the Ocean's movies.

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That's a good one, Glenn. We watched Ocean's 12 last night. Seems like we have much the same taste in TV. :D


It does seem that way. I like "Ocean's Thirteen" the best of the Ocean's movies.

It's really tough for me to pick a favorite Ocean's, but if I had to, I'd go with 11 and 12 & 13 tied for second. IMO

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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:19 pm
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You are sort of right about Superman, Marky. Dates are sketchy but generally the first season was B/W filmed in 1951. This episode aired in ‘52, and the second season was shot B/W in 1952. The second episode aired in ‘53, and the rest of the series were colour shot in 1953 until 1957, and the last episode aired in 1958 as the telecasts were more successful than expected. All shows starting in 1952 till 1958 aired in black and white. There was some work behind getting the colour films’ grey tones right to match the B/W versions as close as possible so the episodes all looked similar in B/W. The first colour playback telecast was in 1965 when Superman became syndicated to local stations.

There were many openings for the show and colour promotion for the preceding B/W feature film Superman and the Mole Men (which was edited into being two episodes for TV) is found to exist.

Here are two similar B/W and colour openings for the TV series:


I think the forward looking producers on both the film and TV side expected that colour TV for the public was inevitable. They just couldn’t put a date on mass distribution and history of TV and motion pictures changed over the years as did technology and the audience along with sponsors. :D
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Glenn, you are correct that ABC’s most popular 50’s show The Lone Ranger was in early colour.

Like Superman, it too was shot in colour throughout the series.

Disputes arose with contracts. The dashing cowboy and his faithful friend made two successful feature colour movies amongst the TV turmoil. The Lone Ranger in 1956, and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City Of Gold In 1958. In between was the only season of colour telecasting broadcast in 1957 (still pretty early for the industry and general public).

That beats Superman by 8 years. His first telecast in colour was in 1965.

As a little kid, along with the other cowboy heroes, I got to meet The Lone Ranger and Tonto at a children’s matinee club run by the theatre. After all, Tonto was Jay Silverheels (Harold Preston Smith), a Canadian Mohawk Golden Gloves athlete who excelled in Lacrosse, and our town was steeped in professional box lacrosse. The Lone Ranger was in colour when I saw him. :shock:
Today I have reel to reel Rogers and Autry recordings and a collection of the major cowboy heroes on videos. They sit next to my pirate movies. :D
Aargh me hearty! :lol:
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You are sort of right about Superman, Marky. Dates are sketchy but generally the first season was B/W filmed in 1951. This episode aired in ‘52, and the second season was shot B/W in 1952. The second episode aired in ‘53, and the rest of the series were colour shot in 1953 until 1957, and the last episode aired in 1958 as the telecasts were more successful than expected. All shows starting in 1952 till 1958 aired in black and white. There was some work behind getting the colour films’ grey tones right to match the B/W versions as close as possible so the episodes all looked similar in B/W. The first colour playback telecast was in 1965 when Superman became syndicated to local stations.

There were many openings for the show and colour promotion for the preceding B/W feature film Superman and the Mole Men (which was edited into being two episodes for TV) is found to exist.

Here are two similar B/W and colour openings for the TV series:


I think the forward looking producers on both the film and TV side expected that colour TV for the public was inevitable. They just couldn’t put a date on mass distribution and history of TV and motion pictures changed over the years as did technology and the audience along with sponsors. :D
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Wow thank you, FSB for the video and detailed information. I don't remember ever seeing the intro where the announcer says, "The United States Treasury Department presents the adventures of Superman". All very interesting and good memories. :D

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If you want to feel even older, a lot of people in their 20's who have never known what life was like before the internet. :P

Try running out of gas or having car trouble without a cellphone or a nearby phone booth where you could call a cab or a tow truck. It was especially fun in 40 below or a downpour. Isolation was a trip.

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As for the Internet, I miss dialup sound effects. :P

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Glenn, you are correct that ABC’s most popular 50’s show The Lone Ranger was in early colour.

Like Superman, it too was shot in colour throughout the series.

Disputes arose with contracts. The dashing cowboy and his faithful friend made two successful feature colour movies amongst the TV turmoil. The Lone Ranger in 1956, and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City Of Gold In 1958. In between was the only season of colour telecasting broadcast in 1957 (still pretty early for the industry and general public).

That beats Superman by 8 years. His first telecast in colour was in 1965.

As a little kid, along with the other cowboy heroes, I got to meet The Lone Ranger and Tonto at a children’s matinee club run by the theatre. After all, Tonto was Jay Silverheels (Harold Preston Smith), a Canadian Mohawk Golden Gloves athlete who excelled in Lacrosse, and our town was steeped in professional box lacrosse. The Lone Ranger was in colour when I saw him. :shock:
Today I have reel to reel Rogers and Autry recordings and a collection of the major cowboy heroes on videos. They sit next to my pirate movies. :D
Aargh me hearty! :lol:
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Get the Hell out! I saw The Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore also, when I was about 5 years old at a mall in Bergen County, NJ. I had a photo he gave out to everyone. They were all hand signed at the time he gave it to ya'. I always respected Clayton Moore for doing that for just a bunch of little kids. He took the time to answer questions from all of the kids, and didn't try to hurry us up and get out of there. I'm a Lone Ranger Fan, (Clayton Moore) till the day I close my eyes for the last time.

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