Supercrew Style…

Procured at Collectors Fairs and The Propstore of London respectively, these unique production used sweatshirts are usually still in possession of those who wore them, making decades old genuine gear valuable both for sentimental and investment reasons.

Custom crew wear in the Superman movies can be seen as early as 1977 where production footage reveals the tradition of homemade-style printed t-shirts and sweaters gradually becoming more corporate and refined as the series progressed…

 

Royal Charity Premiere…

Historically, the Superman movie premieres had always been lavish events that had benefited charities such as the Special Olympics.

With the considerable coup of the Royal audience and always the showmen, Cannon Films producers Golan & Globus had planned to have both leading men arrive in costume to the Leicester Square Odeon for the first showing.  Despite the attendance of his family, Christopher Reeve is notable by his absence, leaving Nuclearman Mark Pillow to fend for himself alongside co-stars Margot Kidder and Mariel Hemmingway.  First, he has fun.

From the top, original programme and scarce images of the reception culled from the Spanish edition of Hello magazine…

 

“Lovely To Meet You…”

One of the best things about modern fandom is that stars from your favourite Movies are more accessible than ever thanks to Cons like Memorabilia and Collectormania UK hosting awesome guests.

The actors themselves are usually very accommodating and love to share their experiences working on the movies. From the top, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure and Christopher Reeve’s stunt double from Superman III and IV Mark Stewart…