As everyone scrambles to capitalize on the hoopla surrounding Warner Bros.’ release of Superman Returns, ReelTime Rentals Inc. is getting into the act, but for a good cause. The company today announced that it will make unaired episodes of Famous Studios’ 1940s Superman cartoons available to the public free of charge. Each time one is viewed, RealTime will make a donation to the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
Currently in the library of Echelon Entertainment, the collection of wartime-era Superman animated shorts were produced by Famous Studios, which Paramount Pictures established after it foreclosed on Fleischer Studios. Famous continued the Superman series without Max Fleischer, whose animated exploits of the Man of Steel were popular appetizers to feature films in theaters.
“We are pleased to make these historically significant shows available for viewers around the world to enjoy, and are happy that at the same time we can help support the Christopher Reeve Foundation’s important work in finding treatments and cures for paralysis,’ says Beverly Zaslow, ReelTime’s VP of business development.
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) provides a comprehensive, national source of information for people living with spinal cord injury, paralysis and all mobility-related disabilities. For more information, go to www.christopherreeve.org/
ReelTime Rentals’ website, RealTimeTV.net, is set to launch in the coming days, providing subscription and pay-per-view access to DVD-quality, full-length movies. The ‘lost’ Superman installments all feature a Mighty Mouse cartoon at the end, and will be available as streaming video that plays immediately and allows viewers to rewind and fast-forward.
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