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Look! Up in the sky! It's Superman and Betty Boop!

11/23/2018

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Yes, that's right: Superman and Betty Boop!
In the coming weeks, Fathom Events will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1978 feature film Superman, starring Christopher Reeve, with a limited re-release of this fan favorite in movie theaters around the country. The event will also include a special showing of "The Mechanical Monsters," one of Fleischer Studios' films from their amazing series of animated Superman shorts.
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Released November 28, 1941, "The Mechanical Monsters" will be celebrating its 77th anniversary. What a wonderful way to celebrate!

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Find out how to attend one of Fathom Events special screenings of Superman HERE.

Did you know?
Clark Kent transformed into Superman in a phone booth for the very first time in "The Mechanical Monster." This, of course, would go on to become a central feature of the Superman mythology.

We expect to see Superman in the sky, but what the heck is Betty Boop doing up in the sky?
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According to "Calypso," the second of four mini-episodes of Star Trek (otherwise known as Short Treks), not only is Betty Boop still around - she's an interstellar sensation! The episode, co-written by prize winning novelist Michael Chabon, takes place thousands of years in the future where a man on the run finds himself on a Federation space ship where he watches the 1933 Fleischer film "Snow White" which features Betty Boop, Ko-ko the Clown, Bimbo and Cab Calloway's famous rendition of St. James Infirmary Blues.
You can find the Short Treks episode "Calypso" on CBS All-Access now.
But wait, there's more!
The Thanksgiving Day edition of the New York Times featured a retrospective classic of photos from the the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - and there was Betty Boop! The photo in the Times features a gaggle of children gathered around a hotel window and watching Betty's balloon (featured in the photo below) float by as part of the 1992 parade.
Find the whole article, and all the amazing photos HERE.
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The Betty Boop balloon flies in the Macy's Parade (photo courtesy of Fleischer Family)
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