Things You Didn’t Know About The Adventures Of Superman

Color Transition

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While the show transitioned from black and white to color, along with many other shows of the same era one particular detail in the show was left to transition as well. Clark Kent and Louis Lane’s wife was named Perry White. Perry was played by veteran actor John Hamilton who was known for films like The Maltese Falcon which starred Humphrey Bogart and The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney. In the Adventures of Superman, his character has an office with an industrial style painting in the background. While the show was in black and white, of course, so was the painting. However, when it switched into color, the painting remained in greyscale. However, one episode it suddenly switched into color. This can probably be explained by producers simply noticing that the scenes done in the office would “pop” more if they had color.