Carol Forman Filmography

Carol Forman was best known for playing "The Black Widow" and "The Spider Lady", so not suprisingly her second-to-last movie had her reprising this character as "Dangerous Dora". But her last movie had her being a newspaper woman, which makes it sound as if the Spider Lady was impersonating Lois Lane again.

Filmography

 

Show Actress (24 titles)

1961Ada
Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

1960Surfside 6 (TV series)
Mrs. Jordan

– Deadly Male(1960)… Mrs. Jordan

1953By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Dangerous Dora (uncredited)

1952Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom
Laska

1951Oh! Susanna
Blonde (uncredited)

1950-1951The Cisco Kid (TV series)
Pat Lacy / Pat Parker / Pat Tracy

– Pancho Held Hostage (1951)… Pat Tracy

– Confession for Money(1951)… Pat Lacy

– Lynching Story(1950)… Pat Parker

 

 

1949Brothers in the Saddle
Flora Trigby

1949Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.
Nila

 

 

1948The Feathered Serpent
Sonia Cabot

1948The Mozart Story
Catherine Cavallieri (new scenes)

 

 

1948Superman
Spider Lady

 

1948Docks of New Orleans
Nita Aguirre

1947Brick Bradford
Queen Khana

 

 

1947The Black Widow
Sombra, The Black Widow

1947Under the Tonto Rim
Juanita

1947Honeymoon
Nurse (uncredited)

1947Desperate
Mrs. Henry Roberts (uncredited)

1947Wife Tames Wolf (short)

1947Code of the West
Saloon girl Milly

1946San Quentin
Ruthie

1946The Falcon's Adventure
Helen Ray

1946Nocturne
Receptionist (uncredited)

1946Follow That Blonde (short)

1946From This Day Forward
Counselor in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

 

Archive Footage (2 titles)

1966Golden Hands of Kurigal (TV movie)
Nila

1966Sombra, the Spider Woman (TV movie)
Mme. Sombra

 

 

 

Carol Forman:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286329/

Carol Forman And The Spider Lady

Carol Foreman is best known for her roles as "The Black Widow" and "The Spider Lady" in the serials THE BLACK WIDOW and SUPERMAN.

Carol Forman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  

Carol Forman
Born	(1918-06-19)June 19, 1918 Epps, Alabama
Died	July 9, 1997(1997-07-09) (aged 79) Burbank, California
Occupation	Television actress

Carol Foreman (19 June 1918, Epps, Alabama – 9 July 1997, Burbank, California) was an American actress best known for playing exotic villains in action serials, particularly The Spider Lady in the 1948 Superman Serial.

 External links

• Carol Forman at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Foreman, Carol
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	19 June 1918
Place of birth	Epps, Alabama
Date of death	9 July 1997
Place of death	Burbank, California

SUPERMAN and the sequal ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN were the most successful serials ever made. But they were out of circulation for years, because the arrangement that they had with DC comics had been only for a limited time, after which they were withdrawn. A great deal of misinformation circulated about these serials during the period that they were unavailable for viewing.

Some accounts had it that Carol Forman had given a poor performance and flubbed a number of lines. Today these serials are back in circulation, and modern viewers are able to decide for themselves how well Carol Forman did in the part of "The Spider Lady".

 

 

This version makes it look like The Spider Lady is Superman's costar.

 

 

A scene from the serial.

 

 

  
                                                       THE SPIDER LADY


Some elements of the first Superman serial were taken from the Superman radio show, which had a story involving kryptonite and a villlianess called "The Scarlet Widow". But this character was described as "gaunt and ungly" ( something that was all too typical on a program that tended to depict female characters unfavorably ), while The Spider Lady was beautiful.*

The fact is that The Spider Lady is about the same character as the Black Widow that Carol Forman had played in the previous serial,

                             who resembled "The Dragon Lady" in "Terry and the Pirates".

 

 

There were also similarities to the "Spider Woman" of the 1944 Sherlock Holmes movie, particularly the way the character on the poster was depicted in the center of a web.

 

 

 

Although Sherlock Holmes won the first time around, he was somehow missing from the sequal.

 

 

Which made it look as if the Spider Woman was still running around loose after all.

 

 

 

 

 

THE SPIDER LADY STRIKES BACK

 

 

It was only natural that after the tremendous success of the character in other mediums, Superman would conquer television. But when they made the television show, they passed up all the people who had starred in the serials in favor of new actors. Of the principals, only Noel Neill would return to the role she had played in the serials, and that only after Phyllis Coates left the series.

Carol Forman and Lyle Talbot ( Luthor in the second serial ) were still active on television during this same period, but were never used on the Superman show. I suspect it was due to some sort of prejudice on the part of the production people, who based the new television version on the old radio show rather than the serials.

However, even though Carol Forman didn't turn up again on the television show, they did reuse her "Black Widow" costume in one episode, "The Riddle Of The Chinese Jade", in which it was worn by Gloria Saunders.

 

 

Who also played "The Dragon Lady" on the "Terry and the Pirates" show.

 

 

Which made it look as if the Spider Lady had snuck back into "The Adventures Of Superman" after all.

 

 

BLACKHAWK

 

In 1952, Kirk Alyn and Carol Forman made another serial for Sam Katzman, BLACKHAWK. Once again Carol Forman played about the same character as the Black Widow.

 

 

 

While Kirk Alyn played another comic book hero, who could be compared to Superman.

 

 

 

This was to be the last serial that either Carol Forman or Kirk Alyn made. The age of the serial was coming to an end.

 

 

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON

 

In one of her last roles, Carol Forman had a cameo appearance in this Doris Day musical as "Dangerous Dora", the villianess in a little boy's fantasy, who once more was about the same character as she had been playing in the serials.

 

 

THE BLACK WIDOW IN MARVEL COMICS

 

"The Black Widow" that appeared in Marvel comics in 1964 was originally about the same character that Carol Forman had played in the 1947 serial, which had been run on television prior to the comic book character's first appearance.

 

 

Later, the Marvel character became a superhero and changed her costume, which decreased the similarities between the serial charachter and the comic book character.

 

 

IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN

 

"The Scarlet Widow" character was revived eventually for a revival of the play IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN. Or so they said.

 

  

 

The Scarlet Widow they had is a young woman ( Julie Johnson ) who is described as "voluptuous" and is named "Sombra". This is actually the name of the "Black Widow" played by Carol Forman in the old serial.  

 

 

 

 

 

An appreciation of Carol Forman from another site:

Reblogged from http://www.stevehodel.com/evidenceroom/?p=1396 :

Kelvin Hodel- Tim Holt Anecdote
My younger brother, Kelvin “Kelly” Hodel was born in October, 1942, just eleven-months after the birth of my twin John and I. He would be Dorothy and George’s, fourth, and final son. Kelly from an early age “loved the girls” and believe me—the girls LOVED him. A 1949 Franklin House Kelvin anecdote is appropriate:
In 1948 -1949 our father rented out many of the rooms at the Franklin House to creative types, generally, artists and actors. During that time, one of the “roomers” was a beautiful actress named, Carol Forman. (Photo below) At the time she was living with us she was dating film star, Tim Holt, who naturally, came and went on a regular basis.
Brother Kelly, then age-6 or 7 had a terrible crush on Carol, and whenever Tim showed up to take her on a date, Kelly would object, informing Holt in no uncertain terms, “she’s my girlfriend.” Finally, Holt could take it no longer and took Kelly into the center courtyard, mano-a-mano and came up with the following suggestion:
“Look Kelly. You’re too young to be with Carol now. I will date her only until you get old enough and then you and Carol can get married, and I will get on my horse and ride off. Fair enough?”
Kelly agreed, Holt & Hodel shook hands, and the battle for Carol’s heart was ended.


And now for a little appreciation of my own:


I imagine all the little boys were crazy about Carol Forman at the time. And I can remember that when I was a boy I kissed a picture of her myself  that was in the book DAYS OF THRILLS AND ADVENTURE by Alan Barbour.

 

What red-blooded American boy wouldn't go for Carol Forman?

 

Especially since she wasn't really a villian, it was only in fun.

 

*There was also a comic book character called "The Spider Widow",  a beautiful girl who only disguised herself as an ugly old woman. The Spider Widow's first appearance in comics was in 1942, while radio's Scarlet Widow didn't appear until 1945.

 

THE BLACK WIDOW:
http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/html/the_black_widow.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Widow_(serial)


BRICK BRADFORD:
http://matineeclassics.com/movies/1947/brick_bradford/details/


http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2011/03/brick-bradford.html


BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVER MOON:
http://movielab.tv/movieplayer.php?name=By the Light of the Silvery Moon&year=1953


Carol Forman:
http://www.allmovie.com/artist/carol-forman-p24306


Carol Forman:
http://filesofjerryblake.netfirms.com/html/carol_forman.html


Carol Forman and Tim Holt:
http://www.stevehodel.com/evidenceroom/?p=1396


Carol Forman Obituary:
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/18/news/mn-13970


Sam Katzman:
http://www.westernclippings.com/sr/serialreport_2009_08.shtml


The Scarlet Widow ( Radio Version ):
http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/The_Scarlet_Widow

Revival Version:
http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=40611&p=14


SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SPIDER WOMAN:
http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com/2010/01/art-of-sherlock-holmes-spider-woman.html

http://www.basilrathbone.net/films/shspiderwoman/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_Woman


Superman Serial Review:
http://www.the-back-row.com/index.php/2011/11/10/the-back-row-s-weekly-serial-review-superman


Superman Serial Review:
http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com/2010/06/celluloid-superman-serials.html


Superman and Blackhawk Serial Review:
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/09/04/serialized-friday-chapter-three-look-up-in-the-sky/


Terry And The Pirates ( TV Version ):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_and_the_Pirates_(TV_series)

Sis Sez By Marge And Ruth Plumly Thompson

I've read the Wizard of Oz books on and off for years, so I was familiar with some of the work of Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued the series after Frank Baum. Likewise, I'm familiar with the work of Marge, who was the creator of Little Lulu. But I never knew they'd done a cartoon feature called Sis Sez till I happened to run across it on a Wizard of Oz site.



                                                                            SIS SEZ


Reblogged from http://hungrytigerpress.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sis Sez could be an older version of Little Lulu. And she could perhaps be an inhabitant of the land of Oz, although the setting of her adventures appear to be our own familiar world, if somewhat further back than the world of today.

 

Let's take a look at the artist and writer on this feature. First the artist-

Marge (cartoonist)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    

The first Little Lulu from the February 23, 1935 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

Marjorie Henderson Buell (December 11, 1904–May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Buell was 16 when her first cartoon was published. In 1925, she created her first syndicated comic strip, The Boy Friend, which ran through 1926. Marge was friends with Oz author Ruth Plumly Thompson and illustrated her fantasy novel King Kojo (1933).

 Little Lulu begins

Hired by The Saturday Evening Post in 1934, her first Little Lulu drawing appeared on the back page of that weekly in 1935. Little Lulu replaced Carl Anderson's Henry, which had been picked up for distribution by King Features Syndicate. Little Lulu was created as a result of Anderson's success, as noted by Schlesinger Library curator Kathryn Allamong Jacob:

Lulu was born in 1935, when The Saturday Evening Post asked Buell to create a successor to the magazine’s Henry—Carl Anderson’s stout, mute little boy—who was moving on to national syndication. The result was Little Lulu, the resourceful, equally silent (at first) little girl whose loopy curls were reminiscent of the artist’s own as a girl. Buell explained to a reporter, “I wanted a girl because a girl could get away with more fresh stunts that in a small boy would seem boorish.”^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Little Lulu begins 2 Illustrations 3 Archives 4 External Links 5 References 6 Sources

In 1935, she married C. Addison Buell. The couple had two sons, Fred and Larry, and lived in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
The Little Lulu panel continued to run weekly in The Saturday Evening Post until December 30, 1944. Buell retained the rights, unusual for the time. In 1950, Little Lulu became a daily syndicated comic strip. Buell marketed Little Lulu widely throughout the 1940s.^[2] The character appeared in comic books, animated cartoons, greeting cards and more. Little Lulu comic books, popular internationally, were translated into Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Greek.

Illustrations

Buell also did illustrations for Country Gentleman, Ladies' Home Journal and Collier's. Buell stopped drawing Little Lulu in 1947, and the work was continued by others, while she kept creative control. Sketching and writing of the Little Lulu comic book series was taken on by John Stanley, who later drew Nancy and Sluggo. Buell sold her Little Lulu rights to Western Publishing when she retired in 1971.
She died of lymphoma in Elyria, Ohio in 1993.
In 2003, an original 1930s watercolor of Little Lulu by Buell brought $584.00 on eBay.

 Archives

In July 2006, Buell's family donated the “Marge Papers” to the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. The papers include a collection of fan mail, comic books, scrapbooks of high points in Lulu’s history and a complete set of the newspaper cartoons. Buell's son Larry is a professor of American Literature at Harvard, and her son Fred is a professor of English at Queens College.^[3]

 External Links

• Papers, 1856-1994. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.

 References

1. ^ Jacob, Kathryn Allamong. "Little Lulu Lives Here", Radcliffe Quarterly, Summer 2006.
2. ^ Marge and Lulu: The Art of the Deal, Jennifer Gotwals, Hogan's Alley, 2010
3. ^ Gewertz, Ken. "Little Lulu comes to Harvard," Harvard Gazette, November 2, 2006.

 Sources

• Taylhardat, Karim. La Pequeña Lulu/The Little Lulu & M. Henderson, Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Sinsentido, 2007.

Persondata
Name	Marge
Alternative names
Short description	Cartoonist
Date of birth	1904
Place of birth
Date of death	1993
Place of death

    

and then the writer. 

 

  

Ruth Plumly Thompson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    

	Biography portal
	Oz portal

Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 – 6 April 1976) was an American writer of children's stories.

Contents 1 Life and work 2 Oz books by Thompson 3 Non-Oz books by Thompson 4 References 5 External links

 Life and work

An avid reader of Baum's books and a lifelong children's writer, Thompson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began her writing career in 1914 when she took a job with the Philadelphia Public Ledger; she wrote a weekly children's column for the newspaper.^[1] She had already published her first children's book, The Perhappsy Chaps, and her second, The Princess of Cozytown, was pending publication when William Lee, vice president of Baum's publisher Reilly & Lee, solicited Thompson to continue the Oz series. (Rumors among fans that Thompson was Baum's niece were untrue.)^[2] Between 1921 and 1939, she wrote one Oz book a year. (Thompson was the primary supporter of her widowed mother and invalid sister, so that the annual income from the Oz books was important for her financial circumstances.)^[3]
Thompson's contributions to the Oz series are lively and imaginative, featuring a wide range of colorful and unusual characters. However, one particular theme repeats over and over throughout her novels, with little variation. Typically in each of Thompson's Oz novels, a child (usually from America) and a supernatural companion (usually a talking animal), while traveling through Oz or one of the neighboring regions, find themselves in an obscure community where the inhabitants engage in a single activity. The inhabitants of this community then capture the travelers, and force them to participate in this same activity.
Another major theme has elderly characters, most controversially, the Good Witch of the North, being restored to "marriageable" age, possibly because Thompson herself never married. She had a greater tendency toward the use of romantic love stories (which Baum usually avoided in his fairy tales, with about 4 exceptions). While Baum's child protagonists tended to be little girls, Thompson's were boys. ^[4] She emphasized humor to a greater extent than Baum did, and always considered her work for children, whereas Baum, while first and foremost considering his child audience, knew that his readership comprised all ages.
Thompson's last Oz story, The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976), was not originally written as an Oz book.

External links

• On Thompson's The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa
• Works by Ruth Plumly Thompson on Open Library at the Internet Archive

                                                                       More Links

                     

MARGE:

 

Little Lulu Fan Site:

http://michelesworld.net/lulu/lulu.htm

 

Little Lulu ( Toonpedia ):

http://www.toonopedia.com/lulu.htm

 

 

 

RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON:

 

 Ruth Plumly Thompson Biography:

http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Thompson__Ruth_Plumly.html

 

 

 

THE WIZARD OF OZ:

 

 Hungry Tiger Talk:

http://hungrytigerpress.blogspot.com/

 

 

The Wizard Of Oz:

http://thewizardofoz.info/

Connie Hines

Connie Hines is best known for appearing on the television series MR. ED. But though she is well known for that, it wasn't really the best thing she could possibly have been in.

They didn't even have Connie Hines on this show very much, and didn't act like she was an important part of the series. For some reason, her bra size was sometimes mentioned as if it was a joke.

A great deal of emphasis was placed on the neighbors, who didn't have to be that important on the show. Certainly they should have been less important than Connie Hines if she was supposed to be a costar.

 

And the main human character of the show was a man who was supposed to be married to Connie Hines, but usually ignored her and spent most of his time out in the barn with the horse, away from her and everyone else. And sometimes even when he's supposed to be in a roomful of other people, there's nobody else in the shots with him and it doesn't really look like he's in a roomful of other people. He could still be out in the barn with the horse and just imagining that other people are there.

 

MR. ED also was not a wholesome program that was suitable for kids, although that was the pretense. It tends to be perverted.  

 

  

But I like Connie Hines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't say I like the rest of the show. For me, Connie Hines would be the only reason to watch it.

 

 

 

 

 

But there is much more to the career of Connie Hines. She appeared on other television programs

 

 

FRACTURED FLICKERS

 

 

 

as well as making movies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an Alan Young-free blog.

 

There are no pictures of him.

 

And no videos with him, either.

 

But here is one with Connie Hines:

 

 

 

 

 

Connie Hines Fanpix:

http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/connie-hines-pictures.htm

 

 

 

 

Connie Hines At The IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385647/