Terror on the Midway

(1942)

8 minutes

Animation / Cartoon

Cast: Clark Kent as Superman , Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Perry White
 
Terror on the Midway is the ninth of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman , originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This animated short was the final production for the Fleischer Studios, which was reincorporated as Famous Studios at the time. The first Famous Studios cartoon was released three weeks before. The nine-minute short features Superman attempting to stop the chaos created when several circus animals escape their cages and restraints, including a giant ape. It was originally released on August 28, 1942 by Paramount Pictures.