American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"It's started, it's started..."

In the theater, after playing a short fixed opening animation of "Superman", the movie was officially released.

As the screen darkened, Katharine Hepburn, who was next to Colin, stopped talking to Howard Hughes and stared at the big screen with full concentration.

Seeing that Katharine Hepburn had lost interest in talking, Howard Hughes also stopped his attentive behavior in time. He looked at Katharine Hepburn's well-defined profile and reached out to touch the pocket where he put his cigar, but stopped his hand as if he thought of something, and instead grabbed the other's slender palm.

Feeling Howard Hughes's firmly grasped palm, Katharine Hepburn tried to pull her hand out, but she noticed the strength in the other's hand and immediately gave up struggling, which was considered as tacit consent to Hughes's move.

Seeing this, Howard Hughes smiled slightly and turned his eyes to the screen in front of him. Although he had watched the plot of "Titanic" countless times as a director and producer, this did not prevent Hughes from continuing to appreciate this work in the theater, especially when he was with the people he liked.

Ignoring the small movements of the two people around him, Colin looked at the pictures projected on the big screen.

At the beginning of the movie, the first thing that appeared was the opening logo of Howard Hughes and Colin Messenger Films.

Unlike the concise and clear opening of Howard Hughes Film Studio, the opening of Messenger Films was a short animation of less than a few seconds. Superman cut through the sky and raised the letters of Messenger Films. At the same time, the cinema also sounded the passionate BGM soundtrack.

This short opening animation was also made by Disney, and the BGM as the soundtrack was made by Colin himself, which was also intercepted from the climax of Superman's classic debut music "Superman Main Theme", giving people a sense of justice at first listen.

This opening animation has replaced the original Fox Film Company and has become the opening standard for all movies under the current Messenger Film Company.

…

"If you jump, I will jump!"

Due to the limitations of the times, the viewing experience presented by "Titanic" shot by Howard Hughes is far less exciting than the later Cameron version. Dye transfer process bonding process, as a newly emerged color film technology, is not yet mature in many aspects, and this is not something that can be solved by relying on money alone.

Fortunately, the realism in the movie makes up for this, which comes entirely from the interior cabin furnishings, restaurant layout, plates and cups of the Titanic, and even the reproduction of the characters' costumes, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the plot of the movie.

And being able to do this is obviously inseparable from Howard Hughes himself. After all, the other party actually bought a ship for filming.

For a good movie, the scene layout is one thing, and what can really impress the audience is still the core of the movie, that is, the plot.

As a classic work that has remained popular for decades, "Titanic" has obviously achieved this.

With the hum of the Titanic in the film, the audience seemed to follow Jack, played by Leslie Howard, into the luxury cruise ship and accompanied him through a thrilling but fleeting journey.

"Oh, no..."

"Why, Jack, why Rose."

"OMG, run away, run away Rose, run away Jack."

Everyone knows that the Titanic is destined to sink in the movie, especially after Colin and Howard Hughes's publicity in New York Harbor, this has become the consensus of every moviegoer.

However, when the movie really reached this scene, many viewers still couldn't help but exclaim, and they clenched their hands and worried about the male and female protagonists in the film.

"Winning the ticket... is the luckiest thing in my life. I am honored to know you. You must help me. Promise me to live. Promise me that you will not give up... No matter what happens, no matter what the environment is... Rose, promise me, don't forget..."

The movie, which lasted more than two hours, soon came to the end. When the Titanic, which was said to be unsinkable, hit the iceberg, many viewers in the cinema actually had an illusion of waking up from a dream.

When they saw Jack give the only chance of survival to Rose, there were faint sobbing sounds in the cinema.

"You will definitely escape danger. You must live, have many children, watch them grow up, and you will enjoy your old age and rest in a warm bed, instead of here tonight, not dying like this."

When Jack said this in the movie, some emotional viewers couldn't help but cry out in grief.

Due to the promotion activities of the Messenger Film Company, nearly half of the audience in the cinema were women, and the unswerving love in the movie "Titanic" naturally affected them more.

"...I don't even have a photo of him. He only lives in my memory."

At the end of the movie, when the elderly Ruth appeared, the emotions of sadness and regret seemed to burst out completely at this moment. Not only the female audience in the cinema, Colin noticed that many male audiences' eyes also turned red uncontrollably.

The film ends in a dream of the elderly Rose. A long shot passes through the lobby and goes up the stairs. Jack turns around and reaches out to hold Rose. They kiss in the cheers, just like yesterday.

The movie ends.

The scrolling subtitles begin to appear.

However, the audience in the theater is still immersed in the last scene of the movie and can't calm down for a long time.

Unlike the release time of the original "Titanic", the "Titanic" directed by Howard Hughes is actually less than 20 years away from the sinking of the real ship. For many people, it is even a recent event. Therefore, the plot in the movie makes them feel more involved, as if there is really such a touching love story on the Titanic.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

The story of Jack and Rose began to spread the day after the release of the movie "Titanic".

Radio programs reported details about the sinking of the Titanic. Some tabloids even vowed to find the prototype of Rose in the movie. Some even claimed to go to the original sinking site to salvage the Heart of the Ocean in the movie.

These deliberately spread news also fueled the box office of "Titanic" to some extent, making the cinema industry, which was silent due to the Great Depression, usher in a rare prosperity during this period.

In terms of box office, the trend of "Titanic" is also quite gratifying or dramatic. It has exceeded two million in less than a week after its release, and there is no sign of a decline in the box office trend since then. It is conservatively estimated that it will break five million.

You know, during the Great Depression, a movie with a box office of over one million was enough to become the box office champion, and the box office of "Titanic" will obviously not stop at five million.

In fact, this is exactly the case. In the following days, the box office of "Titanic" seemed to have continued to grow. It broke through the ceiling of 10 million in Hollywood's exclamation and became the first 10 million-level movie in Hollywood's film history. And all this is just the box office results in the United States. With the enthusiastic response of the movie, the craze of the big ship quickly swept across Europe.

Titanic, as a world-class disaster event, itself has a huge topic.

And the movie shot with this accident as the background is naturally attractive to the audience.

Through the relationship of "Titanic", Colin's Messenger Films also successfully opened up the international film market mainly in Europe, which is one of the reasons why he actively promoted the release of "Titanic". As the screenwriter of the movie, the success of "Titanic" cannot gain the same substantial influence as director Howard Hughes or starring Katharine Hepburn.

However, through the release of the movie, Colin also successfully made the acquired Messenger Films gain a firm foothold in Hollywood. At the same time, the international film market he developed could also save him from some unnecessary troubles in his later plans to promote Superman movies.

After all, if you want to collect enough [faith], movies are one of the roads that cannot be avoided anyway.

…

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Ms. Maureen O'Sullivan."

In the restaurant at No. 21, West 52nd Street.

Colin took off his hat and greeted Maureen O'Sullivan in the restaurant.

"No, Mr. Colin Luper, I just arrived too."

In response to Colin's greeting, Maureen O'Sullivan stood up a little stiffly and replied.

Because of her role in Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan became famous in Hollywood and became a famous actress. However, she did not seem to dare to act like an actress in front of Colin. After all, Hollywood actors and studios were highly tied together at that time, and the studio that Maureen O'Sullivan signed with was Fox Films, the predecessor of Messenger Films.

In other words, Maureen O'Sullivan is actually one of Colin's actors today.

"Don't be too nervous, Ms. O'Sullivan."

After comforting the actress in front of him, Colin gestured to the waiter in the restaurant, who then opened the menu that had been prepared long ago.

With the lifting of the prohibition, Restaurant No. 21 also changed from the previous underground wine cellar to a legal restaurant. At the same time, because of the habits left over from the prohibition period, many diners still retained the habit of dining and meeting here, and the original underground wine cellar was also transformed into a wine cellar specifically for storing customers' wine.

Colin's kind attitude obviously relieved Maureen O'Sullivan's original nervousness a little.

Looking up at Colin in front of her, from the appearance alone, Maureen O'Sullivan could hardly associate the other party with the powerful newspaper tycoon or Hollywood tycoon.

While Maureen O'Sullivan was observing Colin, Colin was also looking at her.

From the appearance alone, Maureen O'Sullivan was obviously more in line with his aesthetics than Katherine Hepburn. Unfortunately, he already had an idea about the heroine of "Superman", otherwise he could invite her to play the role of Louise.

In fact, the actor who played Louise was also related to Maureen O'Sullivan in front of her.

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[Contact with a special twisted time node, collect a large number of time fragments x300]

[Contact with a special twisted time node, collect a large number of time fragments x200]

[Golden Seal (8450/10000)]

"Almost..."

In the dark dimension, Colin dodged Dormammu's waving arms again, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the [Time Fragments] that appeared in front of him.

As the ruler of the entire dark dimension, Dormammu's power in this world has almost no weaknesses. Even if Colin wanted to compete with him in battle, it would be impossible. In fact, if it weren't for the [Man of Steel], he wouldn't be able to survive in the dark dimension for too long.

Fortunately, the away game was not without gain. After several encounters with Dormammu, he also gained key [Time Fragments].

Therefore, when Colin realized that it was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the number of [Time Fragments] from Dormammu, he gradually had the intention to leave.

After all, as time goes by, it will become more and more disadvantageous for him, especially considering that the ability of Colin to erase the timeline through the fragment of the time gem in the purple dimension is not completely unlimited. Once he stays in the dark dimension for too long, it will make this timeline completely survive, and even affect himself who is split in other timelines.

Thinking of this, Colin no longer hesitated.

Through the transmission of this idea, Colin in the purple dimension world also decisively activated the ability of the gem fragment.

"It's time to say goodbye, Dormammu."

In the dark dimension, as the gem power was activated, Colin immediately stopped his avoidance and said to Dormammu, who was as huge as a planet in front of him.

"If we can see each other again next time."

Time is an invisible force, but in the weird dark dimension world, it shrouds Colin with a familiar green light.

"What, no, I won't allow this to happen!"

Looking at the familiar power erupting from Colin, the flames in Dormammu's head began to burst out uncontrollably. He stretched out his hand to try to stop the power of the Time Gem fragments, but before he could catch Colin in front of him, the whole world and the timeline were erased.

"No..."

As the timeline dissipated, only Dormammu's angry roar echoed in the entire dark dimension.

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