picture dis(c) 3: Superman II ~ Margot Kidder

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music by     
Ken Thorne     








Superman II ~ 7" picture disc 
Superman side   
photo by Styrous® 


     

Margot Kidder died yesterday. She was best known for her role as Lois Lane in the Superman film series which starred Christopher Reeve.   

Margot Kidder was born on October 17, 1948, in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories of Canada. Her father was an explosives expert and engineer from New Mexico, in the United States, and her mother was a history teacher from British Columbia, Canada.           

Superman II ~ 7" picture disc

The Criminals side   

photo by Styrous® 

Kidder said, "We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it. I knew I had to go far away. I was clueless, but I [have done] okay."        

In 2005, Kidder became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In later years, Kidder became an outspoken political, environmental, and anti-war activist. 

Kidder dated former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, directors Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg, writer/director Tom Mankiewicz and actor/comedian Richard Pryor.    

She maintained a close friendship with her Superman co-star Christopher Reeve, which lasted from 1978 until his death in 2004. "When you're strapped to someone hanging from the ceiling for months and months, you get pretty darned close," Kidder told CBS. "He was such a huge part of my life... He was complicated, very smart, really smart, and he knew he'd done something meaningful. He was very aware of that and very happy with that role."      

Margot Kidder & Christopher Reeve as 

Lois Lane & Superman

film still

On August 23, 2011, Kidder, Tantoo Cardinal, and dozens of others were arrested while protesting in Washington D.C. against the proposed extension of the Keystone Pipeline. In 2012, she appeared in a video for Stop the Frack Attack, an environmental organization working toward regulating fracking practices.       

On August 22, 2015, Kidder was named the host of a dinner event by the Yellowstone County Democrats in Billings, Montana called "Billings for Bernie" in support of the Bernie Sanders presidential primary bid.      

Margot Kidder died in her sleep on May 13, 2018, at her home in Livingston, Montana. She was 69 years old.           

         

            

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Main Title March   

Side 2:

B1 - Lex Escapes   
B2 - Lex And Miss Teschmacher To Fortress
   
Companies, etc.

    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros.
    Copyright (c) – Warner Bros.
    Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
    Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
    Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering

Credits:

    Composed By – John Williams (4), Ken Thorne
    Conductor – Ken Thorne

Notes:

℗ © 1981 A Warner Bros. Recording.

A Warner Communications Company.
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Runout hand etched, side A): K 17778 A-1 STRAWBERRY
    Matrix / Runout (Runout hand etched, side B): K 17778 B-1

Ken Thorne ‎– Superman II
Label: WEA ‎– K 17778P
Format: Vinyl, 7", Picture Disc, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1981
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Score

  

         

           

Viewfinder link:         

           

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Net links:         

           

Rolling Stone ~ The Education of Margot Kidder
Vanity Fair ~ the Definitive Lois Lane     
ABC obit
CNN obit          

Huffington Post obit               

LA Times obit  
NBC obit       
NY Times obit           
Reuters obit

USA Today obit        

Variety obit  
      

YouTube links:         

           
Main Title March    
Lex Escapes                
        
        
      

   

  

"I'm living in the end game in the 

United States and it's not funny."  

                   ~ Margot Kidder  

           

         

           
           

Styrous® ~ Monday, May 14, 2018        

         

           

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