What were those mysterious prayer cards Simo finds in Reevess bedroom?
A. Though never explained in the film, Toni Mannix brought those Catholic prayer cards to Reeves’s house. Jack Larson, Reeves’s friend and Superman co-star, accompanied Toni to Reeves’s home a few days after his death, where she nailed the cards over the bullet holes in Reeves’s bedroom floor, and covered them with a rug. Q. Did Reeves’s scenes in From Here to Eternity get cut because preview audiences chanted “Superman!” on seeing him? A. That’s disputed. Fred Zinnemann, the film’s director has insisted that none of Reeves’s scenes were cut from the film’s final version. But Jack Larson, Reeves’s co-star, attended the film’s preview in Hollywood and recalled the audience shouting out “Superman!” during Reeves’s scenes. It broke Reeves’s heart, according to Larson. Q. Where can I find more information about George Reeves’s life and death? A. Hollywood Kryptonite is a good read. Authors Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger argue that Toni Mannix used her husband’s connections to arrange a
