Editing Doc Savage (section)

====''Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze''====
{{Main|Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze}}
In 1975, producer and director [[George Pal]] produced the [[action film]] ''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]'', starring [[Ron Ely]] as Doc Savage. The movie was a critical failure and did poorly at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Mark | last=Hodgson | url=http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2007/06/doc-savage-man-of-bronze-1975-action.html | title=Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze DVD review | work=BlackholeReviews | date=June 8, 2007 | access-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref> Several articles and a later interview with Pal suggest the movie's failure had much to do with its loss of funding during filming when the studio changed heads and Pal was forced to cut costs. Nevertheless, Pal, as producer, is generally blamed for using the "high camp" approach in the style of the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series. An original soundtrack for the film was also commissioned, but when Pal lost his funding, he resorted to a patriotic march from [[John Philip Sousa]], which was in the [[public domain]]. Science-fiction writer [[Philip José Farmer]] tried to get another movie made (there is a notation at the end of the original film that a sequel adapted from the novel ''[[Death in Silver (Doc Savage)|Death in Silver]]'' featuring the infamous [[Silver Death's-Heads]] was in the works, but nothing came of it, despite the drafting of a script for it).{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}