Two other attempts to kill Superman with flaming gas jets of fire and an artificial blizzard of ice also failed, but Luthor had successfully lured Superman to his underground lair, his primary goal.After an overhead shot of a downtown New York street scene at 5 pm, the camera dollies down to the street level of the busy office/business district at the close of work." He was late to the empty offices of theDaily Planet, where he learned in a conference room that sleazy tabloid tycoon David Warfield (Sam Wanamaker) had purchased the newspaper and taken over operations, vowing to make it profitable and exploitative.Craster was invited to perform a short audition at the piano of one of his own works, as Lermontov ate his breakfast.In Dryden""s office, decorated with artifacts including an alabaster Egyptian cat statue and a painting of a golden sunrise, Dryden explains Lawrence""s task.