I almost gave up hope." She asked if he found what he was looking for -- he said he was unable to find his homeland""s planet or any survivors of Krypton after its "distant remains" had been discovered by astronomers: "That place was a graveyard.With a production budget of $98 million, and box-office gross receipts of $202 million (domestic) and $433 million (worldwide).In the all-star cast were:Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert), the matriarchal wife and mother who held her family together (including her two daughters)Jane (Jennifer Jones in her second feature film), her eldest daughter, a high-school seniorBridget (or Brig) (teenaged Shirley Temple in her first major post-childhood role), the younger daughterTim Hilton (Neil Hamilton) (completely off-screen, although pictured in a photograph), the beloved businessman father, who volunteered to serve, and was later reported lost and missing in action in the SW PacificFidelia (Hattie McDaniel), the family""s black maid who worked to pay her rent due to stretched financesWhen her husband went off to World War II in early 1943, Anne Hilton was left behind with her two daughters.In the weapons hold, android KAY-Em 14 told Tsunaron that the biggest odds against survival were in getting to the shuttle.He first goes to the Ambassador Hotel""s Cocoanut Grove, thinking she might be there.A well-known, frequent womanizer, Norman discusses and rates potential pickups and conquests with the maitre-d: "Too young.