He delivered an ultimatum: "If you kill the Bat, Martha lives" - otherwise, she would die by fire.He ordered: "To save Martha, bring me the head of the Bat." Superman had only 35 minutes remaining to act - marked by Luthor""s kitchen imer.Meanwhile, CNN reporters were at Heroes Park, where hey described strong electrical discharges being emitted from he Fortress of Solitude.Katie gives her "two cents" - sympathizing with Lt.Wilks (Bannion calls him: "that leaning tower of jelly"), realizing that Bannion""s boss only has a few more years to go before retirement and doesn""t want to jeopardize his pension.Inappropriately, Scarlett objects o wearing black mourning clothes in memory of her recently-deceased husband, and tries on a colorful bonnet.Laughton""s extensive make-up ook 2 1/2 hours each day to apply.Laughton had also appeared in another Victor Hugo film adaptation,Les Miserables (1935).A Tale of Two Cities (1935), another Hugo-based film adaptation, closely rivaled this 1939 classic.The historical costume adventure-drama (with a love quadrangle of sorts) also contained an element of horror - in the character of the deformed bellringer, although the real ""monster"" in the movie was the manipulative, treacherous, scheming and villainous Chief Justice (Jean Frollo), who was possessed by crazed homicidal urges stemming from unrequited love.