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Post by /\/\att on Jun 18, 2007 9:27:08 GMT -5
  About Serials:Serial Films were some of the earliest forms of film during the silent era through to the 1950s, often episodic in form (usually with 12-15 parts) and simplistic in plot, that were shown over a period of weeks or years. The multi-part films consisted of episodes that could be anywhere between fifteen and twenty minutes in length. The segments were presented one chapter at a time in weekly installments over the course of time. Serials were usually included during the shorts projected in a neighborhood movie theatre, offered before the feature film, B-western, or Saturday afternoon 'kiddie' matinee. They were often scheduled along with lots of cartoons, newsreels, other two-reelers, and theatrical trailers/previews. -filmsite.org The Original Theatrical Poster! 1943 Batman Serial PlotBased on the comic book characters of Bill Finger and Bob Kane, Batman and the Boy wonder do battle with the evil Dr. Daka. With the aid of his zombie army he tries to steal America's radium for the Axis powers Number of Chapters: 15 Studio: Columbia Color: Black & White  Chapter Titles1) The Electrical Brain 2) The Bat's Cave 3) The Mark of the Zombies 4) Slaves of the Rising Sun 5) The Living Corpse 6) Poison Peril 7) The Phoney Doctor 8) Lured By Radium 9) The Sign of the Sphinx 10) Flying Spies 11) A Nipponese Trap 12) Embers of Evil 13) Eight Steps Down 14) The Executioner Strikes 15) The Doom of the Rising Sun CreditsDirector: Lambert Hillyer Producer: Rudolph C. Flothow Screenwriter: Victor McLeod, LeslieSwabacker, Harry Fraser CastBatman/Bruce Wayne: Lewis Wilson Robin/Dick Grayson: Douglas Croft Dr. Tito Daka: J. Carrol Naish Linda Shirley Patterson: Shawn Smith Alfred: William Austin Capt. Arnold: Charles C. Wilson Ken Colton: Charles Middleton Foster: Robert Fiske Preston: Michael Vallon Martin Warren: Gus Glassmire Now Available on DVD! Batman Serials -- 1943 Batman Serial - 1949 Batman Serial -- Batman Seriels -- Batman Black and White -- John Johnny Duncan Interview 1949 Robin |
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Post by BruceBatman on Jul 2, 2007 13:18:51 GMT -5
Yeah, these serials were great!
Every Bat-fan owes a salute to these!
Recently I have been looking to buy a poster from this serial set (I'm looking for chapter one or two.)
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Post by filmationbatmanfan on Jul 9, 2007 21:36:53 GMT -5
I wish I knew what colors the costumes really were. In black and white, they look like they're right on with the comics. Batman's outfit looks blue and grey and Robin's cape looks yellow and his costume looks like it's red and green. But I read somewhere the costumes colors were indeed wrong. Too bad they're all dead now. It would be neat to know what color the costumes were as well as what color their Bat Auto was. Currently, I am watching an episode of the 1948 Superman serial followed by an episode of this 1943 Batman serial each night before bedtime. I always wanted to do a World's Finest screening with the serials, the TV series, the Filmation cartoons, the movies, and the Bruce Timm Animated Series. Now I'm finally doing it.
Cheers.
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Post by darkclaw on Jul 9, 2007 23:01:53 GMT -5
Johnny Duncan is not dead. He played Robin in the second serial. You could ask him what colors they used.
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Post by /\/\att on Jul 11, 2007 6:11:24 GMT -5
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Post by BruceBatman on Jul 25, 2007 23:32:51 GMT -5
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Post by filmationbatmanfan on Aug 2, 2007 12:00:09 GMT -5
I know about Johnny Duncan and I do plan to read his interview. I visited his site and discovered both of their capes were maroon in color. I think I was referring to the 1943 serial. The entire cast of that one is deceased. According to the IMDB, Douglas Croft died at a pretty yonug age. Surprisingly, Lewis Wilson lived a long time. He didn't die until the year 2000. I'm susprised that no one ever considered interviewing him since he was indeed the first Batman.
Cheers
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Post by BruceWest on Dec 15, 2007 0:50:23 GMT -5
Lewis Wilsons' cape was for sale on ebay a few years ago.
It was blue, almost the same color as the Superfriends Batman.
The seller was asking $1,000,000 i kid u not
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Post by catfanbogota on Feb 21, 2008 22:04:21 GMT -5
Lewis Wilsons' cape was for sale on ebay a few years ago. It was blue, almost the same color as the Superfriends Batman. The seller was asking $1,000,000 i kid u not
The 1943 serial is a major influence on my fan film and on planned future film productions. I do not care for the racism, but taken on its own terms, I enjoy it very much!
And it feels good to be posting here again! |
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Post by /\/\att on Feb 28, 2008 8:30:08 GMT -5
Lewis Wilsons' cape was for sale on ebay a few years ago. It was blue, almost the same color as the Superfriends Batman. The seller was asking $1,000,000 i kid u not
The 1943 serial is a major influence on my fan film and on planned future film productions. I do not care for the racism, but taken on its own terms, I enjoy it very much!
And it feels good to be posting here again!Welcome back! The serials are an invaluable look into not only the history of Batman, but the state of the world and what was acceptible at that time. I love 'em! |
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Post by batghost08 on Sept 28, 2008 18:12:05 GMT -5
I guess this serial was okay. I rented it from Netflix a few weeks ago. Now I think the 1949 serial is next in my list.
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Post by BruceBatman on Apr 13, 2009 9:53:05 GMT -5
Yay! I finally got my copy of this 1943 movie serial!!! I love it. Though I wish it had a special feature. But so far I've watched to Chapter 4 and thoroughly enjoyed them!
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Post by /\/\att on Apr 24, 2009 7:37:22 GMT -5
I'm glad you dig it..its a great piece of historical film. They couldn't do much for a special feature, because there isn't much surviving cast/crew!
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Post by BruceBatman on May 6, 2009 12:00:59 GMT -5
True, very true!
Still, I still think they could have done SOMETHING! I mean even if there's one person from the cast/crew, I would have loved to see him/her! Not to mention they could have done a little history reel, they could have had a poster/lobby card archive, they could have had interviews/fan reviews of people that watched it when it first came out and how they liked or disliked it/their feelings about it (My neighbor included, he owns the local antique/comic shop in my rinky dink town, and he remembers every week, his mom giving him and his siblings a dime each so they could watch that night's serials so she could get them out of her hair). I mean something is better than nothing!!
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Post by lyricist on Aug 25, 2009 15:20:17 GMT -5
I've been watching the DVD sets of the serials lately. It's really cool that they released these. Cool to see a Vicky Vale character.
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Post by batmanbk on Aug 2, 2015 19:55:49 GMT -5
I've been watching the DVD sets of the serials lately. It's really cool that they released these. Cool to see a Vicky Vale character. I agree with you. I recently watched every chapter from both serials on DVD and I thought these serials were just fantastic. I didn't know that Amazon had it both of them on a double DVD set which is so much cheaper than the individual single disc set and the reviews coming directly from the site sounded great from reading them. The stories out of the serials were great too. Really interesting and very intriguing. |
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