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| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Produced by | Rudolph C. Lambert Hillyer ( 8 July, 1889 &ndash 5 July, 1969) was an American Film director and Screenwriter. Flothow |
| Written by | Victor McLeod Leslie Swabacker Harry L. Fraser Bob Kane (character) |
| Starring | Lewis Wilson Douglas Croft J. Carrol Naish Shirley Patterson |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Cinematography | James S. Harry L Fraser ( 31 March, 1889 - 8 April, 1974) was an American Film director. Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn, October 24, 1915 &ndash November 3, 1998) was an American Comic book artist Lewis Gilbert Wilson ( January 28, 1920 - August 9, 2000) was an American Actor from New York City who was most Douglas Croft (1926-1963 was an early American Child actor who is best remembered for being the first actor to portray the DC Comics character Robin Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish ( 21 January 1897 &ndash 24 January 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City Shirley Patterson, sometimes billed as Shawn Smith, ( December 26, 1922 &ndash April 4, 1995) was a Canadian born Brown Jr. |
| Editing by | Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  15 April 1943 |
| Running time | 15 chapters (260 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Batman and Robin (1949) |
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Batman was a 15-chapter serial released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. Earl Edwin Turner ( May 6, 1923 - October 20, 1999) was a backup Catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Batman and Robin ( 1949) was a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures. The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company
The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. Lewis Gilbert Wilson ( January 28, 1920 - August 9, 2000) was an American Actor from New York City who was most Douglas Croft (1926-1963 was an early American Child actor who is best remembered for being the first actor to portray the DC Comics character Robin J. Carrol Naish played the villain, an original character named Dr. Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish ( 21 January 1897 &ndash 24 January 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City Daka. Rounding out the cast were Shirley Patterson as Linda Page (Bruce Wayne's love interest), and William Austin as Alfred. Shirley Patterson, sometimes billed as Shawn Smith, ( December 26, 1922 &ndash April 4, 1995) was a Canadian born William Austin ( June 12[[ 884]] - June 15[[ 975]] was a British Character actor who was born in Georgetown in British Guiana Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (or simply Alfred) is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics.
The film is notable for being the first filmed appearance of Batman. Also, the film introduced "The Bat's Cave". The name was altered to the Batcave for use in the comic books as well as the Grandfather's clock entrance. The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics Superhero Batman, (the alternate identity of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne consisting Also, the comic Alfred was overweight and clean-shaven prior to the serial's release. Austin was trim and sported a thin moustache. The comic Alfred's appearance was altered to match that of Austin's, and remains the same to this day.
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Plot
The film's plot dealt with Batman and Robin's struggle against Dr. Daka, a Japanese spy who invented a device that turns people into pseudo-zombies. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled
Chapter titles
- The Electrical Brain
- The Bat's Cave
- Mark of the Zombies
- Slaves of the Rising Sun
- The Living Corpse
- Poison Peril
- The Phony Doctor
- Lured by Radium
- The Sign of the Sphinx
- Flying Spies
- A Nipponese Trap
- Embers of Evil
- 8 Steps Down
- The Executioner Strikes
- Doom of the Rising Sun
Production and release notes
The film was made during World War II, and like numerous works of popular American fiction of the time, contains anti-Japanese racial slurs and comments (in one scene, Robin tells Daka, "You're as yellow as your skin!"). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The film also suffered from a low budget, indicative of many Columbia serials. No attempt was made to create a bona fide Batmobile, so a black Cadillac was used by Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, as well as Batman and Robin. The Batmobile is the fictional personal Automobile of Comic book Superhero Batman. Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. Alfred chauffered the Dynamic Duo in both identities.
The serial was released on home video in the late 1980s in a heavily edited format that removed the offensive racial content. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. A reviewer for the magazine Cinefantastique commented, "The changes aren't surprising when you see that Columbia is now owned by Japan's Sony Corporation. Cinefantastique was a horror, Fantasy, and Science fiction film magazine originally started as a mimeographed Fanzine is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with It appears that some of Daka's operatives escaped Batman's justice and were rewarded with positions at the new George Orwell department at Columbia. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer " It should be noted that the edited version was not released by Columbia, but Goodtimes Home Video, an independent distributor.
However, in the early 1990s, the cable network American Movie Classics, aired both Batman serials on Saturday mornings, with the 1943 serial uncut and uncensored. AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics.
Sony released the serial on DVD in October 2005. The DVD release is an unedited version, with the exception of Chapter 2, which is missing its "next Chapter" sequence
Cast
- Lewis Wilson as Batman/Bruce Wayne
- Douglas Croft as Robin/Richard 'Dick' Grayson
- J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Lewis Gilbert Wilson ( January 28, 1920 - August 9, 2000) was an American Actor from New York City who was most Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Douglas Croft (1926-1963 was an early American Child actor who is best remembered for being the first actor to portray the DC Comics character Robin Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish ( 21 January 1897 &ndash 24 January 1973) was an American character actor born in New York City Tito Daka/Prince Daka
- Shirley Patterson as Linda Page
See also
External links
- Batman at the Internet Movie Database
- Batman Serials & Interviews @ Legions Of Gotham
- Serials @ Batman: Yesterday, Today, & Beyond
- Batman Site www.GothamCity.com.br
- "BATMAN ON FILM" -- The 40s Serials
| Preceded by The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942) |
Columbia Serial Batman (1943) |
Succeeded by The Phantom (1943) |
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