Carol naish, has enlisted a number of 5th columnists to subvert american interests, on u. Best of rifftrax batman episodes 1 thru 4 1940s serial. Tooned up s4 e26 the evolution of batman animated series channel frederator. See more ideas about batman, vintage movies and batman robin. Buy batman the complete 1943 movie serial collection at. Its success inspired the actioncomedy lampoon series batman and its 1966 theatrical feature film. The batman animated series by bruce timm and eric radomski in the nineties came out when schumacher was camping it up.
Daka, a japanese spy who invented a device that turns people into pseudozombies. See more ideas about batman, im batman and superhero. The reason is, that i saw this serial for the first time as an 8 year old matinee movie goer in florida during its first release. A while back, i purchased the 1943 and 1949 batman serials on dvd and finally got around to watching them over the last couple of weeks. My dad bought me volume 1 to the 1943 batman serial and both volumes to the 1949 serial and much like the original burton batman movie i watched these movies over and over and over again in my youth to the point that they forever have a soft spot in my heart. The complete 1949 movie serial collection looks very good. The 1943 batman movie serial, starring lewis wilson as the batman and lewis. The fourth upload in the 1943 batman serial, chapter.
The 49 batman serial, while closer to the tv version, than the high budgeted movie spectacular, for me, is somewhere in between. The original negative seems to have been sourced, as the fullframe, black and white image is very sharp with deep blacks. Although i am a big movie buff of films made during the 1920s 1950s, this was one of the first serials that i had watched. The result was a combination of speed, style, and brute force that continues to influence batmobile designs today. Quant a cette cadillac series 75 pour etre precis, elle a ete creee au general motors par le styliste harley j. Join superheroes batman robert lowery and robin john duncan as they help commissioner gordon. The films plot dealt with batman and robins struggle against dr. William austin as alfred pennyworth uncredited robert fiske as foster uncredited gus glassmire as uncle martin. Apparently culled from the original negative, the fullframe, black and white transfer is sharp, welldetailed and has deep blacks. Created by bob kane and bill finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s, batman and batman and robin. There were two serials released in the 1940s pertaining to the character batman. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. Im really glad that i bought this batman series from the 1940s.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Personally batman is my favourite hero because he is just a normal bloke with nice gadgets,some muscle and a brain. The movie 1966 the first full length movie, starring adam west as batman. What are the titles and order of the various batman movies.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Furthermore a great movie even for younger batman fans like me. Batmans grounded portrayal was universally acclaimed. Daka was batmans only villain all 15 chapters of the serial revolved around batman and robins efforts to find him and bring him to justice. Rounding out the cast were shirley patterson as linda page bruce waynes love. From the serials of the 1940s to the christopher nolan blockbusters, watch. Legacy of the batman how the animated series influenced the 1940s columbia batman serials batman on film batman 75 glorious years of bat vehicles deano in america. Christian bale, michael caine, gary oldman, morgan freeman, and cillian murphy appeared in all three movies. This is a 2 disc set containing all 15 episodes of the original batman 1943 theatrical series including teasers. Three columbia serials with the occasional mascot serial were usually shown. The trilogy is considered by many to be one of the best of all times. Enjoying the 1943 batman movie serial from columbia pictures on dvd.
The first live action batman film was a serial produced by columbia in 1943. The evolution of batman in cinema from early 1940s serials to today. Like most other serials, these were lowbudget affairs that were run once a week, featuring cliffhanger type endings to draw audiences back for the next installment. Depending on who you ask, tim burtons batman is regarded as the best liveaction portrayal of the caped crusader.
It was hardly unusual to see the theater patrons herded into the geometry of the seat rows only to stare less like watchers of a movie and more like zombies in that direction their minds, thoughts, and unannounced offerings of prayer focused so far distant. The plot of these serials adheres to common practices of u. Rounding out the cast were shirley patterson as linda page bruce waynes love interest. The original batman serial from the early 1940s follows the development ofcaped crusader during his early days, as he fights to find his place in society. It includes batman begins 2005, the dark knight 2008, and the dark knight rises 2012. Sky marshall of the universe, the gene autry show, batman, and the lone ranger. The second uploaded installment in the 1943 batman serial chapter 11. Well, thats the way john and jim beard are looking at this series as colton continues to be much more interesting character than either of the dynamic duo. Here at, we are committed to protecting your privacy. While the film brings quite a lot of 1980s flair, a new fanmade trailer. Batman is a 15chapter serial, released in 1943 by columbia pictures.
Another reason for the decline was that tv shows available for free at home began to adopt and coopt the serial format, in series such as sky king, captain video, hopalong cassidy, commando cody. The sequel to batmans film debut, the 1943 movie the batman, batman and robin was released in 1949 by columbia pictures and served as a sequel serial, consisting of fifteen chapters in a similar way as the original. Batman the 1943 serial collection dvd, 2005, 2disc set. The colton movie serial guest starring batman and robin continues with a shocking cliffhanger ending for episode eight. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc comics, has appeared in various films since his inception.
The complete 1940s movie serials collection batman batman and robin at a low price. Here is a chronological list of batman stand alone movies. Batman 1943 batman and robin 1949 batman 1966 batman 1989 batman returns 1992 batman. It was fun to see how batman was done in these early years.
Who played batman in the 1940s cinema serials answers. The design was created nearly whole cloth, with only a passing resemblance to real cars of the time. A few months after bill finger coined the term batmobile, artist jerry robinson drew what would be come the first definitive design of the car. Batmans first movie was a wwii antijapan serial video the 1943 batman serial put the caped crusader in the role of u. The 1943 batman movie serial, starring lewis wilson as the batman and lewis croft as robin, is definitely one of my favorites.
The complete 1943 and 1949 serial collection this set includes the complete 1943 and 1949 serial collection. Batman 1940 series batman 2011 on batman and robin. Batman serials from 1940s the superherohype forums. Batman and robin the complete 1949 movie serial collection the 10 worst batman costumes of all time. Lacking the funding of later batman projects, the batmobile was simply a factorystock convertible. Tim burtons batman gets even better in this 1940s style. Batman y robin, batman and superman, batman stuff, bob. It was made during wii and nobody cared about political correctness. Originally a radio action crime drama series from 1936 to 1953, it was also the basis of two universal pictures movie serials in 1940. The dark knight series is a set of three christopher nolan batman movies.
Supporting players included jane adams as vicki vale and veteran character actor lyle talbot as commissioner gordon. The serial squadron cliffhanger movie serial archive. The dark knight trilogy simple english wikipedia, the. There were 2 early 1940 s serials 1943 was lewis wilson note. Vintage movies old movies great movies bob kane dark knight batman pictures dc icons batman tv series old movie posters. The complete 1949 movie serial collection looks really nice, and shows how much better vintage serials look when their authorized and not a budget public domain release. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
The character also appeared in the 1966 film batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s batman tv series starring adam west and burt ward, who also starred in. That said, the racism in the batman serial is so overthetop that it becomes comic. It is a sequel to the 1943 serial batman, although with different actors. Batman is a 1943 blackandwhite 15chapter theatrical serial from columbia pictures. Discovering the batman serial and the strip cartoon at the age of eight must have shaped warped. The action is superb and storyline for me gets an a. The costumes looks funny and many jokes about batman started probably out of this. The serial squadron is a multimedia archive the home on the web of the original male and female cinema action heroes, and our goal is to preserve and restore and make available for viewing or study the jungle, mystery, western and scifi cliffhangers that inspired star wars and the hollywood superhero blockbusters of today. Directed by lambert hillyer and starring lewis wilson.
Carrol naish played the villain, an original character named dr. It was about a japanese agent named tito daka who runs a. The 1943 serial, titled batman, is a single story with 15 chapters and ran for over 4 hours. Republics serials, by contrast, are generally dupeylooking on dvd, often with very poor contrast.