Batman Chapter 1 Review!

I finally tackle the cinematic origins of The Dark Knight and The Boy Wonder in this serial from 1943. If the radium guns, zombies, and legions of henchmen don't get them, then it will be the low budget, chintzy sets, and World War II-era racism!

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Entertainment

Tags:

• batman
• 1943
• serial
• review
• robin
• boy wonder
• bruce wayne
• dick grayson
• lewis wilson
• douglas croft
• j. carrol naish
• shirley patterson
• lambert hillyer
• radium

[Leshutchens4]

Are you going to talk about the "fallen cape", in chapter 2 when Batman is fighting in the House of the Open Door? And are you going to talk about the scene where Batman's cigarettes fall out of his cape when he starts up a fire escape ladder??? I love this serial.

[MistareFusion]

@Leshutchens4 The fallen cape I know, but I just couldn't find a place where it fit in my script for chapter 2. However, I'm not familiar with the cigarettes. What chapter is that?

[Leshutchens4]

@MistareFusion Ok, I found it. Its in Chapter 6, Poison Peril, just after Batman and Robin have it out with Daka's thugs in Ken Colton's Hotel room, they leave via the fire escape. As Batman climbs the final ladder, his (Lewis Wilson's I'm sure) cigarettes spill out of a pouch by his shoulder, onto the ground. Like the professionals they are, neither he nor Douglas miss a beat, and continue with the scene. I love it!

[MistareFusion]

@Leshutchens4 Haha, awesome. I'll have to look for that when I get to that point. It's nice to find someone so knowledgeable. I rarely find anyone who is familiar with these serials at all! I don't suppose you happen to know how Douglas Croft died, do you? That's bugged me for years. He died in 1963 and was only in his 40s!

[Hewylewis]

Birth of a Nation, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind. What, no love for King Kong?!

[MistareFusion]

@Hewylewis Plenty of love for King Kong (although, shamefully, I haven't actually seen it... don't tell anybody, please)!

[Leshutchens4]

@MistareFusion Hmmmm...... good question. I'll have to watch it again, and I'll let you know what chapter, and the time point it happens.

[metalcoola]

Dr. Daka, I know that Dragon Box 2 is hard to find, but that doesnt justify create army of zombies, to get one :) Awesome review. im surprised, with all this political correct stuff nowadays, they managed to release uncut version on DVD.

[magnus13]

Plum-Fu lol "That Hurt" lol. 2 references from your awesome vids. You rock!!

[Maniac536]

Waiting for part 2! Keep up the good work

[MistareFusion]

@trlkly Thank you. That means a lot. I certainly wouldn't mind if you spread the word. I love entertaining people, but I certainly wouldn't mind being in a position to make money. Then maybe I could afford a computer/editing software that didn't thwart me at every turn. =P