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Batman is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Lambert Hillyer released in USA on 16 july 1943 with Lewis Wilson

Batman (1943)

The BatmanAn Evening with Batman and Robin

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Batman is a 15-chapter serial, released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. It is based on the DC Comics character Batman, introduced May 1939 in Detective Comics issue 27. The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. J. Carrol Naish played the villain, an original character named Dr. Daka. Rounding out the cast were Shirley Patterson as Linda Page (Bruce Wayne's love interest) and William Austin as Alfred the butler. The plot involved Batman—as a U.S. government agent—attempting to defeat the Japanese agent Dr. Daka at the height of World War II.

The film is notable for being the first filmed appearance of Batman, and for debuting story details that became permanent parts of the Batman mythos. It introduced the Bat's Cave and its secret entrance through a grandfather clock inside Wayne Manor. Both departures subsequently appeared in the comics. The serial also changed the course of how Alfred Pennyworth's physical appearance would be depicted in later Batman works. At the time it was released in theaters, Alfred was overweight in Batman comics. After William Austin's portrayal in this chapter play, subsequent issues of the comics portrayed him as Austin had: trim and sporting a thin mustache. The serial was commercially successful and spawned another, Batman and Robin, in 1949. It was re-released in 1965. The re-released version, called An Evening with Batman and Robin, proved very popular, and its success inspired the action-comedy lampoon series Batman (and its 1966 theatrical feature film spin-off) starring Adam West and Burt Ward.

The film serial was broadcast on Turner Classic Movies from March to June 2015.

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Batman and Robin struggle against Dr. Daka, a Japanese scientist and agent of Hirohito who has invented a device that turns people into pseudo-zombies and has a base in a funhouse of horrors in a Japanese area of the city. Daka makes several attempts to defeat the Dynamic Duo before finally falling to his death when Robin hits the wrong switch, opening a trapdoor to a pit of crocodiles.

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DC Comics films

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) Spy Smasher (1942) Batman (1943) Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways (1946) The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947) Superman (1948) Congo Bill (1948) Batman and Robin (1949) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) Blackhawk (1952) Stamp Day for Superman (1954) Batman (1966) Superman (1978) Superman II (1980) Swamp Thing (1982) Superman III (1983) Supergirl (1984) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) Batman (1989) The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) Batman Returns (1992) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) The Shadow (1994) Batman Forever (1995) Steel (1997) Batman & Robin (1997) Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) Road to Perdition (2002) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003) American Splendor (2003) Catwoman (2004) Batman Begins (2005) The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) Constantine (2005) A History of Violence (2005) Superman Returns (2006) Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) V for Vendetta (2006) Stardust (2007) The Dark Knight (2008) Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) The Spirit (2008) Watchmen (2009) Wonder Woman (2009) The Losers (2010) Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) RED (2010) Jonah Hex (2010) Batman: Year One (2011) Green Lantern (2011) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) RED 2 (2013) Man of Steel (2013) Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) Son of Batman (2014) Batman vs. Robin (2015) Batman: Bad Blood (2016) Suicide Squad (2016) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) Wonder Woman (2017) Justice League (2017) Aquaman (2018) Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) Joker (2019) Shazam! (2019) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) The Suicide Squad (2021) The Batman (2022)

Columbia serials

Jungle Menace (1937) The Mysterious Pilot (1937) The Secret of Treasure Island (1938) The Spider's Web (1938) The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) Flying G-Men (1939) Mandrake the Magician (1939) Overland with Kit Carson (1939) Deadwood Dick (1940) The Shadow (1940) Terry and the Pirates (1940) The Green Archer (1940) The Spider Returns (1941) White Eagle (1941) Holt of the Secret Service (1941) The Iron Claw (1941) The Secret Code (1942) The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942) Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942) Captain Midnight (1942) Batman (1943) The Phantom (1943) Black Arrow (1944) The Desert Hawk (1944) Who's Guilty? (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) The Monster and the Ape (1945) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways (1946) The Sea Hound (1947) The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Jack Armstrong (1947) Superman (1948) Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains (1948) Congo Bill (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Mysterious Island (1951) Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo (1952) King of the Congo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

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