World Famous Comics: Batman and Robin - The Complete 1949 Movie Serial Collection
Batman and Robin - The Complete 1949 Movie Serial Collection
Starring: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves Directed By: Spencer Gordon Bennet Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 99 Release Date: March 22, 2005 Running Time: 261 minutes Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1949
Product Description: Join superheroes Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) as they help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) battle the Wizard a villainous madman who steals a top-secret remote device allowing him to control all the moving vehicles in Gotham. Between The Wizard trying to destroy them and Bruce Wayne's love interest Vicky Vale (Jane Adams) working to uncover their identities The Dynamic Duo careen from one nail-biting cliffhanger to the next as they set out to save Gotham and foil The Wizard's plan for world domination.System Requirements:Running Time: 263 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 043396105218 Manufacturer No: 10521
Amazon.com: There's no Batmobile, and Robert Lowery looks a bit, ahem, well-fed as the Caped Crusader, but Columbia Pictures' 1949 black-and-white serial Batman and Robin is up to its cape and cowl in cliffhangers, crime capers, and good old-fashioned rock-em-sock-em action. Directed at a breakneck pace by serial vet Spencer Gordon Bennett, the Complete 1949 Movie Serial Collection's 15 episodes pits Lowery's Batman and Johnny Duncan as the Boy Wonder against arch-villain The Wizard, who has designs on a remote-control device that doubles as a death ray. Jane Adams's Vicki Vale is on hand to fall into peril at least once per episode, while Ed Wood regular Lyle Talbot looks on sternly as Commissioner Gordon. Viewers weaned on Tim Burton's dark, sleek interpretation of the Batman mythos will undoubtedly groan over the creaky dialogue and performances (creator Bob Kane was no fan, either), but fans with designs on absorbing every bit of Bat-trivia possible will probably get a kick out of this well-intentioned attempt at bringing the Dark Knight's adventures to screen. The episodes are divided onto two DVDs, which offer no extras. --Paul Gaita
Batman and Robin- The Complete 1949 Movie Serial Collection...... Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Batman and Robin stars: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Lyle Talbot, Jane Adams, and Ralph Graves. In this movie serial collection, Batman and Robin face off against The Wizard(a hooded villain whose identity remains a mystery until the end) and his gang of evil hoodlums. While this serial was made on a much lower budget than the first serial, this serial is regarded as the better of the two in terms of acting, plot devices, action and whatnot.
I must admit, I got this DVD Collection the same time I got the 1943 Serial Collection so I'm just getting around to finishing it now. I love it and am really glad I added it to my collection. Would I recommend it to other Batman fans out there? Most certainly...if only for nostalgia sake and nothing else. True, it's hard to get past a thirty-year old man playing The Boy Wonder when he is supposed to be a young boy among other little flaws but it is a great serial, nonetheless.
Now, if we could just get the powers to be out there to release the 60s television show in a DVD Collection...I'd be a happy camper. I've got, practically, every last live-action/animated version of Batman there is out there and that would top it.
"To the filing cabinet, Robin!" This matinee cliff-hanger series is hilarious, even if unintentionally. When the Bat-signal lights up the sky, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson run down to the Batcave and open a three-drawer filing cabinet and remove their carefully folded costumes. When they need to change on the road, Bruce simply puts the top on the convertible and Robing hops over into the back seat to change. They don't seem to worry about driving the same car in both their civilian and super-hero identities, nor do they worry too much about pulling up outside Wayne Manor (a quite modest suburban house) and running up the driveway in their capes.
Great fun for Batman fans who want to see how far he has come over the years.
Batman and Robin: the complete 1949 movie serial This was purchased just because it is Batman (big fan). The quality of the product (DVDs) is very good. As for the series it self, it is good for a 1949 TV series. I am not disappointed.
Saturday Matinee all over again To all the naysayers out there who review this 2 dvd set before, here's something for you. 1. This was done in 1949 and Columbia had a hit with children back in 1943 when they released the Batman. 2. At this time, only one depiction of the serial was done by Columbia. No other format was done at the time except with guest appearances on the radio of Superman. 3. Limited budget (about the price of an Television show episode of today) and serials were made for children not whining adults who didn't know what a chapter serial was unless their parents told them about it. 4. A chapter a week so you could come back next week for the next installment.
Batman and Robin vs the wizard Good action & suspense. The wizard made a formable foe for the dynamic duo. Although I thought the ending was a little anti-climatic when Batman finally confronted the Wizard. They were a couple of inconsistancies in the series though. They drove the same car as their alter egos' and nobody was the wiser.:-) I found this version of Robin is a little more mucho then his predecessor was in the 1943 movie series. In this version Batman & Robin worked with the police. Over all I found the the 2 DVD series quite entertaining.
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