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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Join superheroes Batman and Robin in fifteen action-packed episodes of one of the most thrilling adventure serials of yesteryear. The Dynamic Duo careens from one nail-biting cliffhanger to the next as they combat The Wizard, a villain with all of Gotham City at his mercy. This action adventure was originally shown in movie theaters in 1949, one chapter at a time, in weekly installments.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 03/22/05
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves | | Director: | Spencer Gordon Bennet | | Format: | Black & White, Full Screen, Closed-captioned, NTSC | | Language: | English | | Subtitle: | Japanese | | Number of Discs: | 2 | | Studio: | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Run Time: | 261 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | March 22, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 69 reviews |
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24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Fedora Bashin' Fun Jun 24, 2002
By Drake
How does Bruce Wayne convert his car into the Batmobile? Why, he simply puts up the rag-top, of course! Yeah, okay, so the 1949 Batman Serial was not exactly "cutting edge" or "mind-blowing" or "good", but it has its charm. The dialogue is ridiculous, the fight scenes are clumbsy, and the costumes are ill-fitting at best, but for some reason, I absolutely love it. This floppy-eared incarnation of the Dark Knight is more a film noir private investigator than the shadowy, rooftop avenger that we know today. He and the Boy Wonder spend less time lurking in the Bat Cave and more time beating up the Wizard's greasy haired, fedora wearing thugs. Oh...and the Wizard! This guy is actually a pretty good villain. He is cloaked head-to-toe, has blank, glowing eyes, appears from time to time as a phantom, and remains a mystery through most of the serial. Pretty creepy dude, if you ask me, and a fitting opponent for Batman and Robin. If you're thinking about buying this one, take off your critic's hat and enjoy this gem for what it is: an old-school Bat-brawl. It's fedora bashin' fun!
50 of 57 found the following review helpful:
 Batman on a Low Budget Dec 17, 2000
By Scott T. Rivers
Upon viewing the first chapter, it's obvious that "Batman and Robin" (1949) will not emerge as one of the all-time great serials. With producer Sam Katzman at the helm, it's bargain-basement all the way - right down to the cheap costumes and an incredibly poor excuse for a Batmobile. Despite low-budget shortcomings, there's plenty of hokey fun as Batman and Robin face one contrived cliffhanger after another. The mysterious Wizard makes for an interesting villain, since he never appeared in the comic books. Robert Lowery does a good job as Batman, but John Duncan's Boy Wonder looks like a juvenile delinquent. It's nice to see character actor Lyle Talbot as Commissioner Gordon, even though he has a tendency to activate the Bat Signal in broad daylight. Flaws and all, "Batman and Robin" is an undeniable guilty pleasure.
42 of 48 found the following review helpful:
 For completist collectors Aug 14, 2002
By Neal C. Reynolds
This 1949 serial will be of interest mainly to Batman and/or serial fanatics. It is fun to watch, though much of the fun comes from the improbabilities and inconsistencies. For instance, there's no Batmobile, just a car which can be identified as Bruce Wayne's car. Nobody except Bruce Wayne's girl friend, Vickie Vale, seems to notice this. There are very few good chapter endings here. Most of them are either lame or boring or borderline cheating. The characters are interesting, though. The villianous Wizard's
identity is of course kept secret until the last chapter, and you're given several red herrings to puzzle over, one of which is a bit overly done. A serial based on as popular a comic book hero as Batman should've been much better, but those who really enjoy the genre will probably want this, chiefly because it's one of the two serials featuring the Dynamic Duo.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 You could'nt make it up. Jun 07, 2006
By Bernard Mcclory
Just finished playing this DVD and it lived up to its expectations. Typical classic moments include Batman's cowl (Face Mask) being to large for Batman's (Robert Lowery) face, with the result that it slips down past his eyes and he regularly compensates by having to raise his face to the sky to see underneath the eyeholes. An absolute classic moment!!!
As well as this when the Dynamic Duo go one to one with the bad guys in a fight they more often than not get duffed up.
The Batcave consists of a filing cabinet to store their costumes (where else) and a microscope to play the part of a laboratory.
I could go on and on but buy or rent this DVD as it merits a wider audience to appreciate it "hamminess" and appeal to a more innocent time. Loved it.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
This dvd edition does include more footage May 01, 2005
By David A. Brown
In response to another review below, someone mentioned that he remembered the first episode being about 10 minutes longer than the VHS release. I have seen both the VHS release and the dvd and can verify that, yes, the first episode of the dvd edition is about 9 or 10 minutes longer. The additional footage helps it make a bit more sense, though nothing critical was left out.
The picture quality is good for something this old. It's still pretty hokey, but it's good for what it was. It's fun to see Batman in the 1940's, just 10 years after his creation and to see how the character has evolved over the years.
I wonder why they didn't use the box art from the vhs release?
I too would like to see the 1943 movie serials released on dvd, and the 1960's Batman television show as well. With the new Batman Begins movie about to open in theaters, what better time?
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