When I was a kid (boomer), we had a four foot tall Zenith radio that had at least three different dials that could access every continent, every jungle, and probably every planet. It glowed like magic but my personal theory was that every character, every voice, and every sound effect played upon my imagination. From "Gang Busters" to "Fibber McGee and Molly" to "Dick Tracy" the sound effects were the environment of my imagination. So, too...that ironic and absolutely frightening laugh of the "Shadow" was sinister, or ironic, or foreshadowing...but at least, I can now enjoy the perfect serial from the perfect time, of what used to be a perfect age. Thank you for archiving another gem and posting for all of us.
Must've been fantastic to see this and a cartoon in the movie theatre BEFORE the main feature. Very different to today where you sit through 15 minutes of television ads. Thank you for uploading!!
yeah so do I ,,I think its the black and white film,,, the fight sences that go on for ever,,,dont worry its only a scratgh er its nothing mmhaha!!!!! how the kids fell for it,, i cant get enough,,, anyway enjoy..
How fun thoroughly enjoying this series...I absolutely love these movies and series...Thanks for the content as I'm going through some difficult times and this is a welcomed diversion. Much appreciation 💚
I'm so glad you are enjoying these classic serials. I've been through some rough times myself, so I understand how you feel. I hope things start going your way soon.
Roughly Made 20 years BEFORE I was Born , And Honestly BETTER than ANYTHING That's been made After I Was Born (1963) ,, Who Knows ,,THE SHADOW KNOWS ,,,, THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME UPLOADS ,,,
I just discovered this and thank you so much for putting it on RUclips! I have always thought so much of Victor Jory as an actor and he was wonderful in this.
I started listening to these in 4th grade. My teacher would play them at the end of the day every Friday. I grew up a total geek fan. And now I can listen to long blocks of them working overnight shifts. Trust it very much helps and I absolutely enjoy the hell outta them! Thanks for the memories
Just a word of warning: do NOT "overindulge" these or any others ... because you might end up having heard them so often that they become boring after knowing precisely what happens next.
Yeah, ditto. I totally agree with you, and I just turned 74 yesterday on Feb. 6th. They bring back happy memories, when people were kinder and not how they are today.
I just LOVE the Character they came up with to play Lin Chang. His face kills me. It's totally different from the two different Actors that play Charlie Chan.
I grew up watching serials at the movie theaters, when you consider the special effects were darn good long before Computer Generated Graphics, they still hold up today, thanks for bringing all the old serials back so another generation can enjoy them
During the 30s and 40s, this character was more popular than Batman, Superman and Spiderman During *Their Prime* and today. This fact is not that well known due to the fact at the time of writing few if any people who were alive at the time are still so.
Doc savage and the shadow where the most popular in pulp. Batman is basically the shadow less violent though with gimmicks instead of . 45s There was also the spider
I was never really much into superheroes or the "vigilante detective" genre in general, but I really like The Shadow! I remember reading the novelization of the Alec Baldwin version back when I was a teenager, then listened to a few of the old radio broadcasts on DVD, read a couple of the stories, and back in Dec. I finally watched the movie when it was available on YT! I enjoyed this serial, though I don't think it's necessarily the best interpretation of the lore, plus the "Lin Chang" get-up hasn't exactly aged well. But it was fun and it was funny how basically every episode ended with Cranston surviving an explosion and getting buried alive 🤣👍
SUPER MERCI POUR CETTE PETITE PÉPITE HYPER ZARBI JUBILATOIRE !.. BRAVO À TOUTE L'ÉQUIPE ET BONUS PLUS AUX SCÉNARISTES POUR LEUR SENS DU DIVERTISSEMENT !.. BRAVO ON EN REDEMANDE !..
@@Muck006 - LOL…..it’s funny you mentioned that laugh as a ringtone as after watching this series, I tuned into a series called The Clutching Hand and the villain’s laugh is even more sinister than the Shadow’s.
The Shadow's laugh is the one thing that I didn't enjoy about the movie with Alec Baldwin. His version of the laugh seemed more maniacal than menacing.
As an Indian young adult who had no exposure to Hollywood or Western culture in childhood, this is absolutely amazing. So is most of 50s 60s shows. USA peaked during those decades it seems!!
There was a lot of "questionable" stuff too. They made an adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice in 1940 ... adapted to the southern USA ... and they "had to" include a carriage race. This kinda proves that "adding ridiculous nonsense because we feel like it and dont want to respect the original story because we are too lazy" isnt something new.
Victor Jory was a very good actor i remembered he always played the bad guy in hopalong Cassidy he also played a bad guy in the western Dodge city he was also in GONE WITH THE WIND amazing serial's awesome acting 🦾💪🎬🎥📹 thanks for the upload 📹 👍 👏 😀 😉 💯💯🔥🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Love these. Listened to them on the raadio and when I got older every Saturday my cousin and I would get a quarter and go to the movies 12 cents to get in and the rest was spent on penny candy.what fun we had
Although she screams of ten, Margo shows a lot more gumption than most heroines in serials. She kicks bad guys in the shins, tries to escape on her own and in general not a passive female stereotype.
Never mind the 'stereotypes'. This is entertainment, profitable entertainment, and that's what kept Hollywood in business until it fell apart during the 1960's and succumbed to Political Correctness. More recently that is called 'wokeism'.
I don't know where this passive female character idea comes from. The vintage movies are MUCH more realistic about what women are really like as not passive & just as vicious, conniving & deadly as men if not MORE than men. No beating around the bush back then! Nossir. Today's shows are stupidly unrealistic showing them as all powerful superheros, or all as victims of some made up patriarchy they are supposed to be fighting, or some imaginary skin color or genital war they've also made up. It's all so ridiculous. No. Compared to what comes out of Hollywood in the last couple decades VS old Hollywood old Hollywood was much more honest, even if not full of vile language & vulgarity & exploitation of female nudity to "make a point". It just so happens that before the feminists went full attack mode on motherhood & wives & homemaking those skills were something to be proud of AND are the foundation of strength in community & country, and the hardest jobs to do right. Naturally they had to destroy that.
Listened to this while working more than watched. It was delightful. It reminded me of the old radio shows. I kept expecting to hear " Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." with each episode and was dissapointed each time, lol.
Excellent serial one of the best ones .....thanks so much ...I love all those old cars.....they had great looking character not like the crap that is made today."..
My stepdad would mention The Shadow whenever there was a movie with Victor Jory these films were made for the greatest generation who had endured many hardships and needed an outlet!!!
When I was in college a long long time ago, a local radio station got hold of the radio episodes and played them. Me n my pals would collect in one of our dorm rooms with popcorn and listen. And I like Victor Jory anyway.
This is one of the better serials. It always surprised me that the much less interesting Green Hornet serial had a second serial, but The Shadow did not.
@@AtomicAgePictures I noticed that one of the inspirations for The Shadow may have been the French serial 'Judex'. I just got that on dvd last month. It's well worth watching.
@@AtomicAgePictures When I was a kid here in the UK, I can only remember one home-grown British serial (no idea what it was called, but it was basically about the crime-solving adventures of a group of schoolboys. They showed it at a holiday camp that I went to in my summer school vacation.) When we went to the movies, there would be a main feature, plus a B movie, plus a newsreel, one or two cartoons, a couple of trailers for forthcoming movies, some advertisements for local businesses and mainstream products, and a serial. Great value for money in those days. There would also be Saturday morning cinema shows for children, comprising of cartoons and a serial. Many years later, a television channel would show Adventures of Captain Marvel over a couple of weeks, and one or two independent cinemas would occasionally show an old serial with whatever usually art house/cult type film they were showing. What I don't understand is why no contemporary director has realised that if he made serials nowadays he could easily make a lot of money by selling them to television or movie distributors. Indiana Jones would have worked well as a serial. As director George Lucas admitted, he was heavily influenced by the old chapterplays. Although nowadays I would expect much more cynical humour and wisecracking to give them more heart, something the serials generally lacked.
This is a PURE AMERICAN story ... because - as the title crawl states - it is "Industrial leaders" who are interested in fighting the terrorist ... and NOT "political figures" who would be the ones actually responsible for the fighting (but could still be consulting Cranston for being outclassed by the Black Tiger). This focus on the "money-making figures" is the "american part".
I used to listen to The Shadow when I was small on Radio. WOW. That was a long time ago. Thought I'd see if I could remember any of it or if it's been to long. I'll let you know.
At about 59:05, as Cranston enters the laboratory, Margot replies to him in a lower-volume voice than his. **That may seem like trivia, but it shows the audience that someone standing closer will sound louder. Think about that in everyday conversation.
The Shadow meets The Green Hornet. Victor Jory (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) would guest star on The Green Hornet (1966~'67) TV show playing a criminal.
What a fun series. Some of the special effects were hoaky and the fight scenes goofy but still lots of fun to watch. I like how they had Shadow's female assistant scream at every little problem she endured. Never understood the usefulness of screaming when in danger, it doesn't solve the problem and only creates more chaos.
😂😂😂i wanted to comment on the amt of smoke after-Burners wen they're Taking poof shots nuff smoke to blind the shooter, no wonder they Hit their target by Default 😂 can't c shit I couldn't see his face in the cloud😎The teatrics were Off-BWy like🤣
They did a marvelous job in preserving these old movie serials. Not to mention they resemble so much a cartoon series like GI Joe, Johnny Quest and etc. Precursors of those series no doubt.
This series was a great success at the time, which we watched in the cinema matinees. Too bad you didn't activate the built-in subtitles. The image is very good. thanks for posting
Everyone remember that shadow was pulp fiction. The radio show or this are not the real shadow story its not a comic book. If want to read the real shadow get one of the books. Not one they tried to bring him back with in the 70s. Oh and batman is a kid friendly version of the shadow no .45 pistols bringing death to enemies
Actually The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the radio program Detective Story Hour, which was developed to boost sales of Street & Smith's monthly pulp Detective Story Magazine. When listeners of the program began asking at newsstands for copies of "that Shadow detective magazine", Street & Smith launched a magazine based on the character.
4 Cops. Commissioner: "Men, Surround the entire estate." (Priceless.) I had a large collection of the Shadow pulps. Then I joined the Air force in 1973. When I returned home I could not find them. I asked my mother where they were. She said "You're too old for comic books so I gave them to the Good Will." The tears I shed were not "Tears of Joy..." I have always like the Shadow. This brings back good memories and I am thankful to have ran across this.
There is a german movie version of an Edgar Wallace story from 1931 ... and the Police are surrounding the estate of Maurice Messer to guard him. Then an officer comes up in a car ... blows a whistle loudly ... and announces a change in shift ... "but KEEP A LOW PROFILE". It is also winter and the whole ground is covered in snow with the Policemen sticking out like ... well a blind man without a cane would have noticed them.
We had 4 "Shadow Magazine" reprints in our public library 30 or so years ago. When they moved into their new building they disappeared. IIRC Walter Gibson was his creator.
Yeah my mother did the same thing to me. I moved away for about ten months to go to work at 18 years old and when I came home to pack and move permanently I found all my comics and hockey cards gone. I asked her where they were and she said she'd thrown them out and said I didn't need those anymore. The garbage was picked up only the previous day. Well I sure could use them now considering there was many first additions in the comics like SPIDER MAN AND SUPER MAN and I also had Wayne Gretzky's and Bobby Ore's rookie cards. Many many thousands of dollars GONE! I quit looking at the prices they are worth some time ago because every time I did it just made me sick.
@@jerryleroy9187 My mom "misplaced" my collection of 45 records, about 150 of them dating from 1958-1969 when I left for the navy. "I didn't throw them out," she said, "I just don't know where they are." Right, Mom.
If you want something in the same vein as The Shadow, you should listen to The Tales of the Red Panda, from Decoder Ring Theater. They really are good, Gregg Taylor and his cast do an excellent job.
I didn't understand why the Shadow or his helper never thought of taking the rotor off or pulling off the coil wire. Autos won't start if that should happen.
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Very exciting serial ,l have been enjoying it very much ,thanks for sharing.
Thank YOU for watching!
The video and audio quality of this serial is outstanding! Thanks for posting it on RUclips.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the car chases those big old cars could go anywhere.
When I was a kid (boomer), we had a four foot tall Zenith radio that had at least three different dials that could access every continent, every jungle, and probably every planet. It glowed like magic but my personal theory was that every character, every voice, and every sound effect played upon my imagination. From "Gang Busters" to "Fibber McGee and Molly" to "Dick Tracy" the sound effects were the environment of my imagination. So, too...that ironic and absolutely frightening laugh of the "Shadow" was sinister, or ironic, or foreshadowing...but at least, I can now enjoy the perfect serial from the perfect time, of what used to be a perfect age. Thank you for archiving another gem and posting for all of us.
I have a few old radio shows here on the channel as well.
Must've been fantastic to see this and a cartoon in the movie theatre BEFORE the main feature. Very different to today where you sit through 15 minutes of television ads. Thank you for uploading!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You also saw the news
News reels. Cartoon. Double Feature. Then there was a side show like a nature show, or a Pith film.
There were theater ads. Also, this would have been shown during the kiddie matinee on Saturday. Adults didn't sit through this junk.
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I absolutely love these old serials. Way before my time, but love the nostalgia of them.
me too.
Nostalgic for a time when you weren't alive. I'm the same,, even though it makes no sense.
yeah so do I ,,I think its the black and white film,,, the fight sences that go on for ever,,,dont worry its only a scratgh er its nothing mmhaha!!!!! how the kids fell for it,, i cant get enough,,, anyway enjoy..
How fun thoroughly enjoying this series...I absolutely love these movies and series...Thanks for the content as I'm going through some difficult times and this is a welcomed diversion.
Much appreciation 💚
I'm so glad you are enjoying these classic serials. I've been through some rough times myself, so I understand how you feel. I hope things start going your way soon.
Trduçir en espñoĺ,la serial.
Roughly Made 20 years BEFORE I was Born , And Honestly BETTER than ANYTHING That's been made After I Was Born (1963) ,, Who Knows ,,THE SHADOW KNOWS ,,,, THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME UPLOADS ,,,
I was born in 63 as well, this is better than anything since then!
I'm 67 and this was a lot better than the modern Shadow movie!
I just discovered this and thank you so much for putting it on RUclips! I have always thought so much of Victor Jory as an actor and he was wonderful in this.
Glad you enjoyed it.
I started listening to these in 4th grade. My teacher would play them at the end of the day every Friday. I grew up a total geek fan. And now I can listen to long blocks of them working overnight shifts. Trust it very much helps and I absolutely enjoy the hell outta them! Thanks for the memories
Just a word of warning: do NOT "overindulge" these or any others ... because you might end up having heard them so often that they become boring after knowing precisely what happens next.
Me to
Back in the good ol days when schools actually weren't infested with Dragging perverts & CRT & antiAmerican hatred. Amazing times.
I have been enjoying these serials also. Thank you for posting.
Glad you like them!!!
Such a lot of fun!!!! Even at age 72, I still love these corny old serials. :)
Yeah, ditto. I totally agree with you, and I just turned 74 yesterday on Feb. 6th.
They bring back happy memories, when people were kinder and not how they are today.
I just LOVE the Character they came up with to play Lin Chang. His face kills me.
It's totally different from the two different Actors that
play Charlie Chan.
I'm 19 and I love cliffhanger serials!!!
69 and do too
I grew up watching serials at the movie theaters, when you consider the special effects were darn good long before Computer Generated Graphics, they still hold up today, thanks for bringing all the old serials back so another generation can enjoy them
I kept expecting to hear, "brought to you by Blue Coal."
hahahahaha
Colored blue for YOUR protection!
Thanks for posting. I really like the old time automobiles and trucks; they had style.
Really nice print. Images and sound are excellent. Thanks
During the 30s and 40s, this character was more popular than Batman, Superman and Spiderman During *Their Prime* and today. This fact is not that well known due to the fact at the time of writing few if any people who were alive at the time are still so.
Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger, Dick Tracy, The Phantom, Flash Gordon and Doc Savage were popular too.
Doc savage and the shadow where the most popular in pulp. Batman is basically the shadow less violent though with gimmicks instead of . 45s
There was also the spider
The shadow tarzan and the fantom flash gordon are great heroes that nobody talks anymore
@@trash44gzgigasmashkaza50 The Phantom has a small presence down under. Any good newsagents will have some!
Victor Jory was the perfect choice, what a voice!!!
I was never really much into superheroes or the "vigilante detective" genre in general, but I really like The Shadow! I remember reading the novelization of the Alec Baldwin version back when I was a teenager, then listened to a few of the old radio broadcasts on DVD, read a couple of the stories, and back in Dec. I finally watched the movie when it was available on YT! I enjoyed this serial, though I don't think it's necessarily the best interpretation of the lore, plus the "Lin Chang" get-up hasn't exactly aged well. But it was fun and it was funny how basically every episode ended with Cranston surviving an explosion and getting buried alive 🤣👍
SUPER MERCI POUR CETTE PETITE PÉPITE HYPER ZARBI JUBILATOIRE !.. BRAVO À TOUTE L'ÉQUIPE ET BONUS PLUS AUX SCÉNARISTES POUR LEUR SENS DU DIVERTISSEMENT !.. BRAVO ON EN REDEMANDE !..
Ach, einfach herrlich..! Eine wunderbare Auswahl alter Klassiker. Danke Dir.
Great, Shadow was a good Comic. Death Man;s Chest is a good one from George Rozen 1948. thank you for uploading.
The pulp stories were the best of the shadow
The Shadow's signature laugh is haunting and classic!!! Many thanks for posting.
Way better on old time radio show. This version made me cringe a little.
Imagine having that as the ringtone of your phone ... and getting a call in a full underground.
@@Muck006 - LOL…..it’s funny you mentioned that laugh as a ringtone as after watching this series, I tuned into a series called The Clutching Hand and the villain’s laugh is even more sinister than the Shadow’s.
I believe Orson Welles played the radio shadow
The Shadow's laugh is the one thing that I didn't enjoy about the movie with Alec Baldwin. His version of the laugh seemed more maniacal than menacing.
Nice to see such a clear copy of an old serial.
As an Indian young adult who had no exposure to Hollywood or Western culture in childhood, this is absolutely amazing. So is most of 50s 60s shows. USA peaked during those decades it seems!!
Most of these were actually 1930s and 40's. Not made for television but rather showed in movie theaters before the feature.
There was a lot of "questionable" stuff too. They made an adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice in 1940 ... adapted to the southern USA ... and they "had to" include a carriage race. This kinda proves that "adding ridiculous nonsense because we feel like it and dont want to respect the original story because we are too lazy" isnt something new.
Victor Jory was a very good actor i remembered he always played the bad guy in hopalong Cassidy he also played a bad guy in the western Dodge city he was also in GONE WITH THE WIND amazing serial's awesome acting 🦾💪🎬🎥📹 thanks for the upload 📹 👍 👏 😀 😉 💯💯🔥🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
"The Shadow" is part of my childhood. I remember now I couldn´t wait to see the following chapter every week in the cinema.
The Shadow, The Phantom and Dick Tracy.... Golden Age greatness.
Three awesome OG childhood heroes.
Just started watching and think that I may be hooked. I just love these old movie serials.
Love these. Listened to them on the raadio and when I got older every Saturday my cousin and I would get a quarter and go to the movies 12 cents to get in and the rest was spent on penny candy.what fun we had
Although she screams of ten, Margo shows a lot more gumption than most heroines in serials. She kicks bad guys in the shins, tries to escape on her own and in general not a passive female stereotype.
Never mind the 'stereotypes'. This is entertainment, profitable entertainment, and that's what kept Hollywood in business until it fell apart during the 1960's and succumbed to Political Correctness. More recently that is called 'wokeism'.
I don't know where this passive female character idea comes from. The vintage movies are MUCH more realistic about what women are really like as not passive & just as vicious, conniving & deadly as men if not MORE than men. No beating around the bush back then! Nossir. Today's shows are stupidly unrealistic showing them as all powerful superheros, or all as victims of some made up patriarchy they are supposed to be fighting, or some imaginary skin color or genital war they've also made up. It's all so ridiculous. No. Compared to what comes out of Hollywood in the last couple decades VS old Hollywood old Hollywood was much more honest, even if not full of vile language & vulgarity & exploitation of female nudity to "make a point". It just so happens that before the feminists went full attack mode on motherhood & wives & homemaking those skills were something to be proud of AND are the foundation of strength in community & country, and the hardest jobs to do right. Naturally they had to destroy that.
Thank yous for sharing very good play. For its time must have been exciting.
Listened to this while working more than watched. It was delightful. It reminded me of the old radio shows. I kept expecting to hear " Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows." with each episode and was dissapointed each time, lol.
I listen to the audiobooks and the OTR shows my mind envisions the Shadow and it’s always Victor Jory.
Great work you do for all of us lovers of classic shows/movies!! Thanks so much!
Excellent serial one of the best ones .....thanks so much ...I love all those old cars.....they had great looking character not like the crap that is made today."..
Atomic, hanks for posting many great serials..
I grew up with these classics that my parents watched. Today everything in this serial has come true....!
Something Hollywood couldn't make even a pale comparison to.
These serials and the old time radio
shows make me think I should have been born thirty years earlier.
The fellow playing Williams should have been in comedies ... He has the face for them!
Fun to watch Thanks. 👤👤👤👤
My stepdad would mention The Shadow whenever there was a movie with Victor Jory these films were made for the greatest generation who had endured many hardships and needed an outlet!!!
Terrific upload.....many thanks.
I love how the TV Is so dangerous. Feels like a shot by the cinemas at the new enemy.
The serials were long gone when I was a kid so I thank you for posting this. I wasn't crazy about the remake, but that's just me.
I always prefer the Originals too. The remakes Never Ever Compare to the Originals.
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When I was in college a long long time ago, a local radio station got hold of the radio episodes and played them. Me n my pals would collect in one of our dorm rooms with popcorn and listen. And I like Victor Jory anyway.
So!! Cranston is a scientist now!!
What!!! Check out that crazy headline. 2:43:16
What the heck is a crack train?
Everyone board the crack train!! WooHoo!!
This is one of the better serials. It always surprised me that the much less interesting Green Hornet serial had a second serial, but The Shadow did not.
I think that may have had to do with rights issues with the publisher of The Shadow comic strip.
@@AtomicAgePictures I noticed that one of the inspirations for The Shadow may have been the French serial 'Judex'. I just got that on dvd last month. It's well worth watching.
@@AtomicAgePictures When I was a kid here in the UK, I can only remember one home-grown British serial (no idea what it was called, but it was basically about the crime-solving adventures of a group of schoolboys. They showed it at a holiday camp that I went to in my summer school vacation.) When we went to the movies, there would be a main feature, plus a B movie, plus a newsreel, one or two cartoons, a couple of trailers for forthcoming movies, some advertisements for local businesses and mainstream products, and a serial. Great value for money in those days. There would also be Saturday morning cinema shows for children, comprising of cartoons and a serial. Many years later, a television channel would show Adventures of Captain Marvel over a couple of weeks, and one or two independent cinemas would occasionally show an old serial with whatever usually art house/cult type film they were showing. What I don't understand is why no contemporary director has realised that if he made serials nowadays he could easily make a lot of money by selling them to television or movie distributors. Indiana Jones would have worked well as a serial. As director George Lucas admitted, he was heavily influenced by the old chapterplays. Although nowadays I would expect much more cynical humour and wisecracking to give them more heart, something the serials generally lacked.
This is a PURE AMERICAN story ... because - as the title crawl states - it is "Industrial leaders" who are interested in fighting the terrorist ... and NOT "political figures" who would be the ones actually responsible for the fighting (but could still be consulting Cranston for being outclassed by the Black Tiger). This focus on the "money-making figures" is the "american part".
AAP I lurve u takes me back to Saturday morning pictures at my local ABC fleapit. Happy days indeed x
I wish they’d still make cars like this. Loved the doors..
Supreme entertainment! The Shadow knows how to make an entrance.
I used to listen to The Shadow when I was small on Radio. WOW. That was a long time ago. Thought I'd see if I could remember any of it or if it's been to long. I'll let you know.
“The Sun Is Shining
But The Ice Is Slippery”
THE SHADOW
"Why should I know anything about the Shadow?"
"You shouldn't. But I thought you might."
Oh, Commissioner Weston, you re so close.
The weed of crime bares bitter fruit, crime does not pay!
The Shadow knows!
The best part of the "calling card" - the laugh - can not be written down though.
thanks for posting this and keep up the good work!
At about 59:05, as Cranston enters the laboratory, Margot replies to him in a lower-volume voice than his. **That may seem like trivia, but it shows the audience that someone standing closer will sound louder. Think about that in everyday conversation.
I love how shadow's outfit is basically a big coat
Who knows what lurks in the hearts and souls of men…? The Shadow do!
How cool. I like the radio show, so this should be interesting. Thanks.
The Shadow meets The Green Hornet.
Victor Jory (Lamont Cranston/The Shadow) would guest star on The Green Hornet (1966~'67) TV show playing a criminal.
What a fun series. Some of the special effects were hoaky and the fight scenes goofy but still lots of fun to watch. I like how they had Shadow's female assistant scream at every little problem she endured. Never understood the usefulness of screaming when in danger, it doesn't solve the problem and only creates more chaos.
Perhaps creating more chaos is the usefulness...depending on the situation, of course.
@@willmfrank It just makes the male hero feel much better by increasing the supposed threat level of the danger.
😂😂😂i wanted to comment on the amt of smoke after-Burners wen they're Taking poof shots nuff smoke to blind the shooter, no wonder they Hit their target by Default 😂 can't c shit I couldn't see his face in the cloud😎The teatrics were Off-BWy like🤣
In the pulps she was BADASS
"A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming." -Jane Fonda as Barbarella, 1968
So good to see Charles King as one of the henchmen!
Victor Jory as a good guy seems unreal. After all the villains he's played this just does not seem natural.
I like the black and white movies I seen to enjoy 😉 them more
Brings back my childhood, I had his comic books.
Well laid out to launch into great plot-Action and no constant Fista-Cuffs😎 car chases A museingly Funny exciting😂 one of the better flicks
They did a marvelous job in preserving these old movie serials. Not to mention they resemble so much a cartoon series like GI Joe, Johnny Quest and etc. Precursors of those series no doubt.
I enjoy these 1940s serials very much. And I love the fist fights . They are hilarious. The girl screaming was a little annoying though
Mr. Alzay Calhoun, very nice ad
This series was a great success at the time, which we watched in the cinema matinees.
Too bad you didn't activate the built-in subtitles. The image is very good. thanks for posting
For me and my Dad. Thanks.🤎👍🏾
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?...".
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? THE SHADOW KNOWS!”
"The seeds of crime bare bitter fruit! The Shadow knows!"
i prefer flip wilsons the shadow do.😁
Everyone remember that shadow was pulp fiction. The radio show or this are not the real shadow story its not a comic book. If want to read the real shadow get one of the books. Not one they tried to bring him back with in the 70s. Oh and batman is a kid friendly version of the shadow no .45 pistols bringing death to enemies
Actually The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the radio program Detective Story Hour, which was developed to boost sales of Street & Smith's monthly pulp Detective Story Magazine. When listeners of the program began asking at newsstands for copies of "that Shadow detective magazine", Street & Smith launched a magazine based on the character.
Victor Jory was the perfect choice to play the Shadow, He looked the part.
No closed captions... oh well.. I am sure someday, will be added to this fantastic serials.. my hero is always The Shadow!
Normally RUclips auto generates English closed captions for every video uploaded. I have no idea why it didn't for this one.
Definitely in keeping with the film noirs of the period. "That's why crime doesn't pay!" HAHAHAHAHA- HAAAAAA!!!
Love these all the serials
The Shadow and Batman are Classic heroes of that era 😀
@1:03:00 "HehehHaHaaa!!"
Not as maniacal as Baldwins but just as sinister!
@1:03:27 oh THERE it is!!
@2:36:00 creepier!
4 Cops. Commissioner: "Men, Surround the entire estate." (Priceless.) I had a large collection of the Shadow pulps. Then I joined the Air force in 1973. When I returned home I could not find them. I asked my mother where they were. She said "You're too old for comic books so I gave them to the Good Will." The tears I shed were not "Tears of Joy..." I have always like the Shadow. This brings back good memories and I am thankful to have ran across this.
There is a german movie version of an Edgar Wallace story from 1931 ... and the Police are surrounding the estate of Maurice Messer to guard him. Then an officer comes up in a car ... blows a whistle loudly ... and announces a change in shift ... "but KEEP A LOW PROFILE". It is also winter and the whole ground is covered in snow with the Policemen sticking out like ... well a blind man without a cane would have noticed them.
We had 4 "Shadow Magazine" reprints in our public library 30 or so years ago. When they moved into their new building they disappeared. IIRC Walter Gibson was his creator.
Yeah my mother did the same thing to me. I moved away for about ten months to go to work at 18 years old and when I came home to pack and move permanently I found all my comics and hockey cards gone. I asked her where they were and she said she'd thrown them out and said I didn't need those anymore. The garbage was picked up only the previous day. Well I sure could use them now considering there was many first additions in the comics like SPIDER MAN AND SUPER MAN and I also had Wayne Gretzky's and Bobby Ore's rookie cards. Many many thousands of dollars GONE! I quit looking at the prices they are worth some time ago because every time I did it just made me sick.
@@jerryleroy9187 My mom "misplaced" my collection of 45 records, about 150 of them dating from 1958-1969 when I left for the navy. "I didn't throw them out," she said, "I just don't know where they are." Right, Mom.
Pop and a bag of caramel corn for 50 cents.
Gran aporte !. Gracias !.
Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!
Too bad they couldn't get Orson Welles to play the Shadow!
great !!!
Gotta love the
old Pulp style settings almost reminds me of the Giallo movies 😊😊
You mean those films the giallo remind you of these
I've read about 50 novels. I have a CD of 200+ more I want to read.
Of Shadow Magazine or individual Shadow stories? Where'd you get it?
The yellow face disguise is incredibly offensive.
It was a different time
If you want something in the same vein as The Shadow, you should listen to The Tales of the Red Panda, from Decoder Ring Theater. They really are good, Gregg Taylor and his cast do an excellent job.
2 things about these old flicks; 1) all the cars are cool and 2) everybody packs a .38 :)
I didn't understand why the Shadow or his helper never thought of taking the rotor off or pulling off the coil wire. Autos won't start if that should happen.
Interesting that Lamont Cranston is a disguise for THE SHADOW.
CLASSIC
Oh yes ... because acid is flammable.
Harry Vincent is driving a cab and not Sherevvy?
Just how does the Black Panther disappear in that cloud of Fog ??