• Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man is a two-part, 12 minute silent film that depicts the origins of Batman. The film, which was created by Andre Perkowski, is pieced together from several different sources which date back to the 1920s. The sequences in the film showing Batman are taken from a 1926 film titled The Bat.

  Also featured in the film are popular villains The Joker, The Penguin, The Cat Woman, The Scarecrow and R'as Al Ghu.

• Fast Facts

  1. Director: Andre Perkowski
  2. Based on characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger

• Cast

  • Jack Pickford as Bruce Wayne
  • Conrad Veidt as The Joker
  • Werner Krauss as The Penguin
  • Olga Baclanova as The Catwoman
  • George Beranger as The Scarecrow
  • J. Carrol Naish as R'as Al Ghul
  • Eddie Gribbon as Inspector Gordon
  • Louise Fazenda as the Woman of Ill Repute

• Sources Used

  • The Bat (1926)
  • The Man Who Laughs (1928)
  • The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)
  • [[Edison’s Frankenstein]] (1910)
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Batman | Bob Kane | Bill Finger | Andre Perkowski | 1920s | Batman Costumes | Batman Dead

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