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AllaN01Bear

(30,123 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:26 PM 16 hrs ago

been watching this batman movie serial from 1939.

i cross post in movies and comics.

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been watching this batman movie serial from 1939. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago OP

One of the critics of the time was not impressed. Aristus 16 hrs ago #1

Aristus

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1. One of the critics of the time was not impressed.

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Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:48 PM

16 hrs ago

He called Lewis Wilson's Batman "paunchy and unconvincing" (evidently unaware that this was in a low-budget, poverty-row serial), and that Douglas Croft's Robin looked as if he couldn't fight his way out of a Girl Scout meeting.

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