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Burbank / Maxwell Grant: One and the same?

Could Burbank be Maxwell Grant, the mysterious author who pens the stories as told to him by the Shadow himself? Thoughts? To me this makes sense. Although it never crossed my mind before it seems a natural. I was so fixated on the Shadow himself that I gave no consideration to who he may have trusted enough to relate his tales. Just an idea. If this is something that has been brought up or even written about before, I apologize. I've just never heard it suggested. Continue

Added by Joseph Booth on November 11, 2009 at 11:40am — 2 Comments

Stamping out crime

I hope to have these made into rubber stamps.

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Added by Joseph Booth on November 9, 2009 at 10:04am — 1 Comment

My Shadow art

Since M C Williams asked, here is a couple of quick pieces of art from me. The charcoal sketch was from done last night after I finished a commissioned piece for one of our clients. The color piece was done on a lunch break last week. I used some Sharpie markers and then scanned it into Photoshop and... well, it's just a comprehensive, I may work it up into a piece someday. I have another I'm working on but this one I am taking a bit of time on. I'll share when it is done. Enjoy.… Continue

Added by Joseph Booth on October 30, 2009 at 9:59am — 1 Comment

The Black Master

This painting for the March 1, 1932 issue "The Black Master" just sold for $33,460 at auction. It was part of the Charles Martignette collection that is in the process of being auctioned off in three separate auctions. Two have taken place I believe with a third and final one coming up. Continue

Added by Joseph Booth on October 30, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

The Shadow Serial (1940)

In 1940 Columbia Pictures made their attempt at bringing the Shadow to the silver screen.

This time the adaptation would not take the form of a full-length movie, but that of a 1… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

The Shadow Returns 1946

Following the Shadow Serial in 1940 the Shadow disappeared from the silver screen for six years despite his popularity on Radio, in the pulps and in Comic Books.

The fact that Grand National went bankrupt making Shodow feature films may have dissuaded other movie producers from risking such a venture (never mind the fact that Grand Nation… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Movie Review: Behind the Mask (1946)

Behind the Mask (1946) This is the second in Monogram's series of B Shadow movies.

In the first movie Margo was a bit annoying as the jealous girlfriend. In this movie she becomes VERY annoying and is joined by Shrevy's jealous girlfriend to create a sort of "I Love Lucy" style foursome. As the movie attempted to make comedy of Margo's j… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Movie Review: The Missing Lady (1946)

The Missing Lady (1946) This is the third in Monogram's series of B Shadow movies.

As in the first two movies Margo is an annoying jealous girlfriend band although it plays more of a part in this movie than in the first one it does not actually become a major subplot as in the second movie. The story involves a murder mystery and "missing… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Movie Review: the Invisible Avenger (1958)

THE INVISIBLE AVENGER (1958) REPUBLIC FEATURES: (re-released in 1964 as "Bourbon Street Shadows") (This was originally planned to be a made for TV pilot; but when it was unsold it was released as a movie)

There's a revolution going down down in the mythical South America country of Santa Cruz and the exiled leader of that country is i… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Review: Lost Shadow TV Pilot (1954)

Many are unaware of this fact but upon the cancellation of the Shadow Radio Show in 1954, as half hour pilot for a Shadow TV series was filmed. The pilot however never sold and was never aired. In the past I have rarely seen the pilot mentioned, and when I did it was always referred to as a "lost" pilot. I actually did not believe that it had survived... until... I obtained a video tape of the "lost" pilot.

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Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

The Shadow (1995)

Click here for a trailer: shadowtrailer.mov… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Movie Review: The Shadow Strikes (1937)

The first attempt at a Shadow Movie was made in 1937 by Grand National Pictures.

(This movie is available to view in our videos section.) The plan was for Grand National to produce a Shadow Movie Series to compliment the Shadow Pulps and Shadow Radio Show. In fact Grand National was even going to adapt stories originally in the pulps t… Continue

Added by James Trimm on September 27, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Movie Review: International Crime (1938)

In 1938 Grand National released its second Shadow Movie. Again they started by choosing a story right out of the pulps to adapt to the screen. This time they chose "Foxhound" (Shadow Magazine # 118 Jan 15th 1937) (a Ted Tinsley story) and set to work creating a screenplay adaptation. How could they go wrong?