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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

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

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

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

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

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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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

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?

In their first Shadow movie the… Continue