Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
1941 · Short film · 30 min · dir. William Witney
THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN CARTOONLAND BECOMES THE STRONGEST MAN ON THE SCREEN! All others pale in the light of this human fortress who finds no barrier too great in his amazing fight for justice
- action television series
- fantasy television series
Synopsis
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- William Witney
- Writer
- Ronald Davidson
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1941-03-28
- Running time
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
William Witney Director
William Benedict
Louise Currie
Bryant Washburn
Frank Coghlan, Jr.
John Davidson
Tom Tyler
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Captain Marvel comes to the screen · frontrowkid · 2010-05-23
For years, National (DC) Comics battled with Fawcett Comics over the fact that Captain Marvel was a copyright infringement on the Superman character. The battle was finally won in 1953 with Fawcett dropping the Captain Marvel character. In 1940, Republic had wanted to do a Superman serial but the character rights were too high. They even had a plot line of a mad scientist who was going to take over the world with a race of mechanical men. This plotline became "Doctor Satan's Robot." Captain Marvel then came to the screen in 1941 with the Lydecker Brother's special effects to have him fly. In…
★★★★★ · Republic goes all out · Donfield · 2011-03-21
Top notch production for Republic, with grand work by the studio's stunt team, and impressive miniature work by the Lydecker brothers. Captain Marvel has no second thoughts about turning machine guns on bad guys or throwing them off buildings. Much better than the Republic serials of the post-war era, where they continuously recycled footage. Storyline has the usual large cast of characters full of red herrings to be whittled down to find the chief bad guy.
★★★★ · Waited to long to see · edwardihughes · 2010-12-25
I am over 40 and always wanted to see or own this movie. I regret not seeing it much sooner. What better place & way to watch it, on the internet. Thank you. Internet Archive
Copr. · z.x.study · 2024-01-08
ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, a series of photoplays by Republic Produc- tions. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels) Based on the character in Whiz comics magazine. (C) Repix, Inc., wholly owned subsidiary of National Telefilm Associates, Inc. (PWH) Chap. 1-6. (C) 28Mar41; L10386. 4Apr68; R433158. 7-12. (C) 28Mar41; L10481. 4Apr68; R433161.
