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BoLorKay	Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	Lead	[-]
Jul 5 07 7:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've read some discussions of this serial, both pro and con. Would anyone know where I can obtain a good (quality wise) copy of this serial ? Also, are both BATMAN serials available on DVD ? Thank You
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Laughing Gravy	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#1	[-]
Jul 5 07 12:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Both BATMAN (1943) and BATMAN AND ROBIN (1948) are officially on DVD, from Sony/Columbia. MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR SATAN is only available from grey market dealers; I think www.accomics.com has it, for one. They're work is uniformly excellent. www.inthebalcony.com
Pa Stark	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#2	[-]
Jul 8 07 3:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN is rated by most serial fans as one of the top 10 serials made in the sound era. The hero wears a hood made of copper chain mail and is called The Copperhead. The stunt work by Dave Sharpe, Cy Feuer's musical score, and Witney-English's direction are all top notch. Pa says you must check it out.
shewolf7777777	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#3	[-]
Aug 20 07 5:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One of Republics best serials with great stuntwork from Dave Sharp.
Rich Wannen	Dr. Satan	#4	[-]
Aug 20 07 5:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks like you can pick up a used VHS copy thru Amazon.com. These offerings would surely be the commercial video version available in the 90s, not hobby-dealer prints; and you can always send it back if its not.
BijouBob8mm	Re: Dr. Satan	#5	[-]
Sep 4 07 4:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN is rated by most serial fans as one of the top 10 serials made in the sound era. Which, given its origins, might come as a surprise to some. I'm sure most here already know much of the material was recycled from Republic's unused plans for a SUPERMAN serial, after negotiations for the rights to the character fell through. Very resourceful to not let it go to waste, but use it for an all-new character. (Does anyone know if a complete SUPERMAN script had been written and, if so, was it common practice to have a project that far along in development when the contracts had yet to be signed? Wonder if that original Superman material still survives.) Didn't AMC run this, back when they were doing serials? I remember taping PANTHER GIRL OF THE KONGO from them, and there were a number of other serials they aired, as well. (They would run a chapter every Saturday morning for a while, and there was at least one Friday night where they ran a complete serial, non-stop. That was how I picked up PANTHER GIRL. Seems like they did that for other serials, as well.)
TomWeaver999	Re: Dr. Satan	#6	[-]
Sep 4 07 4:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< Wonder if that original Superman material still survives. << I have a memory of Jack Mathis writing (in his book VALLEY OF THE CLIFFHANGERS) about the ways the SUPERMAN script was changed, once Superman was "out" and the Copperhead was "in," so the Superman material probably is still around.
BijouBob8mm	Re: Dr. Satan	#7	[-]
Sep 4 07 4:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the info, Tom. (I need to read the VALLEY OF THE CLIFFHANGERS book one day...maybe our local library can get it on loan.) Would also love to read the Superman script, sometime.
HalLane	Re: Dr. Satan	#8	[-]
Sep 5 07 5:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember reading (or hearing a radio interview maybe) with actor Henry Brandon that he was originally tapped by Republic to play Dr. Satan, after his exemplary turn as Fu Manchu. He was going to play it with little horns and "hooves" of some sort, if I recollect rightly, and was disappointed when he had to bow out for one reason or another. The role was eventually played, rather more traditionally, by Eduardo Cianelli.
carruthers40	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#9	[-]
Sep 7 07 1:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've honestly not had a chance to see this serial, but I've always loved the imagery from it. Here are few little gems, these are Spanish heralds and measure only 4" x 6". I love the way Ciannelli looks, barking commands for the destruction of the world into that box microphone, that iconic robot, and the strange image of the bound and gagged herione, what exactly will happen when Dr. Satan pulls that lever...Until next time!!
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TomWeaver999	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#10	[-]
Sep 8 07 12:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Of course I can't remember the title right now, but there was a Turkish (or whatever) remake in the 1970s -- unauthorized, I'm sure, and in color, but using clips from the original DOCTOR SATAN. It was actually pretty enjoyable. THE DAUNTLESS DEVIL, or something like that.
atenolol	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#11	[-]
Sep 9 07 1:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just finished watching it on VHS. Superb direction and stuntwork and top cliffhangers. Wilcox was a wooden actor, but athletic enough to convincingly blend with the spectacular stuntwork of Sharp. I could not at any point tell visually that it was Sharp and not Wilcox. Smoothly done. Most of the secondary actors, such as heroine Ella Neal, were flat, but Cianelli gave a performance on the level of Lugosi or Karloff as the villian and the robot was a really great monster. The ending was memorable--I still remembered it from the first time I saw this serial in the fifties--but I did think that this was perhaps the only time the direction came up short. There should have been head-on shots and a close-up or two of the panicking Cianelli, rather than straight side shots. All in all, I couldn't recommend it more.
BijouBob8mm	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#12	[-]
Sep 10 07 9:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* there was a Turkish (or whatever) remake in the 1970s You'll have to check out 1979's TURKISH SUPERMAN, whipped out to cash in on the Richard Donner epic. This thing lifted most of its soundtrack from the double album of John Williams' SUPERMAN score, and used Christmas ornaments against a black background to depict outer space. And, in some scenes, Superman flying is a doll/action figure, probably picked up at a local toy store. The actress playing Lois Lane was pretty decent but, overall, this was a pretty slapdash affair. It's on the IMDB at www.imdb.com/title/tt0392818/
TomWeaver999	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#13	[-]
Sep 10 07 10:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sounds like a scream -- thanks for the heads-up! DEATHLESS DEVIL is the title of the foreign DOCTOR SATAN rip-off. It's lot of fun. Whenever "big" action was called for (the blowing-up of a building, a plane crash, whatever), we'd watch the villain watching it on his b&w TV set (clips right out of DOCTOR SATAN).
BijouBob8mm	Re: Mysterious Dr. Satan etc.	#14	[-]
Sep 10 07 1:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A number of Bollywood titles were good at "recycling" concepts, as well. I was amazed at how much 1967's THE LIVING CORPSE (aka DRACULA IN PAKISTAN) "paid homage" to HORROR OF DRACULA (even down to the soundtrack music, in some sections).
bela lugosi		#15	[-]
Feb 4 12 6:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Would love to have this on DVD. Any chance of it being released, anyone know? One of my all time favorites. I used to have a VHS copy, but since it's been lost during a few moves. I pretty much wore it out also. Any news is much appreciated.
rvoyttbots		#16	[-]
Feb 4 12 7:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I actually watched this one on VHS. Took me weeks to finish it. Bored me to tears, I`m afraid. I think this is the only serial I`ve watched from beginning to end.
bela lugosi		#17	[-]
Feb 4 12 8:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it. I think it might be one of my favorites, though I haven't seen it for a long time, and I've noticed that even as a mature adult, my tastes continue to change a little bit over the years.
Pa Stark.movieserialmess...		#18	[-]
Feb 5 12 12:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The impression I have from Carruthers40's posters is the girl who is bound and gagged is not heroine Ella Neal, but she looks more like Kay Aldridge. Anyone else notice that? Remember, you can always trust Honest Pa Stark
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