watch it: “Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #4 - Retro 1920s Dark Knight in ‘Arkham After Midnight’ Chapter Two: ‘Riddle Me Deadly’”

Andre Perkowski’s “new/old retro 1920s silent serial” continues (Chapter One is here):

Sources for this chapter include:

Schatten Eine Naechtliche Halluzination (1923)
Sunset (1927)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)
The Golem (1920)
Batman and Robin (1949 serial)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dr. Mabuse - der Spieler (1922)
Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde (1920)
Haxan (1922)
Waxworks (1924)
Destiny (1922)
Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine (1913)
Juve contre Fantômas (1913)
Fantômas - Le Faux Magistrat (1914)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
L'Inferno (1911)
Hans Richter 20s films
assorted 20s newsreels

I love how Perkowski’s appropriation of this footage demonstrates how certain iconic images continue to recur through pop culture even almost a century later.

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