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Baturday, May 3, 2014

THE JOHN H. MITCHELL THEATER:—SCREENINGS ARE: PUBLIC HOURS:

Wednesday through Sunday noon to five pm. at 75: To All a Dark Knight

Please turn off cell Even your grandmother could name Batman's sidekick or home base (or maybe both). phones during The Dark Knight is arguably the world's most popular and one of the most screenings. iconic and influential fictional characters of all time. Celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of his , in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) every Saturday IN THE BELL FAMILY in May at the Paley Center with a wide variety of Bat-entertainment, from the cheesy GALLERY: propaganda of the 1943 movie serial up to today’s critically-acclaimed DC Universe

Animated Original Movies, including Justice League: Doom and Lego Batman: DC LEN STECKLER: Superheroes Unite. OBSERVATIONS

See original cels from

AB multimediaatman: The Ashowcasenimated Batman (Chapters 1 & 2 of 15-part serial) whichSerie includess in our e directorxhibit: - 12:30 Batman first appeared on-screen in this rarely seen 1943 movie serial, which finds the illustrator -artist Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder opposing an offensively stereotyped Steckler’s photographic Japanese foe. This inaugural Batman remains an uncomfortable and fascinating series The Visit, a 1961 wartime curio, and demonstrates the character’s viability beyond the — chronicle of an despite the wooden acting, cheap production values, and Neanderthal politics. encounterWarn betweener Bros.: (1943; 45 minutes) MarilynTelevis Monroeion Out andof th e

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Batman: “The Zodiac Crimes, The ’s Hard Times, The Declines” 1:20 This far-out three-part story features two of the Caped Crusader’s most notorious villains, the Joker and the Penguin. The Joker commits a string of robberies known as "The Zodiac Crimes," so named because each crime relates to an astrological sign. Having narrowly escaped the Joker's attempt to crush them with a giant meteor,

Batman and Robin trail the Joker as he and his companions continue their crime spree. However, the Dynamic Duo is captured once again by the Joker, and Robin ends up in the mouth of a giant, hungry clam! Starring , , Caesar Romero,

Burgess Meredith and Terry Moore as . (1967; 75 minutes)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast: “Batmantis” 2:45 This animated spoof talk show is hosted by , the famed Hanna-Barbera cartoon superhero, and his monster sidekick Zorak. In this delightful installment, Space Ghost welcomes Batman and his arch-nemesis, . Voiced by Adam West

and (who portrayed the feline felon in the 1966 theatrical version of Batman). (1998; 15 minutes)

The Museum Of Television & Radio's 12th Annual Television Festival In : 3:00 Batman This moderated discussion, held at the Directors Guild of America Theatre Complex, honors the action-adventure series "Batman," based on the long-running D.C. comic book of the same name. Moderated by Museum television curator Ron Simon. The panel consists of writer ; writer/producer Lorenzo Semple, Jr.; actress Yvonne Craig, who played ""; actress , who played "Catwoman"; and Batman himself, actor Adam West. (1995; 110 minutes)