Saturday, March 21, 2015

The Phantom Movie Serial, Chapter One



Chapter 1 - The Sign Of the Skull - Starring Tom Tyler As The Phantom 1943 Comic Book Hero Comes To Life B&W Vintage Serial

The Ghost Who Walks has been around a long time. I'm looking forward to a good movie adaptation one of these days. There  have been some gentle versions, but so far, none have captured the raw power and grace of the Phantom as I grew up with.

There was a nice version in 1996 with Billy Zane, but it just didn't have the story and power to drive it to the success it could have experienced.

A later TV version was good, but again, lacked that magical element which would put it over the top.

From wikipedia

The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many media, including television, film and video games, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the fictional Africancountry Bangalla.[1]

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