The Dark Knight: Silent Version

[palitoy]

This is bloody brilliant, especially where the Joker is concerned, considering Veidt was the inspiration for the character...

YouTube - Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #2 - Retro 1920s Dark Knight

[Mikey]

Man, that's fantastic !!!!!!!!

[toys2cool]

holy crap! so those are all real vintage film parts? that Joker is freaky as hell!

[palitoy]

Yeah, the Joker is Conrad Veidt in the classic film "The Man Who laughs", the inspiration for the character. The Penguin is I believe, Doctor Calgari and the Bat is the Bat.

[toys2cool]

Yeah, the Joker is Conrad Veidt in the classic film "The Man Who laughs", the inspiration for the character. The Penguin is I believe, Doctor Calgari and the Bat is the Bat.

wow! man that has to be the best Joker look I've ever seen.Thanx for the info

[kingdom warrior]

Fantastic!!!! very well done!

[Gorn Captain]

Excellent combination of vintage footage and music.

You have to admit: 1920s movies rock!

[ScottA]

Pretty darn cool. Never seen that before.

[Hector]

Being a fan of silent films, I really enjoyed the splicing of different films to make one fantastical Dark Knight make-believe 20s era film...brilliant.

[Hector]

Here's part #1...thanks for the thread, Brian.

YouTube - Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man #1 Retro 1920s Dark Knight

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, that's pretty cool! I had never actually seen footage from "The Bat" or "The Man Who Laughs", although I knew they served as inspiration for Batman and the Joker. Vedt's Gwynplaine was actually a hero, not a villain. He had a smile cut into his face by rival gypsies!

Incidentally, the name Gwynplaine was used as a cover name for Joker's company in the Justice League episode "Wild Cards".

Oh, I almost forgot. His "Ra's Al Ghul" is actually J. Carrol Nash as Dr. Daka from the first Batman movie serial!

Chris