What if the first Batman movies had been made in the early 1950s, the height of the comic Golden Age? Who would have been the best actors for the roles? My picks are:
Victor Mature- Bruce Wayne/ Batman
Gina Lollobrigida- Selina Kyle/ Catwoman
Jack Palance- Joker
Humphrey Bogart- Harvey Dent/ Two Face
Edward G. Robinson- Oswald Cobblepot/ Penguin
Vincent Price- Edward Nigma/ The Riddler
Basil Rathbone- Alfred Pennyworth
actually batman had a 40’s serial reel drama which was actually the first Batman film. so techiqually the first batman film was around the time of WW2…was very anti Japanese but then again japan had bombed pearl harbor by the time of its release so ya a bit of a dark stain on batman’s history.
Paul Newman- Bruce Wayne/ Batman
Grace Kelly- Selina Kyle/ Catwoman
Jack Lemmon- Joker
Gary Cooper- Harvey Dent/ Two Face
Alan Ladd- Oswald Cobblepot/ Penguin
Jerry Lewis- Edward Nigma/ The Riddler
Lawrence Olivier- Alfred Pennyworth
I really can’t improve on that casting!
Alan Ladd as the Penguin? Really??
I think Danny Kaye would have been great as the Joker, though I see Jayne Mansfield making a better Powergirl and the statuesque and buxom Jane Russell as Wonder Woman.
Sure. It’s against type, but he’s one of the only actors from the period under 5’6’’.
But he’s so quiet and stoic. Now Edward G. Robinson would bring the waddle and the rage. Maybe Peter Lorre, but he was too soft spoken.
But you’d already said him. I didn’t want to copy anything.
Okay how about this one, a roll call for a 1950s “Justice League”
Batman- Victor Mature (Still say he’s the best choice)
Superman- Johnny Weissmuller
Wonder Woman- Jane Russell
Green Lantern- Paul Newman
Green Arrow- Errol Flynn
Zatanna- Elizabeth Taylor
Nightwing- James Dean
Flash- Fred Astaire
Martian Manhunter- Yul Brynner
i never realized i wanted a marilyn monroe power girl before…
