The Shadow

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The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Shadow canonical 6
The Shadow (pulp magazine) 1
The Shadow (radio series) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American radio program ⓘ
radio drama series ⓘ
basedOn The Shadow pulp magazine character ⓘ
broadcastOn CBS Radio ⓘ
Mutual Broadcasting System ⓘ
centralPremise crime-fighting vigilante with power to cloud men’s minds ⓘ
characterCreatedBy Walter B. Gibson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionFormat syndicated radio transcription discs ⓘ
featuresCharacter Commissioner Weston ⓘ
Margo Lane ⓘ
Shrevvy ⓘ
firstAired 1937 ⓘ
format radio serial ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
superhero fiction ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Lamont Cranston ⓘ
The Shadow self-link ⓘ
hasNarrator The Shadow self-link ⓘ
hasSpinOff The Shadow comic books ⓘ
The Shadow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Shadow film serials

The Shadow novels ⓘ
influenced Batman character development ⓘ
later superhero radio shows ⓘ
lastAired 1954 ⓘ
margoLaneVoiceActor Agnes Moorehead ⓘ
Grace Matthews ⓘ
Lesley Woods ⓘ
Marjorie Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrationCatchphrase Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! ⓘ
narrationVoiceActor Frank Readick ⓘ
notableEra Golden Age of Radio ⓘ
openingTheme “The Shadow” theme based on Saint-Saëns’ “Omphale’s Spinning Wheel” ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium radio ⓘ
power ability to cloud men’s minds ⓘ
practical invisibility to enemies ⓘ
producer Charles Michelson ⓘ
Harry A. Junkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. R. Poppele ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
targetAudience general radio audience ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Bernard Herrmann ⓘ
titleCharacterVoiceActor Bill Johnstone ⓘ
Bret Morrison ⓘ
John Archer ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
Steve Courtleigh ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mutual → notableProgram → The Shadow ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutual Broadcasting System
Victor Jory → notableWork → The Shadow ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shadow (radio series)
Street & Smith → published → The Shadow ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shadow (pulp magazine)
Street & Smith → createdCharacter → The Shadow ⓘ
Servant of the Secret Fire → opposedTo → The Shadow ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Shadow
The Shadow → hasMainCharacter → The Shadow self-link ⓘ
The Shadow → hasSpinOff → The Shadow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shadow film serials
The Shadow → hasNarrator → The Shadow self-link ⓘ
Lobster Johnson → inspiredByStyle → The Shadow ⓘ
Will Murray → hasWrittenAbout → The Shadow ⓘ