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 |
| The Shadow film serials | 1 |
| the Shadow | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mutual Broadcasting System
this entity surface form:
The Shadow (radio series)
this entity surface form:
The Shadow (pulp magazine)
this entity surface form:
the Shadow
this entity surface form:
The Shadow film serials