Shazam: Origin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Fan editor Billy Batson's feature length cut of ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (1941), with Tom Tyler and Frank Coghlan Jr.
Note: The serial that this film is taken from is reported by Internet sources to be in the public domain. For a copy of the full serial, with informative commentary, I'd recommend the recent Kino Lorber blu-ray: www.amazon.com...
I remember seeing this at least 50 or 60 years ago. I'm 80 now....remembering Whitey as one of the the Dead End Kids in the 40's with Slip and Satch. For that era these were great
special effects.
Cool I'm almost 50 enjoying this. I grew up watching 70s Shazam when I was 4 years old
I first saw this at Chicago Comic-Con back in the 70's and was blown away by this serial. Love Tom Tyler as Captain Marvel. One of the best of the serials of that day, thanks for sharing such a treasure.
he played the mummy in one of the best Universal Mummy movies.
What are serials?
I love Billy's "Golly, gee-whiz" voice and intonation.
The one, true, real Captain Marvel is one of the coolest superheroes ever.
Captain Marvel is no Bibleman!
his comics would outsell Superman!
@Johnny Skinwalker Actually that is why DC sued Fawcett. But they did not want to admit it so they used copyright infringement as an excuse.
@@chrisorrill7183 that is why they do not deserve this character lol
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Very true. In the 1940s, “Superman” was published bi-monthly, while “Captain Marvel Adventures” appeared bi-weekly, every other Friday. The covers even had a blurb stating “Largest Circulation of Any Comic Magazine”.
I love how this is supposed to take place in Siam (present day Thailand), and later the location is near Khandapur in India, but the attributes of Captain Marvel are described as those of Greek gods and demigods (10:05).
It's like the writers just figured, "Eh, it's not North America, and it's not western Europe. So it's all the same."
It's also adorable how the script of that ancient language at 10:06 is actually stylized English letters.
🤣
Despite my criticisms, I enjoyed this silly flick.
Thanks for putting it together, and for posting it!
saw it back in 1963 i was 10 !! old black and white 12inch tv . also remember steve reves as superman, ah those were the days!
Steve Reeves IS Superman.
That was George Reeves. Steve Reeves played in the Hercules movies.
they filmed better flying shots than the original superman.... have to admit their actor and his stunt doubles were pretty darn athletic.. that backflip kick he did was awesome.
Better flying shots than Superman 4 in the 80s
Well, even comics Superman wasn't flying until after Shazam became popular. 😏
The original Superman had better take offs and landings. Although granted, these flying shots were great for their time.
@@cambridge286 Actually, Superman originally did not fly, but could leap an eighth of a mile. When the Fleisher brothers were commissioned to produce the Superman cartoons, they found the constant leaping would be too labor intensive to animate. So they asked if they could show Superman flying instead to expedite the illustrations. DC comics agreed, and thus Superman gained the power of flight ever after.
Was it better because it was in black and white, or was it just better? I feel like it was just better.
the only Shazam I saw was the cheesy Saturday Morning show in the 70's but this is fantastic!
I love old classic film noir action sci fi movies and this is awesome! very good special effects.
great story! I found another one before and I watch it all the time. a must see!
My God Billy must have been slap jacked 10 times in this movie. I guess each time Billy transforms into Captain Marvel the concussions magically go away.
They should release this as a series on the big screen! draw real movie fans and kids back to movies!
Nah kids today have ant man they don’t need this 😂
One of the best serials ever made! The other was Spy Smasher! Both Fawcett heroes!
some of those flying scenes are better than the CW ones.
I remember going to my local cinema every Saturday morning, Shazam was one of the main stories featured in weekly episodes.
Billy was at the correct age to help the story along. A sort of Jimmy Olsen who can be there but not necessarily take part. Very well done serial.
Far better than today.
I feel like a kid again, watching this. Thanks for this.
Billy Batson IS Captain Marvel. This serial has been released on blu-ray and it is excellent. Over 80 years old and this version far exceeds the crap Marvel put out.
Great production values. So nice to see these well produced episodes again.
The stuntmen sure earned their money
I had to look up how they pulled off the flying effect - extremely clever practical effect.
where did you find it, thanks.
@@MATMANPRO Wikipedia had the details en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Captain_Marvel
This makes sense now. The scorpion king, was played by the Rock, then he played Black Adam , seems all tied in lol
Why does this look better than that 70's version I grew up with?
In my head cannon this Shazam/Captain Marvel is Mentor from the 70s TV show. And I think he passed the torch on to a younger man.
Awesome!! Thank you !!! Republic pictures!!
I love Shazam since I was an 80s kid👍🏻 ⚡ great character. I'm about to see the movie.
Great work! A true treat to watch!!!! :)
Thank you sharing. Love it. This sure brings back many good memories for me….going to the movie theaters and watching old black and white series on tv. The cars are vintage 1930’s/40’s, love the coupes/sedans, and dig those convertibles. Today’s cars look like plastic throw arounds, same squarish style type no matter what brand name it is, and lacking in character appeal, let alone imagination, basically unable to distinguish one from the other. I’ll take the older cars with character designs anytime. 👍🙏🏼❤️
Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Great Old Movies though. 👍👌👏
An of course, I'm a subscriber!
Thanks Again Though.
Tom Tyler was fantastic as Captain Marvel in these cliffhangers. Also check out him starring in the serial "The Phantom"
muy bueno! esta mejor que la pelicula actual!
Fantastic!
This is better than that Stupid Movie with Zachary Levi.
Fantastic production values. Captain Marvel Jr was Elvis Presley's favourite super hero too, it was nice to see the origin story. ⚡👌✌
Some of the effects are truly impressive for the time! And Billy Batson is a '40s era podcaster? =^[.]^=
GREAT quality. Thank you!
Love This! I am all about old school and camp in my superheroes! Ever since George Miller re-envisioned Batman, for me it's all been down hill. Reboots, rewrites, reimagining with all the dark and brooding characters facing inner demons. Hooey! Give me fun, adventurous, escapism every time! I'll take Adam West over Christian Bale ANY day. Not that I hate the newer stuff, it's ok. I just prefer the older stuff! Cheers!
Do you mean Frank Miller? I do wish aswell that Post-Crisis DC didn't take so much from TDKR for the main Batman
@@thenoirknight5729 yes. Frank is what I meant. The older I get the more I will mix names up. I once called my favorite doctor who actor Peter Baker instead of Tom Baker 🤣. My prime comic book/cartoon stage was mid 70s to mid 80s. To me, that was the true golden age. After that it just kinda became like movies now......borrowing from the past or "re-imagining" origin stories or placing them in alternate realities. I want, pure, fun escapism. Good is good, bad is bad. I've had all of the "real" world i can stomach. I don't need my entertainment to be "dark and gritty" I have enough of that in my day to day. Anyway, sorry for the rant, thanx for the reply! Blessings my friend!
@@coolnegative Ha, cool. My favorite Doctor is actually David Tennant 👍.
What would you say is one of your favorite pieces of "escapism" DC media?
@@thenoirknight5729 Tennant is definitely my favorite "new" Doctor. I honestly don't equate classic Who with "new" Who. To me, they are more like 2 sides of the same coin. My favorite DC escapism (currently) is actually the 1966 Batman and the old 70s cartoons like SuperFriends. I know its cheesy and childish, but I can just ignore all my troubles for about 23 minutes. All my old comics and digests are all boxed away somewhere, and honestly, I just don't have money to buy ecomics. I will download some really old public domain stuff, but not too much appeals to me although there are some Plastic Man that are Public Domain, but not a lot else. How about you? What do you reach for when you need to tune it all out for awhile?
@@coolnegative For me? I just kinda do what I enjoy with whatever that may be. I might play one of my favorite videogames, watch some of my favorite episodes from a cartoon/show, watch a favorite movie ect. Just whatever I feel like is right for the moment I suppose
One of my favorite pieces of DC escapism is probably Batman + Batman: The Movie and Fliesher's Superman
This was waaaaaaay better than the current Shazam movies!
Although yes it is - almost anything is better than the Shazam and ALL DC/Warner movies!!!!
Indeed
Agreed
Nope!
Shazam 8/10
Shazam fury of the Gods 5/10
Shazam origin 7.9/10
Doctor Bentley! "Nice read, Velma." I was surprised, I thought it would turn out to be
Betty.
1:37:28 -- Wow, she sure gets knocked unconscious easily. He pushes her, she bumps into the wall, and she's out like a light.
The acting and production budget is top notch compared to some of the shit I see in 2023
Muchas gracias por esta magnifica pelicula del verdadero Capitan Marvel Shazam, me hizo recordar mi linda niñez,que Dios los bendiga,atte Santiago Torrez V.
John Davidson (Tal Chotali) steals every scene he is in.
The special effects are fantastic for 1941. They changed the origin from the comic book, in which Billy Batson was an orphan who earned money selling newspapers and encountered SHAZAM in the subway.
Hello, I first posted this video when the fan-edit was made in 2018. For a long time thereafter, it averaged less than 100 hits per day, but I've noticed that there's been a spike in hits over the last month or so. Last month, in early March, the number of hits began to go up quickly, peaking on March 31st at over 23,000 hits on that day alone. The hits have dropped since then to around 7,000 hits on April 2, and if the trend continues should be back to normal in a few more days. So what happened in March? Why the sudden spike to over 23,000 hits per day? In other words, how did you hear about this video? Were you just randomly searching Google or TH-cam for videos about Shazam or Captain Marvel, or did you see a link to the video on a specific website? I'd like to know. Thanks, and thanks for watching. Fan-editor Billy thanks you as well.
Maybe it's because of the interest in the Shazam movie sequel.
@@chrisrodney79 You may be right. There wasn't such a spike when the first movie came out in 2019, but this video hadn't been up for very long at that point, so maybe it just wasn't high enough up on the search engines at the time to gain any attention. Thanks for the reply.
It popped up as a suggested video for me on U tube. Please do more of these, all of the serials from the 30s thru the 50s were great fun.
@@dennisswaim8210 Thanks.
I first saw this at the 'Wycliffe' cinema, Moss Side, Manchester (UK, of course).
They also showed 'King of the Rocket Men' and the very early 'Batman' serials at the Saturday Matinée. I think it cost 3d in the currency of the time. Somewhere around 5¢.
Awesome! Thank you. Many happy memories.
Shazam spraying machine gun, that's badass 😉
Yeah, he went full Rambo on those Muslim. 😄😄😄
My only problem with this is the bolt on his shirt. Why does it look like that? Otherwise, the whole thing is amazing even the flying.
The only problem I see is that some one bright idea turned a good movie into a comedy which was never meant to be even by todays standard.
It's much more fun to watch with the cliff-hangers in place!
When people knew what was real and what was not!!!!
Yeah it's true this Shazam or it's true name captain marvel is great to watch especially the flying 😂😂
Dr Scorpion properly is the most under power villain but yet he is somewhere scary because he could be anyone of us and smart. I watch this movie all the way to the end thx to him ;)
Genau 👍👍👍👍👍
Als Kind liebte ich die kurze Fernsehserue ❤❤❤❤❤
Billy Batson’s head should have plenty of knots 😅😂
Why is this so damn cool?
Remind me of the old Superman movie’s awesome.
How'd they do those flying sequences! Not the blue screen ones, or however, but flying over the hills, the road, you see his shadow. That is so neat
So this is where the Mejahil from the Mummy franchise was inspired from.
The live-action Filmation series, in COLOR, no less, which starred Michael Gray alongside Jackson Bostwick, and later alongside John Davey, with Les Tremayne as "Mentor," remained the best interpretation of what had by then become DC Comics characters, for my money.
3-23-23 my lan lord was A FAN OF CAPTAIN Marvel, I had bought A reprint of the first captain marvel comic book,my landlord was Fan of captain marvel, my landlord had died A few years ago, I had laid the comic book on my former landlord’s front porch stairs so his spirit & the pets he had buried on his property spirits.
The 1 guy reminds me of the Capt in King Kong. 1933
Very good, CAPTAIN MARVEL!!
One Of The Best ! Iconic Movie Serials Of All Time And Great Actors !
I remember watching flash Gordon on tv 1977
Is actually is very similar to that show
Excellent.
Very good video👋 👍
I bet if TH-cam existed at the time, someone would post: "The Comics is better".
A chair? He got knocked down by a CHAIR? And then shocked by... LIGHTNING? What the hell?
Those two films that starred Zachary Levi as DC's Captain Marvel were BOTH for the BIRDS!
This Captain Marvel is better to watch than the new Shazam and new Captain Marvel movies put together.
eu sou muito fã do capitão marvel adoro desde do gibi da marvel
It's Billy and Betty and Whitey! - Dialogue that tragically wouldn't be allowed today.
Still better than anything made by Warner and their soulless producers and directors.
Really good print
Best serial ever
I like that the henchmen encounter a bulletproof, super strong obstacle and in the next meeting with the evil mastermind they don't think to mention it!
To Clark Holloway, I hope you don't mind that I shortened this video down to 35 minutes showing only the Captain Marvel scenes. Here is a link to it: th-cam.com/video/Fe3uyQNjbWo/w-d-xo.html
Saludos desde Venezuela colócala en español esa película es un clasico
Deje la pereza y aprenda Inglés.
@@rogerzimet Muy directa y fácil su respuesta pero usted se debe a sus seguidores y somos de diferentes idiomas sr.
It was campy, but it was fun! A great old timey movie!
Does not make sense that electricity would knock Captain Marvel out. If anything it would transform him back to Billy. But this a great live action portrayal of the Shazam comic. Really enjoyed it.
To think that in The Movie Serials The Billy Batson is a grown up but I guess it was to make easier access for a # of reasons like so that he could drive an airplane and yell Shazam! to save himself should the plane give out like it does and to also have easier access to transport himself in any vehicle and w/o having to have any grown up to do so.
I like the way the lightning-bolt effect was added to the transformation sequence. It was sadly missing from the serial.
Don't forget they did not have the same technical equipment for special effects like we have today. The way I look at it, this is just a stepping stone to the special effects we have today
@@chrisorrill7183 True, but they could have had Billy or Cap say ‘Shazam!”, then show a lightning bolt in the sky, followed by the smoke. In the original Fawcett comics, they never showed the lightning bolt actually striking Billy; just the drawing of one.
much better written than the current version to be sure! actual depth. no modern "clever" chatty lines if dialogue. timeless. that's the difference between old films and modern movies. they suck nowadays
I liked John Davidson as the turbaned Tal Chotali.
Incrível as cenas de voo do cap. Marvel para a época
The actual title is The Adventures Of Captain Marvel.. Shazam was the elder that gives Billy Batson the power to change to Captain Marvel..The corny Shazam of today is a rip-off of the Wings Comics Captain Marvel comic books and the 1941 serial you see here. Flying effects way ahead of their time..Yes, it would be nice to see it on the big screen.
How can this one be so good, and the 70s one be so lame?
As the bad guys follow the good guys at 56.03 see the traffic cop step into the scene, obviously there to keep the scene clear . oops.
Trivia: "Captain Marvel", the name, LEGALLY, is owned by Marvel Comics. Shazam (Billy Batson) was originally called "Captain Marvel". Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) was originally created by Bill Parker, C.C. Beck and published by Fawcett Comics back in 1939 as a rip-off of DC Comic's iconic character, Superman. DC, who was known as National Comics at the time, did not like the idea of Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) ripping off Superman, so National/DC sued Parker, Beck and Fawcett in court and LEGALLY bought rights to Captain Marvel the character (Billy Batson). After Parker, Beck and Fawcett went out of business, the Captain Marvel name got snatched by Marvel and Marvel were allowed to do that because Parker, Beck, Fawcett and National/DC forgot to trademark the Captain Marvel name and Marvel trademarked the Captain Marvel name and used the name for their characters (From Mar-Vell all the way to Carol Danvers) who took on the Captain Marvel name. And Marvel had a legal battle with another comic book company called M.F. Enterprises. Like Parker, Beck, Fawcett and DC, M.F. forgot to trademark the Captain Marvel name and created their own version of Captain Marvel who was an alien robot who had the ability to split himself apart and put himself back together again. After M.F. got sued by Marvel and went out of business because of Marvel, Captain Marvel now had two owners. Marvel owned the rights to the Captain Marvel name and DC owned the rights to Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) as a character. DC was unaware that Marvel trademarked the Captain Marvel name first, so DC got a cease-and-desist letter from Marvel telling DC that DC could not use the Captain Marvel name as a title on DC's "Shazam!" comic book covers that were and are published by DC. Shazam (Billy Batson) could still be called "Captain Marvel" in the Shazam!-related comic books published by DC, but Shazam (Billy Batson) could not be called "Captain Marvel" as a title on the front of the Shazam! comic books published by DC. Longtime DC fans who were new to Billy Batson got confused and thought "Shazam" was Billy Batson's superhero name. Later on in 2011, the Shazam! comic books went through reboots and became part of DC's New 52 series and DC completely dropped the Captain Marvel name and officially renamed Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) the character from "Captain Marvel" to "Shazam" to avoid conflict with Marvel Comics. So, long story short, LEGALLY, the Captain Marvels (From Mar-Vell all the way to Carol Danvers) from Marvel Comics are known as "Captain Marvel" and DC's Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) the character, originally owned by Parker, Beck and Fawcett, is legally known as "Shazam". Any comic book superhero fan who has been following superhero comic books and comic book superheroes since the 1930's and onward knows who the TRUE Captain Marvel was and is, and that was and is Billy Batson. DC should have renamed Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) the character's name from "Captain Marvel" to "Captain Marvelous" because back when Billy Batson was with Fawcett, his creators were trying to think of a superhero name for his alter-ego. The original name was going to be "Captain Thunder", but there was already a character named Captain Thunder. So then, Billy Batson's alter-ego was renamed "Captain Marvelous". But here was a problem: the name "Captain Marvelous" could not fit anywhere on the covers of the comic books, inside the comic books, word balloons, thought balloons and narrator boxes so the name was shortened to "Captain Marvel". Renaming the character "Shazam" was a stupid idea because there is already a character named Shazam, who was the wizard who passed on his powers to Billy Batson.
Partially correct.
Marvel "Snatched" the name because after DC sued the, Fawcet stopped using it and the copyright expired.
Technically, DC didn't legally buy Captain Marvel until the late seventies or early eighties, which is what allowed Marvel a window of about two decades to steal the name. I believe their version first appeared in the late sixties. Smart on their part, and perfectly legal, but very disrespectful to the original character and his creators. It's DC's own fault, though. In response to Marvel's actions, that's when they tried creating a very similar version of Captain Marvel named "Captain Thunder" who fought Superman, and then the rest as you say. The huge fan response to this appearance is actually what led them to license the original Captain Marvel to get him back in print and then eventually just buy the property. To Marvel's credit, they did agree to let DC occasionally put the character's name on covers while adding "the original" for clarity. Or course, they were perfectly able to call him Captain Marvel on the insides in the stories, and did for three more decades before changing the name for no good reason. They should return to calling him Captain Marvel and just call the COMIC "Shazam", not the character. It's not confusing. It was simple enough that he had TWO successful kids shows in the 70s that way. If it didn't confuse six year olds then, it won't confuse adults now.
@@wtk6069 Technically Captain Marvel came out before Superman so he was the rip-off not Captain Marvel.
@@AndrewSheldon-wx2xc Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938. Captain Marvel/SHAZAM first appeared in Whiz Comics in early 1940.
Does anyone know what DC was before the name DC? And what does DC short for? Just easy relaxing questions.
I was shocked when I heard that they were calling him Shazam. Wouldn't Billy turn into Cap or back to himself each time he would introduce himself.
you would think.
Also wouldn't it make more sense for shazam to say "billy!" ti turn back to billy and not just "shazam" again?
@Dig it Animations The whole point in the original serial, comic book, and TV series was to have a magic word to transform from one form to another. It is like when a magician says abracadabra or hocus pocus.
@@DigitAnimationsShazam was a magic word invoking the spirits of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury hence SHAZAM so Billy just wouldn't work.
@@jamesoneill5070 B for batman. I for itchy (from dick tracy) L for luke skywalker. L again for luigi (from mario) And lastly Y for yoda who is the greatest of all.
This is a better version than Doofus Zachary Levi's "Shazam". "Captain Marvel" at the time of the serial was more popular than Superman. I always thought DC screwed up the Re-Branding of Captain Marvel, in the 1990s, the character was finally getting some momentum after Mark Waid and Alex Ross "Kingdom Come" showing Captain Marvel as the one true rival of Superman- the classic splash page of grinning Captain Marvel standing over prostrate Superman. DC won the copyright against Fawcett and they threw in the towel selling off Captain Marvel to DC, who couldn't use the name "Captain Marvel" on the comics due to Marvel Comics trademark of the name, so used Wizard's name for the covers instead, along with that and cheesy Saturday Morning TV show , "Shazam" became the de-facto name of Captain Marvel. DC was not going to get the name "Marvel" back on the cover, in the 1980s they wanted to re-boot the character as "Captain Thunder" (which was Fawcett's original name- hence the Thunderbolt symbol- but seemed another company was using the name so last minute change to "Captain Marvel" ) but "Crisis on Infinite Earths" cancelled the plan. Captain Thunder was revived during the "Flashpoint" saga and there was a plan to finally Re-Boot the entire "Shazam" line-up as "Captain Thunder" but apparently, DC nixed the idea, gave-up and decided to take easy route and name him "Shazam" which was stupid and lazy. Could've gone back to the roots of the original, a young boy Billy Batson who is given the power of a God by Shazam and in his naive innocence calls himself "Captain Thunder"
lol Around 31:20 the bad guys are about to explain how this dangerous blade setup works and one says. " Wait I will show you." This is fairly dark even for back then but at least he demonstrates the cutting device on a chair and not a person.
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Thanks I really enjoyed
Zachary Levi, you should have watched this version, and the TV 70s show , shazam was serious in both.
just good stuff. pass the pop corn.
Not bad at all !
😊
So he shoots people like that too and he is trusted with powers !
😂😂😂
Great job! Can you do some more of the Republic serials?
yes shazam 1940-1950 s years . return .
Este Shazam,está melhor doque os dois de hoje 😂😂😂 eu gosto ,muito da DC e Marvel , porem ,está ,fazendo mau os filmes 😊