Orson Welles. Is. BATMAN!

[Fletch]

No, he never considered it, but someone has hashed up this very clever homage in the form of a "1947" "trailer." I like the casting (it would have been perfect for radio). You will too.

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[Widebrim]

I loved the clips from Devil Bat!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

That was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

 

[Fletch]

If only Conrad Veidt had survived his heart attack, you know, it all might have come together. [huh]

I seem to recall, from my brief foray into comic fanzines at age ten or so, that a Batman radio series WAS actually pitched to a few agencies. It was 1943, and Bats was going to be an English(!) aristocrat wreaking revenge on the Nazis for war atrocities! :eusa_doh: Maybe it's better it never came together. The theme music was a good choice though: Night on Bald Mountain.

I do know that Olan Soulé, who did Batman's voice in the cartoons in the 70s, was a veteran radio actor going back to the 30s - a little guy with a big voice. If Batman had been made into a "transcription feature" like Superman or Captain Midnight, it could easily have been him or someone like him in the role.