Wow. WOW. I mean, holy crap. Orson Welles. 1946. Eight months of preproduction on his version of the Bat-Man. George Raft as Two-Face. Cagney as the Riddler. Deitrich as Catwoman. Rathbone as the Joker. The whole fell apart over whether Gregory Peck (who even did a costume test!) or Welles himself should play the lead role. We'll be able to read about it in a Welles bio coming out next Easter. Can you imagine? As a lifelong comic book geek (so was Orson, by the way), today I am officially useless.

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