Batman Dracula

Not to be confused with the animated film The Batman vs. Dracula or the Filipino film Batman Fights Dracula.

Batman Dracula
Promotional artwork
Directed by	Andy Warhol
Produced by	Andy Warhol
Starring	Naomi Levine Gerard Malanga Taylor Mead Jack Smith Sam Green
Release date	July 1964 (1964-07)
Running time	120 minutes[1]
Country	United States

Batman Dracula is a 1964 silent 16mm Bolex black and white^[2] American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol^[1] without the permission of DC Comics, who owns the character Batman. It stars Jack Smith who plays the roles of both millionaire Bruce Wayne and Count Dracula.^[3] The film was screened only at Warhol's Pop Art exhibits and some of it has been lost.^[4]

Production background

A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage.^[5] Warhol devoted something like seven hours of film stock to it.^[6] The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006).^[7]

Cast

• Tally Brown as Florence, Granddaughter of Old Woman and Old Man
• Beverly Grant as Rose^[1]
• Sam Green
• Dorothy Dean as Doris
• Bob Heide
• Baby Jane Holzer^[1] as Rebecca, Sister of Sydney and Titus
• Sally Kirkland
• Ron Link
• Naomi Levine as Elizabeth, Daughter of Gaston
• Gerard Malanga
• Mario Montez
• Billy Name
• Taylor Mead
• Ivy Nicholson as Roxanne^[1]
• Jack Smith as Batman/Dracula
• Andy Warhol
• Gregory Battcock
• David Bourdon

Production

Batman Dracula was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on The Factory roof in New York City.^[1]

See also

• List of American films of 1964
• Andy Warhol filmography
• Batman Fights Dracula, a 1967 Filipino film
• Batman & Dracula trilogy

References

1. Jonas Mekas. "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
2. [1] Batman Dracula (unseen footage of unfinished film). 1964. Directed by Andy Warhol
3. [2] Batman Dracula at Faena
4. [3] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
5. Douglas Crimp (2012). "Our kind of movie": the films of Andy Warhol. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-262-01729-9. Retrieved 16 June 2014. It might also have been Smith's greatest film performance, but sadly we may never know, because Warhol left the film in the can, unassembled and unedited.
6. [4] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
7. [5] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)

External links

• Batman Dracula at IMDb