Batman Dracula
1964 film
title: "Batman Dracula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1964-films", "1964-independent-films", "1964-action-films", "1960s-superhero-films", "1960s-rediscovered-films", "1960s-english-language-films", "1964-american-films", "american-silent-feature-films", "american-vampire-films", "unofficial-batman-films", "films-directed-by-andy-warhol", "dracula-films", "american-black-and-white-films", "films-shot-in-new-york-(state)", "rediscovered-american-films", "fan-films-based-on-batman", "american-silent-action-films", "english-language-independent-films", "english-language-action-films"] description: "1964 film" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Dracula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1964 film ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Batman Dracula |
| image | Batman Dracula Andy Warhol.jpg |
| caption | Promotional artwork |
| director | Andy Warhol |
| producer | Andy Warhol |
| starring | Naomi Levine |
| Gerard Malanga | |
| Taylor Mead | |
| Jack Smith | |
| Sam Green | |
| released | |
| runtime | 120 minutes |
| country | United States |
| :: |
| name = Batman Dracula | image = Batman Dracula Andy Warhol.jpg | caption = Promotional artwork | director = Andy Warhol | producer = Andy Warhol | writer = | narrator = | starring = Naomi Levine Gerard Malanga Taylor Mead Jack Smith Sam Green | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = | runtime = 120 minutes | country = United States | language = | budget = | gross = Batman Dracula is a 1964 silent 16mm Bolex black and white American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol The film was screened only at Warhol's Pop Art exhibits and some of it has been lost.
Production background
A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage. Warhol devoted something like seven hours of film stock to it. 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).
Cast
- Tally Brown as Florence, Granddaughter of Old Woman and Old Man
- Beverly Grant as Rose
- Sam Green
- Dorothy Dean as Doris
- Bob Heide
- Baby Jane Holzer 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
- 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.
References
References
- [https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8727] Batman Dracula (unseen footage of unfinished film). 1964. Directed by Andy Warhol
- without the permission of [[DC Comics]], who owns the character [[Batman]]. It stars [[Jack Smith (film director). Jack Smith]] who plays the roles of both millionaire [[Bruce Wayne (Gotham). Bruce Wayne]] and [[Count Dracula]].[https://www.faena.com/aleph/batman-dracula-andy-warhols-eccentric-experimental-film] ''Batman Dracula'' at Faena
- [https://lostmediawiki.com/Batman_Dracula_(partially_found_Andy_Warhol_film;_1964)] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
- (2012). ""Our kind of movie": the films of Andy Warhol". [[MIT Press]].
- "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.
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