The Shadow (1933) CRIME THRILLER

Stars: Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Felix Aylmer
Director: George A. Cooper
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.

[@virginiastevens3782]

These older films are much better than today’s . No bad language no sex scenes just a great story line. Thank you.👍👍🇬🇧

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

No such thing as bad language...bad intentions, yes, bad words, nope. Prudery is pathetic...and you just haven't run across the movies with language you dislike and such. Old films that you would hate definitely exist, but likely would not be found on KZbin, so you're safe.

[@jamestallini13]

i find it to be lousy that sex is a form of entertainment for some people now in days but your not alone in liking older films better I'm sure there's other people out there that feel the same way

[@isabelleonorschonemberg3711]

I do like older films. Concrete acting, no special effects. No sex or foul language involved. Insults and innuendos come across with fines. And I knew it! The less conspicuous is the one! 😂😂

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@jamestallini13nowadays

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

Indubidubly 🙂

[@ritataylor324]

Love these old movies. They do not make them like this anymore. They had fantastic actors back in those days. Lots of talent. These movies keep you guessing. Love it.

[@donniedickerson8077]

These are great old flicks ,, seen some of these but who cares , they're all worth the re watch , better than anything Hollyweirdos putting out in the last 20 years

[@jacquelinegibbs9483]

Great to go back, good guy wins, great speech, clothes, and use of action, cars and plot. Thank you

[@brianfromvalleyofthesun.3425]

Love how the characters always seems to shine brightly through these classic actors!!!

[@cherylgrange4278]

I really enjoy watching these movies because I like nostalgia.

[@lainieslaght6061]

I really do love the movies you had here, especially the old Mysteries you're able to find. I don't even watch regular TV anymore, I only watch KZbin. So please keep them coming. Thank you so much for all the downloads you take the time to find and add your site and for giving me hours of entertainment watching these wonderful old movies. It gives me a glimpse of what it was like when my grandparents first met and married. Thank you again

[@nancysanders2398]

Lainie Slaght I also, don't look at tv,there's nothing of intrinsic value on it,any longer.I agree with what you stated,Ms.Slaght!

[@marywilliams9858]

Me too. Watching old movies while battling a sinus infection.

[@patty5201]

Lainie Slaght I have a nice big screen flat TV and the only thing I'm hooking it up to is my laptop so I can watch KZbin on it! TV is garbage and lies.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

@@patty5201 I gave up t.v. 9 years ago . One of the best decisions I've ever made :)

[@jesusriced]

Stfu. All of you

[@wilde4445]

82 years ago, it seems so unreal. I love watching them.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

I didn't know "the shadow" originated in Britain. orson welles used to be the narrator on the 30's american radio show. "who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men? the shadow knows!." that was welles.

[@graemesmith6721]

This movie has nothing to do with the pulp character "The Shadow." It just happens to use the name.

[@coldoath8329]

@@cjmacq-vg8um Nope. Frank Readick voiced a much darker shadow before Welles. In fact that voice saying "Who knows what evil" is Readick.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

@@coldoath8329 .... i just listened to an intro to one of the episodes and that definitely wasn't wells' voice. thanks for the correction. i wonder why they didn't re-record that intro using wells' voice? readick also played one of the reporters in wells' radio rendition of "war of the worlds."

[@coldoath8329]

@@cjmacq-vg8um Welles couldn't do The Shadow laugh. Everytime he laughs, it's Readick spliced in. I'm not sure if they kept the full Readick intro because Welles liked it better, or if it's because Readick being passed over for this role was a major slight. So more of a homage to the contributions of Readick's years of voicing that character, immediately before they decided to make it a bigger production and gave the part to a bigger star.

[@godinminaar9024]

So I've been watching black and whites for a minute now.. They're Great! When the Shadow Strikes(1937) popped up in my suggestions I was blown away! (1994) So I searched for it that evening and found this, so I searched a list of original Shadow movies... This one wasn't listed.. Though so far, it appears to be the original or at least the inspiration to all the rest! Wish I still had the figure and the car! Now I will see how good these films are: Thank you

[@queensuejesuseschild3136]

I use to listen to the radio show the shadow it was really good. And the whistler. These were great shows. There use to be more radio shows but I can't think of the names of them. Amos and Andy Gorge and Alice. There was westerns too. Miss them to this day. Wish I had one of those old battery operated radios now it would be worth a lot of money and one of those old batteries that was good LOL. Things was better back then. Neighbors knew their neighbors and some times everyone the whole town or city. Now people don't even know their neighbor next door. The families would get together on Sundays after church for a big meal and games of all kinds. Go fishing on Saturday be in by dark to listen to the radio shows at 6pm till 9 PM then to bed. The shows was like 30 minutes or less. We'd only listen when the shows was on. Save batteries. I miss the family get togethers and the home cooked meals. We go on picnics too get in the car drive on dirt roads till we found a place that had a big tree for shade and get out the food and eat us kids would run and play. Way the adults did there thing. Fried chicken, potatoe salad, was the main things my mom made. For picnics we sure enjoyed those days. Great show you have here hope to see more of the old shows. Thanks

[@shalineboissonneault9403]

That sounds like a great story right there 😁

[@bjbell52]

IMHO - reading the original pulp magazines (starting with The Living Shadow) is much better than the radio show could ever be.

[@jocollind4813]

If your interested you can listen to old radio programs on KZbin, The Late Late Horror show has a lot, like the Shadow, the Whistler, and many more.

[@prasenjitdey4222]

The shadow finally got overshadowed.👍👍 Lovely movie with a bit of witty comedy. Thank you sir.👍🤝

[@ronaldstrange8981]

What a load of old rubbish! I loved it. I was born in 1936 so it is 3 years older than me (2020). Corny and amateurish, certainly by todays standards but please give it a whirl. The characters are really great and plenty of action. Many thanks. Such a pleasure to watch.

[@arlenesarvela4015]

i remember very well the shadow. these are fantastic old moveies. this is a time when folks actually acted and didnt have special effects. i love them. ty soo much

[@MrJpm1989]

Your amazing for having these here. Thank you so very much

[@moviemonster9033]

It's like a combination Agatha Christie and P G Wodehouse - both favourites of mine. Great stuff

[@freddobbs9435]

PIZZA FIX, great old movies, thank you so much for posting them

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching!

[@tehspartanmaster2136]

Please Upload W.C Fields The Pharmacist

[@NancyDrewe]

This is a really enjoyable one. I guessed the killer early on, but it’s very worth watching. Not Lamont Cranston and better than those flicks, imo. A nice little film. Thanks, PF. :)

[@lordorielrising4673]

The people that invented the Shadow must have been thrilled to see this come to life.

[@graemesmith6721]

Except that this character has nothing to do with the Shadow from the pulps.

[@jsl151850b]

@@graemesmith6721 Hey! This isn't *THE* The Shadow!

[@cristiewentz8586]

It's so strange to see a Shadow as a villain.

[@wilde4445]

PizzaFix, I love the ones from before 1945, thank you.

[@shanasavage7450]

Me too!!! ❤️

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

Thank you for sharing. Nothing compares to the B Movies. The witty dialogue and the characters keep us entertained thru out the film. Gosh no special effects!! HA HA HA Happy viewing from Las Vegas, NV October 05, 2018

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

HA HA HA 10/06/18

[@joesouza1147]

I liked it. Even though the acting was kind of like local theater. Really liked it.

[@lmboh8585]

I really enjoy how the camera moved in and out of the sets while remaining static. Very good old film and mystery!

[@mspurplelark]

Hello, Thanks so much for the vintage collection..truly delightful, comforting and cosy !! Please do try and upload Black Coffee 1931. It's a rare movie and in fact the only film adaptation of Agatha Christie's book which in turn was inspired from Charles Osborne's opera of the same name. Absolutely look forward! Cheers :)

[@saran3214]

Sorry but that is incorrect. Charles Osborne was an opera expert but did not write one. Christie wrote the play Black Coffee but it was not based on any opera. Osborne wrote the novelization of her play. It was her original work, her estate authorized Osborne to adapt it to novel form.

[@KDYLINDACOMTM]

Thank you for the movie 🍿! I really enjoyed watching The Shadow!

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

Just to clarify for those who may be confused, this is not based on the pulp magazine/radio character The Shadow. This is based on a novel/play called The Shadow, & has no relation to the pulp/radio character, although, I do think that the filmmaker's deliberately designed the villain of this movie to resemble the pulp Shadow. I've seen the cover of the novel this is based on, & the man in the illustration looks nothing like the pulp Shadow.

[@helend269]

"We'll all be murdered in our beds!" Seems to have been a common fear of the time. Also screeched by both Minnie the maid in Bride Of Frankenstein and Minnie Bannister in The Goon Show.

[@marilynbaylis524]

I enjoy old movies, Thanks for bring them back! ❤️🤔👍

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.🍕🍕🍕

[@margaretpartington1071]

Love old films

[@r3v3rs3tWiLiT3]

This is a much better movie than I was expecting. It has a good storyline, good set designs, and nice acting. It's basically a murder mystery, in the style Agatha Christie would later use. It's definitely worth the watch. Bonus- cute flapper chicks in cool outfits. ;)

[@saran3214]

Agatha Christie's first book, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" was published in 1920, ten years before this movie. If anything, this movie copied her work, not the other way around.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@saran3214👹💀👺👻🎃💀🧛

[@tomdooley4226]

who cares

[@jeannehoward1456]

Two thumbs up! Kept me guessing :) A perfect script for a community theater play.

[@oliviablackburn1113]

Talking so loudly the whole house nearly heard their business.😂

[@dgef]

I adore these movies, I've been watching them my entire life I DONT WATCH NOR HAVE I EVER WATCHED ANY BUT MAYBE 5 COLORIZED MOVIES IN MY LIFE

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

I agree. Colourising is an assault on art.

[@tomdooley4226]

If the colorized process produced a more realistic product with better definition, I would probably like the results more, but until then, I'll continue to prefer the original b/w versions. 🎦

[@candacegladden5313]

That was great thanks so much never new the shadow was bad at first always thought he was for the good

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

This early version portrait the SHADOW as a villan counting from now 88 years ago

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

villain

[@christystrike4751]

An actual Gem. Who knew? Thanks à bunch PizzaFlix.

[@JonnKammeron]

Thank you for this really great film.

[@buzsalmon]

Thank you so much for this! Ít is great! You have the best channel on U-tube! Í may have asked before but I wonder if you can find and show us any of the old Paul Temple radio programs? Well, thank you once again for this grand old show. Sincerely yours, Buz

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Love reading the comments!

[@robertwalker5521]

That dude at 17 minutes was in Hit Hitchcock's "Rich & Strange". Was also Cary Grant's movie about an amazing adventure.

[@AnnemieM]

Thank you Pizza Flix, you are the best.

[@otter25702]

The films that Hollywood cranks out today are mostly rewrites of early films loaded with C.G.I. etc in my opinion. I think that in order to consider yourself a film buff you need to study all aspects of it from silent age, the silver age and the golden age of films. These are a fine example of what was being cranked out at the time. Thanks up loader.

[@Hotshotter3000]

+otter25702 A lot of stuff at the time was also derivative. But anyway, I really do love these old, pre-ww2 era movies. But the sad reality is that most of these films are lost. Over 90% of silent era movies are lost to some extent, and even 75% of early sound film is lost. They simply didn't take film preservation seriously until the late 30s or so... even then, in other countries, films got lost due to war and other factors. Indonesia did have a film industry and produced quite a few movies in the silent and early sound era... almost all of which were lost in the war. It's really sad just how little we really have from the era.

[@otter25702]

I agree it is very sad indeed. I do not know if you are aware of this web site but it has from silent to 70 public domain movies. free-classic-movies.com/

[@Hotshotter3000]

otter25702 Yes, I know that site, I'm subbed to a lot of youtube channels with old movies, too. In fact, at one point I watched so much old media that I actually understood the references in Warner Bros cartoons of the era. It actually made me want to go out and watch the more recent stuff.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

+otter... I agree most definitely. I have 2 or more movies from every year from 1896 through 2010 in my dvd collection. both big and low budget films. American and foreign. from silent color tinted to technicolor talkies. I love both art and history and the history of film is a great representation of both.

[@elizabethfraser9828]

otter25702

[@neilangus4401]

90 years ago and still excellent

[@oliviablackburn1113]

I wish I could go back in time to this era and be a actress. I’d love it!!

[@graemesmith6721]

I don't think you'd enjoy being a woman in 1933. Your options would be extremely limited.

[@SuziQ.]

@@graemesmith6721, Only if one was poor and unskilled, and uneducated, which is still the case (for both men and women).

[@graemesmith6721]

@@SuziQ. You are incredibly naive if you believe that. Many businesses back then would not hire women, regardless of their qualifications. Discrimination based on sex was commonplace and legal. It wasn't until the 1960s that it became illegal.

[@SuziQ.]

@@graemesmith6721 , I’m going on my family’s history. My grandmother was an accomplished seamstress at a fashion house in New York, and her sister in law was in Patton’s army, as a nurse, though she had many other accomplishments. They were both born in the late 19th century. Addit: My mother was the highest paid executive assistant in the firm she worked for in the late fifties/early sixties.

[@graemesmith6721]

@@SuziQ. Seamstress and nurse were both acceptable occupations for women in the early 20th century. By the late '50s, a female executive assistant, while atypical, was not unheard of either.

[@pilierofq]

Diddo on Lainie Slaght These old movies are the best thank you I have subscribed a while back..

[@stephenterrilltraveller]

The suspense is killing me.

[@graemesmith6721]

Felix Aylmer played the Old Man in the first episode of The Champions TV series.

[@ronniec8038]

Excellent film, very entertaining. Thank you.

[@cherylclarner9427]

I love movies. I'm so glad to see ones I haven't seen before... even these oldies. thank you

[@nameskhar1510]

I n t e r e s t i n g. Thanks for sharing.

[@nameskhar1510]

Post Script: For me the ultimate "Shadow" film is "Death Takes A Holiday" with Frederick March - Check that out ...

[@yeahriight57]

Thank you for sharing! 😄

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

You a fan of solomon kane by any chance??

[@southernwanderer7912]

That was a great movie.

[@AngelChester914]

Thank you.

[@sandrarako4559]

I absolutely love these!!!!!!

[@paytoncrystal-seagal7270]

For fans of this movie I would highly recommend a serial called The Whispering Shadow. You can find it here on YT

[@msbrowngault]

Thx

[@chirellealanalooney7895]

Payton Crystal-Seagal ..... Thank You so much for that hot-tip of " The Whispering Shadow." I'll definitely check it out. Hey, have you tried to see "The Whistler"? That is always really good too!!!

[@kerriecarley8836]

What a great movie! Thankyou.

[@alicewarner5172]

This is very well written and acted…..I was just very young when this was filmed……😢😢love old movies…..gad to see it now!!!❤❤

[@Mythteller]

This shadow is lucky not to encounter his vigilante counterpart from America because his type of crime doesn't every pay ... Heh,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!

[@fensthespook8866]

Nice!

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[@lynnscotland826]

Love these they sooth me 🥰🥰

[@zanichbug]

Loved it!! Thanks for uploading. Who would have suspected og-og-og-Ogden?

[@rameyzamora1018]

This is a marvelous filming of a stage play. Shame the denouement skips.

[@chirellealanalooney7895]

I have the same compliments and comments as Lainie Slaght ! It's a total Ditto for me!! Thanks A Million PizzaFlix you're the greatest !!!!

[@augustuscaesar7846]

Charming.

[@aubreywallace7918]

good show without adds

[@billiewilson5197]

That was good too !👏🏾🙋🏽

[@stephaniehand503]

Thank you

[@ksr7271]

good tight, and very English movie. I will watch it again. Thanks.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

The dialog in these old flicks is hysterical . "Toddle along" LMBO !!!! :D

[@marywilliams9858]

Very common British expression.

[@waderaney7]

Excellent

[@reymagea1]

Good one! Thank you! :)

[@battleshipsailor7421]

Pizzaflix: Thanks for movie upload!!

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

I didn't know "the shadow" originated in Britain. orson welles used to be the narrator on the 30's american radio show. "who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men? the shadow knows!." that was wells. thanks for the film.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

actually i stand corrected. frank readick recorded those famous words back during the show's original run in 1930. even when wells began playing the role in 1938, or so, they still used readick's recorded intro and i guess did so throughout the programs run into the 50's. i bet he never received any royalties either.

[@jeffdriscoll6096]

Great film badly in need of restoration !

[@carolinastroer9170]

Nice movie. I had an idea that it was Reggie because of the way he spoke English just as the Shadow did. with real English terms as 'jolly good old boy'etc. But later I doubt it again. thrilling and humorous!

[@blakeybarra822]

Good acting

[@charliedontsurf70]

Henry Kendall steals the show!

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" Just to be clear....this is not the original "pulp fiction" Shadow also known as Lamont Cranston.

[@JoeCannon1]

Wow what an ending! 👍👍

[@yoganandht3521]

A heady mixture of vintage thriller and British English

[@waderaney7]

Love this one,Reggie is 😎

[@roberttelarket4934]

Felix Aylmer. Not many people know who this great actor is.

[@lithium452]

"The Shadow is..." Is anyone surprised what happens next?

[@jeffreyriley8742]

He's a very verbose Shadow.

[@marcuskurtz7778]

i love the radio show so much , i hope the movie is just as good

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

I didn't know "the shadow" originated in Britain. orson welles used to be the narrator on the 30's american radio show. "who knows what evil lurks in the minds of men? the shadow knows!." that was welles.

[@barbararea3858]

LOVE THE SHADOW !!

[@0akland1]

Yes, I remember...The Shadow Knows

[@roderickfemm8799]

Not the same Shadow character at all.

[@elchoya100]

before she went to Hollywood,I believe this is the Elizabeth alllan from men in white 1933 with clark gable and tale of two cities 1935 with Ronald colman.

[@bethmiletti9540]

I wish people would learn to spell. That is Allan and Coleman.

[@elchoya100]

its colman,look it up smartass!

[@42seascape]

Tisk, Tisk!

[@pa3997]

She also played David Copperfield's mother in the Selznick/Cukor adaption

[@aneliejean8488]

g

[@vernalc2449]

Another great one from @PizzaFlix

[@keithharvey7230]

We used to say 'toddled along' in the sixties.Ralph Truman looking young.

[@stephaniehand9519]

great

[@ralphbrueckmanjr2954]

It's a lot different than that the shadow1994! I like the show!

[@randygriffith1209]

My parents talked about fhe shadow when they were children and watched the movies 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽

[@3D6Space]

This movie has the greatest examples of "snooty" talk that I have ever heard... "mbooo". Plus, the marriage proposal around 18:00 - 19:20 is the most pitiful I have ever seen. I love It!

[@tangogent]

Can't find the term anywhere. What does 'snoody' mean, please? Ta.

[@3D6Space]

@@tangogent looking down the nose : showing disdain

[@paulstark6818]

What a classic a mystery to the end so well acted by all much appreciated by any one who gets value from good story's

[@JaneFrieman]

So the man who played the "Upper Class Twit" (reference to Monty Python) was The Shadow. What a strange twist of the plot!

[@petermaxwell2965]

I don't think movies were a high priority in the '30's..more like making a living, these would have been a 'great escape'..!

[@Prof.Tarfeather]

Movies were huge and they just started making the talkie films! New technology and expensive.

[@wilde4445]

inspector should not have gotten so close.

[@tomhuff4321]

Cool

[@mollierael2853]

I definitely prefer the older movies

[@johndrzymkowski7899]

It's nice to know Johnny walker scotch ,my favorite was the drink in 1933

[@YOGI-yl4ff]

Hi John, Johnnie Walker (Whisky) was introduced in 1820, Johnnie Walker Scotch blending 1865. Happy viewing from Las Vegas, NV October 05, 2018

[@johnkean6852]

Beverleigh's jokes are quite funny 😂

[@williamschlenger1518]

That detective was ahead of his time thinking a woman might be the Shadow.🤔