The Whispering Shadow

The Shadow in The Whispering Shadow is an underworld mastermind. He has invented a device that allows him to kill by radio control. He, along with several other persons, seeks the Czar's jewels. The series is notable for the constant false clues and decoy actions that make nearly everybody a suspect. ==Cast==

The cinematography mimicked that of Karl Freund in Universal's Dracula - for example, using close ups of the actors' eyes - in order to take advantage of Bela Lugosi's fame as the star of that film. The shadow of The Shadow is not real; It was drawn in later by animators. Harmon and Glut comment on that "If Street & Smith, owners of the original The Shadow|[The] Shadow of magazine and radio fame, had found out about the owner of the whisper, they might have sued." The serial was later edited down to a feature-length edition (as was common in those days). ==Chapter titles==

• "The Master Magician" • "The Collapsing Room" • "The All-seeing Eye" • "The Shadow Strikes" • "Wanted for Murder" • "The Man Who Was Czar" • "The Double Doom" • "The Red Circle" • "The Fatal Secret" • "The Death Warrant" • "The Trap" • "King of the World" ==See also==