The Shadow
The narrator as hero (and at times the anti-hero) became a regular feature of film during the 1940s and 1950s, in large part due to its frequent use in film noir. Its origins predate that period of course, having already been used extensively in books, magazine and on the radio.
One of the more influential narrators was The Shadow who was first employed…
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