The Eternal Light: Honey on the Book (AWR0254)

Batman Villains of Old Time Radio

We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we turn our focus to Eli Wallach, a legendary character actor from plays like The Rose Tattoo, and films like The Magnificient Seven and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. During his career he won an Emmy, a Tony, and a BAFTA Award, as well as an honorary Oscar. He also portrayed Mr. Freeze in the final two episodes of season 2 of Batman in 1967, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy.”

This week we present an episode of The Eternal Light.

Wallach plays Louis Rabinowitz, a Lithuanian-born immigrant who becomes a successful businessman but is driven by his love of learning and culture to become a philanthropist and patron of great arts and culture, dedicating his life to preserving culture and supporting Jewish institutions of learning.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1958

Originating in New York

Featuring:  Ronnie Liss; Joseph Julian; Dean Olmquist; Alice Yourman; Guy Repp; Harvey Hayes; Charles Webster; Patsy Bruder; Marion Carr; Roger De Koven; Joseph Bell

Narrator/singer: Theodore Bikel

We then take a look at the season two two-parter, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy”, in which Mr. Freeze kidnaps a scientist who has discovered an instant freeze ray in order to blackmail the world.

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References:

Information on Louis M. Rabinowitz from Yale

TCM Tribute to Eli Wallach

To the Bat Poles: The Bat Scholar’s Review on this episode

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