The 60th Anniversary of the Movie Batman (1966)

It was sixty years ago today that the feature film Batma n (1966), based on the TV show of the same name and starring Adam West and Burt Ward, premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. At the time, it was not unusual for television shows to be adapted as movies with most of their original cast intact. Dragnet , The Lineup , Our Miss Brooks , and The Munsters had all seen big screen…