Funny, I was actually working on addressing this very question in a big upcoming post. While I am very hesitant to give Kane much credit in the process, since there always seems to be a question of how much was his and how much was Finger's (or Jerry Robinson's), all accounts I've found thus far credit the entirety of Two-Face to Kane.
Funnily enough, a few years ago there was a(quickly disproved) urban legend about an unmade Orson Welles BATMAN film, where Raft would play Two-Face.
And on the subject of SCARFACE(1931), guess who taught Raft the coin gimmick? None other than Boris Karloff himself.
I prefer the idea of Dent getting the coin from his father, but if someone wants to needlessly retcon his origin again(like that stupid-ass TWO FACE: YEAR ONE thing from a few years back), maybe they could tie it in with Raft by having Basil Karlo give Harvey the coin.
I remember that! I think it was Mark Millar who started that rumor. I almost bought it up until I read the Raft casting, and then knew it was total bullshit. Too pat, Millar, far too pat.
Man, now I love Karloff even more! Even though I'm compelled to only say his name aloud now ala Landau's venomous Lugosi. "Kar-LOFF!" While I'm totally married to the concept of the coin coming from Harvey's father, the old school movie fan in me would certainly enjoy tying it to Karlo like that!
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i admit i tend to give Kane very little credit for any of the creative process, but that's only because he was entirely a bastard
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And on the subject of SCARFACE(1931), guess who taught Raft the coin gimmick? None other than Boris Karloff himself.
I prefer the idea of Dent getting the coin from his father, but if someone wants to needlessly retcon his origin again(like that stupid-ass TWO FACE: YEAR ONE thing from a few years back), maybe they could tie it in with Raft by having Basil Karlo give Harvey the coin.
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Man, now I love Karloff even more! Even though I'm compelled to only say his name aloud now ala Landau's venomous Lugosi. "Kar-LOFF!" While I'm totally married to the concept of the coin coming from Harvey's father, the old school movie fan in me would certainly enjoy tying it to Karlo like that!
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