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The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists.The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, and is the second film version by the same director, previously adapted in 1926.
Roland West (February 20, 1885 – March 31, 1952) was an American film director, known for his innovative proto-film noir movies of the 1920s and early 1930s. He is however best known for his possible involvement in the death of Hollywood actress Thelma Todd in 1935.
The Bat Whispers: Roland West: Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward: Mystery melodrama: United Artists. Widescreen. [24] Be Yourself: Thornton Freeland: Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong: Musical comedy: United Artists [25] Beau Bandit: Lambert Hillyer: Rod La Rocque, Doris Kenyon: Western comedy: RKO [26] Behind the Make-Up: Robert Milton ...
Many of her short stories, books, and plays were adapted for movies, such as Bab: A Sub-Deb (1917), The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), Miss Pinkerton (1932), and The Bat (1959 remake). The novel The Circular Staircase was first adapted to the screen as a silent film in 1915, and later as an episode in the TV show Climax! in 1956.
Song of the Flame (1930) - Vitascope; first color film (in Technicolor) to use widescreen. The Lash (1930) - Vitascope; also shot simultaneously in 35 mm; The Bat Whispers (1930 Nov 13) Roland West - Magnifilm, exhibited only in 35 mm, miniature and special effects scenes shot in 35 mm and re-photographed in 70 mm
The Bat (1920) Mary Roberts Rinehart Avery Hopwood: The Bat (1926) Roland West: The Bat (1959) Crane Wilbur: The Bat Whispers (1930) Roland West: Beat the Band (1942) George Abbott George Marion Jr. Beat the Band (1947) John H. Auer: Beau Brummell (1890) Clyde Fitch: Beau Brummel (1924) Harry Beaumont: Beau Brummell (1954) Curtis Bernhardt ...
1930 Second Choice: Don Warren Lost film [25] 1930 Playing Around: Nickey Solomon [25] 1930 She Couldn't Say No: Jerry Casey Lost film [25] 1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa: Sgt. Grischa Paprotkin [25] 1930 The Divorcee: Ted [25] 1930 The Big House: John Morgan [25] 1930 The Bat Whispers: Detective Anderson [25] 1931 Corsair: John Hawkes [25 ...
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1926: The Bat: Roland West: Tullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger, Jewel Carmen, Louise Fazenda: United States [1]The Bells: James Young: Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. Alyn Warren