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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 ...
1930 BW Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Only survives in a fullscreen copy shot at the same time as the widescreen version. The Big Trail: 1930 BW Fox Movie Corporation: John Wayne's first starring role in a movie. Still survives in widescreen and is available on DVD. The Bat Whispers: 1930 BW United Artists: Still survives in fullscreen and widescreen ...
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.
Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor and it did not become effectively enforced until July 1, 1934. Before that date, movie content was restricted more by local laws, negotiations between the Studio Relations Committee (SRC) and the major studios, and popular opinion than strict adherence to the Hays Code, which was often ...
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 ...
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