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The Bat Whispers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Roland West
Written by
Mary Roberts Rinehart (play) Avery Hopwood (play) Roland West
Produced by
Joseph M. Schenck
Starring
Chester Morris Una Merkel
Cinematography
Ray June (35mm) Robert H. Planck (65mm)
Edited by
Hal C. Kern James Smith
Music by
Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company
Joseph M. Schenck Productions for Art Cinema Corporation
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date
November 13, 1930 (1930-11-13)
Running time
83 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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. An early talkie and one of the first widescreen films, West financed the cinematography, which required two cameramen and several techniques. It was considered a lost film for many years, but was restored from duplicate filmstock in 1988.
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