The Bat (1926 film)
For other uses, see Bat (disambiguation).
| The Bat | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Roland West |
| Produced by |
Joseph M. Schenck Roland West |
| Written by |
Roland West Julien Josephson George Marion, Jr. (intertitles) |
| Based on |
The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood and the novel The Circular Staircase by Rinehart |
| Starring |
Tullio Carminatti Charles Herzinger Jewel Carmen Louise Fazenda Emily Fitzroy George Beranger Arthur Housman Robert McKim |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent English intertitles |
The Bat (1926) is a silent film based on the 1920 Broadway hit The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, directed by Roland West and starring Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda.
Cast
- George Beranger - Gideon Bell (billed as Andre de Beranger)
- Charles Herzinger - Courleigh Fleming
- Emily Fitzroy - Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
- Louise Fazenda - Lizzie Allen
- Arthur Housman - Richard Fleming (billed as Arthur Houseman)
- Robert McKim - Dr. Wells
- Jack Pickford - Brooks Bailey
- Jewel Carmen - Miss Dale Ogden
- Sojin Kamiyama - Billy, the Butler
- Tullio Carminati - Detective Moletti
- Eddie Gribbon - Detective Anderson
- Lee Shumway - The Unknown
Plot
Writer Cornelia Van Gorder (Fitzroy) rents a house for the summer. In the house, people search for hidden loot while a caped killer (nicknamed "The Bat") murders them one by one.
Remakes
Film remakes:
- Director Roland West remade his film four years later as The Bat Whispers (1930), with Chester Morris and Una Merkel, and also released by United Artists.
- A 1959 remake, The Bat, starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead, was released by Allied Artists.
TV adaptations include:
- Broadway Television Theatre (1953) 60-minute TV series (WOR-TV, syndicated), with Estelle Winwood, Alice Pearce, and Jay Joslyn
- Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960) 60-minute NBC-TV series, with Helen Hayes, Margaret Hamilton, and Jason Robards.
- Der Spinnenmörder (1978) 88-minute German TV movie
Connection to Bob Kane's "Batman"
Comic-book creator Bob Kane said in his 1989 autobiography Batman and Me that the villain of the 1930 film The Bat Whispers was an inspiration for his character Batman.[1]
References
- ↑ The Haunting of Robert Kane!, dialbforblog.com, September 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Bat (1926 film). |
- The Bat at the Internet Movie Database
- The Bat (1926) at SilentEra
- The Bat at the Internet Broadway Database
- The Bat is available for free download at the Internet Archive (version with soundtrack)
- The Bat at AllMovie
- The Bat (1926) on YouTube