The Bat Whispers
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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, wr
Theatrical release poster
The Bat (play)
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The Bat is a three-act play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood that was first produced by Lincoln Wagenhals and Collin Kemper in 1920. The story combines elements of mystery and comedy as Corn
The Bat Whispers
…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…
Playbill of the Broadway production
Mary Roberts Rinehart based the play on her novel, The Circular Staircase.
Effie Ellsler played Cornelia in the first Broadway production.
Lucile Watson played Cornelia in the 1953 revival.