The Bat
(1926)
Melodrama, Mystery | 21 March 1926
Director:
Roland WestWriter:
Roland WestCinematographer:
Arthur EdesonProduction Company:
Feature Productions, Inc.The main title card reads: Roland West presents his production of "THE BAT." Of the four names listed as "Assistants on Production" in the opening titles, Frank Hall Crane and Thornton Freeland were primarily directors and likely served as associate or assistant directors on the film. Hal C. Kern was primarily a film editor and likely served in that capacity on the film. Ned Herbert Mann primarily specialized in special effects and likely served in that capacity on the film.
Roland West produced and directed another adaptation of Mary Rinehart Roberts and Avery Hopgood's play The Bat in 1930, under the title The Bat Whispers (see entry). A second adaptation, titled The Bat was made in 1959 by Liberty Pictures/Allied Artists (see entry).
The Batwas digitally restored in 2024, complete with a theater organ score by Ben Model, and released that year in time for Halloween.
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The main title card reads: Roland West presents his production of "THE BAT." Of the four names listed as "Assistants on Production" in the opening titles, Frank Hall Crane and Thornton Freeland were primarily directors and likely served as associate or assistant directors on the film. Hal C. Kern was primarily a film editor and likely served in that capacity on the film. Ned Herbert Mann primarily specialized in special effects and likely served in that capacity on the film.
Roland West produced and directed another adaptation of Mary Rinehart Roberts and Avery Hopgood's play The Bat in 1930, under the title The Bat Whispers (see entry). A second adaptation, titled The Bat was made in 1959 by Liberty Pictures/Allied Artists (see entry).
The Batwas digitally restored in 2024, complete with a theater organ score by Ben Model, and released that year in time for Halloween.
A master crook, known as "The Bat" because of his disguise, announces a jewel theft in advance but is foiled by a rival crook at the scene of the crime. Their trail leads to the Courtleigh Fleming estate, now leased to Cornelia Van Gorder, a wealthy spinster. The reported death of banker Fleming and the disappearance of Brooks Bailey, a young cashier in love with Dale (Miss Van Gorder's niece), add to the complications of a $200,000 bank robbery. Brooks, masquerading as a gardener, remains concealed in the house, hoping to unravel the mystery. Lizzie, a servant, suspects everyone, including Dr. Wells, the butler, and Detective Moletti. The Bat, who has killed Moletti and is impersonating him, is finally captured in a ...
A master crook, known as "The Bat" because of his disguise, announces a jewel theft in advance but is foiled by a rival crook at the scene of the crime. Their trail leads to the Courtleigh Fleming estate, now leased to Cornelia Van Gorder, a wealthy spinster. The reported death of banker Fleming and the disappearance of Brooks Bailey, a young cashier in love with Dale (Miss Van Gorder's niece), add to the complications of a $200,000 bank robbery. Brooks, masquerading as a gardener, remains concealed in the house, hoping to unravel the mystery. Lizzie, a servant, suspects everyone, including Dr. Wells, the butler, and Detective Moletti. The Bat, who has killed Moletti and is impersonating him, is finally captured in a beartrap.
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