The Bat Whispers

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The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American mystery thriller film, noted for its early use of widescreen cinematography and atmospheric visual style.

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instanceOf film
mystery film
thriller film
aspectOf early sound cinema
basedOn The Bat (play) NERFINISHED
The Circular Staircase NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Avery Hopwood NERFINISHED
Mary Roberts Rinehart NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Ray June NERFINISHED
Robert Planck NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Roland West NERFINISHED
distributedBy United Artists
editingBy James Smith NERFINISHED
era Pre-Code Hollywood NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Cornelia Van Gorder NERFINISHED
Detective Anderson NERFINISHED
The Bat NERFINISHED
filmingProcess 35 mm standard version
65 mm widescreen version
genre crime film
mystery
thriller
hasRemake The Bat (1959 film) NERFINISHED
hasVersion The Bat (1926 film) NERFINISHED
influenced Batman (character) NERFINISHED
influenceOn visual style of early comic-book crime fighters
musicBy Hugo Riesenfeld NERFINISHED
notableFor atmospheric visual style
early use of widescreen cinematography
originalLanguage English
producer Joseph M. Schenck NERFINISHED
productionCompany Joseph M. Schenck Productions NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1930
releaseFormat black-and-white
runtime 83 minutes
screenwriter Avery Hopwood NERFINISHED
Roland West NERFINISHED
setIn country house
stars Chester Morris NERFINISHED
Grayce Hampton NERFINISHED
Gustav von Seyffertitz NERFINISHED
Spencer Charters NERFINISHED
Una Merkel NERFINISHED
William Bakewell NERFINISHED
usesTechnique miniature photography
widescreen cinematography

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