The Bat
About The Bat
A criminal in a bat costume terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder. Jack Pickford and Louise Fazenda star. Emily Fitzroy is billed with them. The film comes from the 1920 Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
Cast & crew
More about The Bat
Roland West directed, wrote, and produced it. Arthur Edeson and Gregg Toland photographed it. United Artists released it. It runs 86 minutes. Jewel Carmen, Tullio Carminati, George Beranger, Arthur Housman, and Robert McKim are billed. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Arthur Edeson and Gregg Toland photographed the old house and the bat figure.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The play opened on Broadway in 1920.
- Gregg Toland, later of Citizen Kane, is one of the two camera credits.
- The Internet Archive identifier is TheBat1926.
Scenes
- The costumed criminal moves through the rented house while the guests try to name him.
Influenced by
- Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood's play The Bat
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheBat1926)
