The Bat Whispers (1930)

نوفمبر 13, 1930, رولان V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930) (وصلة التابعة), the talkie version of his silent classic, بات (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. لكن, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.

في هذا الفيلم, the master criminal “بات” has evaded the police’s attempt to arrest him. In his latest crime, “بات” murders and steals jewelry from an industrialist, while police officer sit in the next room.

السيدة. Cornelia van Gorder, played by Grayce Hampton, has rented an isolated country manor, where the loot from a bank robbery may be hidden. The lure of stolen money brings “بات” to the country estate with the hope of finding it in the cavernous house.

السيدة. van Gorder is joined by her niece, maid, caretaker and a group of other visitors. One of the visitors is Detective Anderson, played by Chester Morris, who intends to trap “بات”.

رولان V. West, who directed this film, cast his close friend Chester Morris in most of his later films. Classic film fans probably remember Morris as “Boston Blackie” from the popular 1940s “<تمتد bbox_x = "538" bbox_y = "1070" bbox_w = "9" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = "” film series. لكن, Morris made several classic feature films with West including Alibi (1929) و Corsairs (1931). Both West and Morris (Best Actor) were nominated for Academy Awards at the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930 for their work on Alibi.

The Bat Whispers runs about 85 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". The end of the film contains a plea from Morris not to give away the ending of the film to film goers, who have not seen the film yet.

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