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The Bat Whispers

  • 1930
  • Approved
  • 1 h 24 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
6,3/10
1,4 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
Una Merkel and Chester Morris in The Bat Whispers (1930)
WhodunnitCrimeDramaHorrorMysteryThriller

Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.

  • Direção
    • Roland West
  • Roteiristas
    • Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • Avery Hopwood
    • Roland West
  • Artistas
    • Chester Morris
    • Una Merkel
    • William Bakewell
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    6,3/10
    1,4 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • Roland West
    • Roteiristas
      • Mary Roberts Rinehart
      • Avery Hopwood
      • Roland West
    • Artistas
      • Chester Morris
      • Una Merkel
      • William Bakewell
    • 49Avaliações de usuários
    • 28Avaliações da crítica
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
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    Chester Morris
    Chester Morris
    • Detective Anderson
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Dale Van Gorder
    William Bakewell
    William Bakewell
    • Brook
    Grayce Hampton
    Grayce Hampton
    • Miss Cornelia van Gorder
    Maude Eburne
    Maude Eburne
    • Lizzie Allen
    Gustav von Seyffertitz
    Gustav von Seyffertitz
    • Dr. Venrees
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • The Caretaker
    Charles Dow Clark
    Charles Dow Clark
    • Detective Jones
    Hugh Huntley
    • Richard Fleming
    DeWitt Jennings
    DeWitt Jennings
    • Police Captain
    Richard Tucker
    Richard Tucker
    • Mr. Bell
    Wilson Benge
    Wilson Benge
    • The Butler
    Chance Ward
    • Police Lieutenant
    Sidney D'Albrook
    Sidney D'Albrook
    • Police Sergeant
    S.E. Jennings
    • Man in Black Mask
    Ben Bard
    Ben Bard
    • The Unknown
    • Direção
      • Roland West
    • Roteiristas
      • Mary Roberts Rinehart
      • Avery Hopwood
      • Roland West
    • Elenco e equipe completos
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    Avaliações de usuários49

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    7westerfield

    Innovative cinematography

    I've watched the 1926, 1930 and 1930 wide screen versions many times over the years. However, the other day I finally watched the widescreen on my 5x6 foot screen which I usually save for 3D and football. The details really jumped out. There are so many wonderful camera tricks, many of which I cannot explain. As a professional modeler I can say that the miniatures were far ahead of their time, as was the skill in photographing them. They probably were only exceeded beginning with the Star Wars attack on the death star.

    The fluidity of the camera was amazing for its time. The old lady and the maid walk down a long corridor, talking all the time as the camera moves ahead of them. They walk into a room and sit at a table which was right in the path of the camera. Later in the film a character vaults over a 3 foot wall and runs down a path with the camera following him, apparently right through the wall. The shadows of the Bat as he hulks on the floor are inhuman. On several startling occasions the characters jump right into the camera. These and more have been mastered for years but this film discovered them. If you are familiar with the climax of The Alibi, you remember the special effect that seemed almost real, not surpassed until CGI. The Bat Whispers is filled with such effects.

    Yes, the film is static, despite all the goings on. And the acting, although unacceptable by 1932 standards was about average for 1930. However, I would gladly have strangled Maude Eburn who ruined every scene she was in. The Bat Whispers is really a guilty pleasure for modelers, cinematographers and horror fans.
    patrick.hunter

    Silly, Hokey, and Wonderful

    Yes, this film is dated. The acting is beyond hammy; only in the early talkies did movies contain this kind of unabashedly theatrical performing. Just when you think Chester Morris couldn't possibly twist his mouth--or curl his eyebrow--or twirl his finger--in a new way, he surprises you and offers a wholly different mugging expression he hadn't pulled out before. Along with the acting, the genre (the creepy old house with hidden panels etc.) became old hat by 1950. So, all right, this movie is stilted and creaks. However, for a film antiquarian, this motion picture is a joy. Its sets and lighting are breathtaking, and one gathers from it why the play was one of the longest running on Broadway at the time. I'll take it over the Vincent Price remake, THE BAT, anyday and I love Vincent Price.
    8funkyfry

    Great romp in the "haunted house" style

    A tour-de-force of chases, shootouts, and robbery, as "The Bat" terrorizes a city, and particularly the renters of a mansion where he makes his hideout. Nearly everybody is a suspect, but the key lighting pretty much gives it away. Nonetheless, West keeps the pace moving so fast that we don't really have time to stop and think about much of anything. Features West's trademark effects with miniatures and wires.

    Some remarkable photography (in 65mm, no less) in the disappearing silent gothic tradition makes this movie a link from the newly emerging horror scene to the old "haunted house with criminals" genre into which it more properly falls.

    "Goofy gothic" excellence.
    wrbtu

    One of the best Old Dark House movies

    Great fun! The special effects are amazing for a 1930 movie. Miniaturized sets are used & although they're primitive by today's standards, keep in mind that this movie is over 70 years old. It's an excellent Old Dark House movie, complete with thunderstorms, secret passageways, a mysterious creature named "The Bat," comedic elements, a large old house, several murders, etc. It's been noted that the comic strip character, "Batman," owes some of his origins to "The Bat," & it's apparent in the outfit, the shadows cast from buildings, & in the name of the character itself. "The Bat" is indeed a pretty scary entity. The sound effects are good, camera work is excellent, & the ending is bizarre. It kept my interest throughout its 83 minutes. Well worth seeing for Old Dark House fans (this is one of the best). I rate it 9/10.
    Doylenf

    Surprisingly scary early talkie with flowing camera movements...

    No doubt about it, the silent screen acting technique is still present in this early talkie. Everyone behaves as though they had a case of first night stage jitters--and the supposedly comic moments are painfully obvious and tainted with smokehouse ham.

    But aside from the theatrics of some of the cast, this is an entertaining and truly spooky old dark house kind of comedy-mystery that was so popular during the '30s and '40s. What is most amazing is the fluidity of the camerawork through the innovative use of miniatures and the camera's ability to zoom forward and slink along the exteriors of an old mansion like a prowling cat. It is worth seeing alone for the atmospheric sets and photography, especially considering that this was filmed in 1930 when sound itself was only two years old.

    Only Chester Morris among the performers delivers a really credible performance acceptable by today's standards of acting. The others are way over the top--including Una Merkel and just about all of the supporting players with the exception of William Bakewell.

    If you're a fan of Mary Roberts Rinehart stories, you'll enjoy this version of her successful play. It's far superior to the later remake with Vincent Price. Be sure to see this in the newly released Wide Screen Version. It's a pristine transfer from the restoration by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

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    • Curiosidades
      One of only a handful of films to be shot in the widescreen Magnifilm 65mm format (other studios were also experimenting with other wide formats at the time). The expense of upgrading theaters with new screens and projectors - after just having to install sound equipment - coupled with the Depression and the December 1930 edict from the MPPDA that the film industry not cause "the public's curiosity to be aroused about any new innovations for at least two years" effectively killed the new format. Widescreen formats did not return until the middle of the 1950s out of the necessity to compete with television.
    • Erros de gravação
      After the bank robbery, there is a obvious slot in the "road" where the miniature car travels.
    • Citações

      The Unknown: What I'd like to know is how did you get the dope from headquarters on this case?

      Detective Anderson: The same way I get everything, with my mind. I've got the greatest brain that ever existed.

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      After the film an actor comes onto a movie house stage and implores the audience to withhold the identity of the bat from family and friends so they can also enjoy the movie.
    • Versões alternativas
      This film was shot in two versions with a different director of photography for each. One is in standard 35mm and the other in an early 65mm process. The 65mm version is considered "stagebound" (it was actually based on a popular play) while the 35mm version is considered more "cinematic". Prints of both versions still exist.
    • Conexões
      Featured in Cinemassacre Video: Bat-a-Thon (2008)

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 13 de novembro de 1930 (Estados Unidos da América)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
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