Mary Pickford
The Bat Whispers [1930] Ultimate 3-Version Special Edition
An infamous burglar and jewel thief known as “The Bat” plays cat and mouse with the police and terrorizes the occupants of a mansion, leased from a bank president who is in Europe. After the town bank is robbed, “the Bat” and a cashier named, Brook, who disappeared afterwards, are the main suspects. Strange things begin to occur in the mansion, such as mysterious noises, lights being turned on and off and an ominous shadow is seen by the occupants. When a rock is thrown through a window with a threatening note telling the occupants to leave ‘or else’, the renter, Cornelia Van Gorder, and her guests, suspect the money from the robbery might be hidden there. They begin a search for a hidden room, hoping to find the stolen money but when Ms. Gorder’s guests begin turning up dead, she fears “The Bat” is trying to keep them from finding his ‘Stash.”
Cast
Chester Morris
Una Merkel
William Bakewell
Grayce Hampton
Maude Eburne
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Spencer Charters
Charles Dow Clark
Hugh Huntley
DeWitt Jennings
Richard Tucker
Wilson Benge
Chance Ward
Sidney D’Albrook
S.E. Jennings
Ben Bard
Director
Roland West
Producer
Joseph M. Schenck, Roland West
Cinematography
Ray June, Robert H. Planck
Writer
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood
Music
Hugo Riesenfeld
“Go look at this daddy of all mystery thrillers. It’s got everything….Released, too, in wide-screen size–and it’s grander yet.”
–PHOTOPLAY January 1931
