Seems like this movie was surely inspired by Louis Feuillades Les Vampires. With the Catsuit, Vampire/Batsuits and the stalking on the roof to break in.
I saw "The Bat" and the 1931 talkie remake "The Bat Whispers" on the big screen back in the Eighties, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roland West. "The Bat" definitely has the origin of the Bat-Signal, but I found "The Bat Whispers" a more dynamic and enjoyable film. It has great camera movement for an early-talkie film. I strongly suggest you watch "The Mark of Zorro" (1921) with Douglas Fairbanks, if you want to see a film that has some of the roots of Batman. You have a guy who is a fop by day and a crime fighter by night, as well as a proto-Alfred and proto-Bat Cave.
Enjoyable film. Glad it's remastered especially since it's the first film of master cinematographer, Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, Wuthering Heights), though he's uncredited. Have you seen 1930s "The Bat Whispers" -- largely a sound version/remake of "The Bat?" It's also credited as an inspiration for the creation of Bob Kane's Batman.
The 1930 remake, THE BAT WHISPERS, was also recently released in Blue Ray and is one of the few remaining examples of films made in the wide screen (65mm) process that was briefly popular at the time. Another great silent horror film that was recently released on Blue Ray on the Eureka label is the CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) that was filmed at Universal and directed by Paul Leni, a German film director who directed the film in a true German Expressionist style. This film heavily influenced the "house style" of Universal Horror Films when they began making them in the early 1930s.
Seems like this movie was surely inspired by Louis Feuillades Les Vampires. With the Catsuit, Vampire/Batsuits and the stalking on the roof to break in.
I was thinking the same thing.
I saw "The Bat" and the 1931 talkie remake "The Bat Whispers" on the big screen back in the Eighties, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roland West. "The Bat" definitely has the origin of the Bat-Signal, but I found "The Bat Whispers" a more dynamic and enjoyable film. It has great camera movement for an early-talkie film.
I strongly suggest you watch "The Mark of Zorro" (1921) with Douglas Fairbanks, if you want to see a film that has some of the roots of Batman. You have a guy who is a fop by day and a crime fighter by night, as well as a proto-Alfred and proto-Bat Cave.
Enjoyable film. Glad it's remastered especially since it's the first film of master cinematographer, Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane, Wuthering Heights), though he's uncredited. Have you seen 1930s "The Bat Whispers" -- largely a sound version/remake of "The Bat?" It's also credited as an inspiration for the creation of Bob Kane's Batman.
Thanks for this. Im always looking for great silent film
The 1930 remake, THE BAT WHISPERS, was also recently released in Blue Ray and is one of the few remaining examples of films made in the wide screen (65mm) process that was briefly popular at the time.
Another great silent horror film that was recently released on Blue Ray on the Eureka label is the CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) that was filmed at Universal and directed by Paul Leni, a German film director who directed the film in a true German Expressionist style. This film heavily influenced the "house style" of Universal Horror Films when they began making them in the early 1930s.
Sweet a Blu ray version.
I’m a Batman fan too, so thanks for this post. Would you do a playlist and critique some animation films like Batman Ninja &/or Gotham by Gaslight?
Great film
So was Bruce Wayne as a child leaving the movie theater with his parents semi-autobiographical for Bob Kane???
I like silent films . I like batman. Thanks for the recommendation