The Bat (1926) 1/9

Directed by: Roland West

Jack Pickford - Brooks Bailey
Louise Fazenda - Lizzie Allen
Emily Fitzroy - Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
Jewel Carmen - Miss Dale Ogden

The Bat, a masked criminal, terrorises a mansion filled with guests of a mstery-writer, a mansion in which a bank robber has hidden $20,000 of stolen money. The house guests, along with a Detective, search the house for clues -- of both the location of the money and the identity of the infamous Bat.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• silent
• film
• movie
• the
• bat
• horror
• thriller
• roland
• west

[GeonRevolution]

I know this is a silent film but where's the music?

[thepezpunk]

this is the movie that inspired bob kane to make BATMAN (it's true)

[THELADYRIKULA]

THUMBS UP IF U THOUGHT THIS WAS A LOST MOVIE

[TheStraatjutter]

@GeonRevolution they used to play that live in the theater , but its lost

[TheStraatjutter]

@thepezpunk "inspired " ? some of the senes in the first comic come from this film

[GreatBigSea1968]

It's available WITH music score from Sinister Cinema.

[jamiepennix30]

who's the unknow

[SarekOfVulcan]

@IMZEECATMAN From Wikipedia's article on Silent Film: "Showings of silent films almost always featured live music, starting with the pianist at the first public projection of movies by the Lumière Brothers on December 28, 1895 in Paris. From the beginning, music was recognized as essential, contributing to the atmosphere and giving the audience vital emotional cues."

[chetmcgee]

i've been a big fan of jack pickford for many yrs; i always check 2 c if any other of jack's pix have been posted, "brown of harvard" is 1 of his best, post that 1.

[IMZEECATMAN]

@GeonRevolution silent films don't really have music. youtubers just add that to make it less boring.

[iq12212]

@jokerburnsgotham i did that