THE BAT WHISPERS
THE BAT WHISPERS. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. 1930. 10 reels, sd. Based on the play "The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
Adapted, directed and dialogued by Roland West; film editor, James Smith.
Registration LP1761 Copyright term expired
- Term began
- 1930-11-24
- Claimant
- Art Cinema Corp
- Author
- Mary Roberts Rinehart, author
- Class
- LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun Sept. 1928)
- Finding
- copyright term began 1930-11-24; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 2026 (maximum 95-year term from 1930)
The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.
Renewal R223332 (link: number+date, title similarity 1.00)
- Renewal claimant
- Mary Pickford Rogers (PWH)
- Renewal date
- 1958-10-27
- Original cited
- L1761 / 24Nov30
- Source
- Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Motion Pictures, 1958: Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig3121213li, OCR text line 45047
THE BAT WHISPERS, a photoplay in ten reels by Art Cinema Corp. © 24Nov30; L1761. Mary Pickford Rogers (PWH); 270ct58; R223332. THE BEACH NUT, a photoplay in one reel by Paramount Publix Corp. © 50ct31;
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 13003–13011.
THE BAT WHISPERS. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. 1930. 10 reels, sd.
Based on the play "The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery
Hopwood.
Credits: Adapted, directed and dialogued by Roland West; film
editor, James Smith.
© Art Cinema Corp. (Mary Roberts Rinehart, author); 24Nov30; LP1761.
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