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The Vampire Bat (1933)
American Pre-Code horror mystery drama.
When corpses drained of blood begin to turn up in a European village, vampirism is suspected.
Majestic Pictures cashed in on the success of Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray, who had been a sensation in the Technicolor thriller Doctor X (1932) and had already completed Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), which was also being heavily promoted at the time.
Majestic was able to get The Vampire Bat into theaters over a month before the release of Mystery of the Wax Museum.
To keep production costs down, low-budget studio Majestic Pictures filmed at night on Universal’s European village set, which was used for Frankenstein (1931).
The interior is the set from The Old Dark House (1932).
Although the movie is black and white, selective hand coloring was used to enhance the torch flames seen in the chase scene.
In copies restored by UCLA’s Film & Television Archive this has been simulated by digital enhancement.
| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
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| Written by | Edward T. Lowe Jr. |
| Produced by | Phil Goldstone Larry Darmour |
| Starring | Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Melvyn Douglas Dwight Frye Maude Eburne |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Otis Garrett |
| Music by | Charles Dunworth |
| Distributed by | Majestic Pictures |
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63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
