Devil Bat - In COLOR! Also Includes the Restored Black-and-White Version!
by Jean Yarbrough
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Actor: Bela Lugosi, Dave O'Brien, Suzanne KaarenDirector: Jean Yarbrough
Brand: LEGEND FILMS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 68 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: LF00436
Studio: Legend Films
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- Bela Lugosi is a well-meaning scientist, driven mad by his greedy bosses. He seeks his revenge in the only way he knows how: by breeding a race of Devil Bats to do his sinister bidding! The town's only hope is an intrepid reporter who must investigate the deaths and determine what, if any, connection they have to a mysterious new type of aftershave that's been seen around town.The Devil B
DVD Reviews of Devil Bat - In COLOR! Also Includes the Restored Black-and-White Version!
DVD Review: "Bela Lugosi Series ... Devil Bat (1940) ... Legend Films (2008)"
Summary: 5 Stars
Legend Films presents "DEVIL BAT" (13 December 1940) (68 mins) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White --- All too often, in his career, Bela Lugosi was expected to carry a film all by himself with little or no help from other actors, the director, the script or special effects --- The Devil Bat (1940) is such a film --- The sets are cheap, the script is hokey and the "devil bat" itself is laughably lame (a screeching bird-like creature -- as fake as they come) --- And yet as he always does, Bela makes the movie entertaining --- He plays one of his many mad scientists -- this one a (believe it or not) perfume maker who was monetarily wronged by his partners, now millionaires --- These ungrateful boobs rub this in a little too much and so Lugosi creates a giant bat (as perfume makers are so good at doing) that will strike at anyone wearing a certain scent --- Will the mad doctor end up wearing his own scent and be killed by the devil bat -- And will he get his revenge on several of these boring unknown actors who deserve to die --- As expected, Lugosi makes the character interesting, complex and even sympathetic -- and yet also fearsome as he tells each of his victims, "good-bye" after they try on his new fragrance --- This movie has some of the most hackneyed character acting you have ever seen -- and yet Bela never stops giving it all he's got to make this film a success -- which is more than some of the production crew deserves!
Still, for the Bela Lugosi fan, this film is pleasurable as you watch what one great and talented actor can do in one bad movie --- One is left wondering how a Brad Pitt or Will Smith would fare in such a weak vehicle --- But Bela -- ever the artist -- rises above it and gives a performance that can be enjoyed in spite of its trappings.
Under the production staff of:
Jean Yarbrough - Director
Jack Gallagher - Producer
Susan Olney - Producer
George Bricker - Screen Story
John T. Neville - Screenwriter
Arthur Martineli - Cinematographer
David Chudnow - Musical Direction/Supervision
Holbrook Todd - Editor
Paul Palmentola - Art Director
Guy V. Thayer, Jr. - Associate Producer
Barry Sandrew - Executive Producer
Farrell Redd - Sound/Sound Designer
Melville de Lay - Production Manager
Jane Huzienga - Production Director
David D. Martin - Technical Director
Story line and plot, Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Mary Heath (Suzanne Kaaren) and Henry Morton (Guy Usher), when they became rich as a result of a product he devised --- He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers' family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a particular perfume he has discovered, which he gets his victims to apply before going outdoors --- Johnny Layton, a reporter, finally figures out Carruthers is the killer and, after putting the perfume on himself, douses it on Carruthers in the hopes it will get him to give himself away --- One of the two is attacked as the giant bat makes one of its screaming, swooping power dives --- Bela Lugosi once again takes us into his world of film and makes the most out of what he's has to work with.
the cast includes:
Bela Lugosi ... Dr. Paul Carruthers
Suzanne Kaaren ... Mary Heath
Dave O'Brien ... Johnny Layton
Guy Usher ... Henry Morton
Yolande Donlan ... 'Frenchy' (as Yolande Mallott)
Donald Kerr ... 'One-Shot' McGuire
Edmund Mortimer ... Martin Heath (as Edward Mortimer)
Gene O'Donnell ... Donald 'Don' Morton
Alan Baldwin ... Thomas 'Tommy' Heath
John Ellis ... Roy Heath
Arthur Q. Bryan ... Joe McGinty
Hal Price ... Chief Wilkins
John Davidson ... Prof. Percival Garland Raines
Billy Griffith ... Coroner (scenes deleted)
Wally Rairden ... Walter King
BIOS
1. Bela Lugosi
Date of Birth: 20 October 1882 - Lugos, Austria-Hungary. [now Lugoj, Romania]
Date of Death:16 August 1956 - Los Angeles, California,
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In 2006, the complete print was restored and colorized by Legend Films, using the latest technology --- Although the Legend Films release was advertised under its reissue title, both the color and black and white prints featured the original title and opening credits --- Legend Films can restore, colorize and release many of the classic earliest black and white films --- a patented coloring and remastering process makes each film picture perfect plus more vivd than ever --- no one can resist collecting every title that Legend Films releases.
Hats off and thanks to Barry B. Sandrew Ph.D. (Founder, COO & CTO) and his Legend Films Staff --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '20s, '30s & '40s --- order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Legend Films where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector.
Total Time: 68 mins on DVD ~ Legend Films. ~ (10/21/2008)
Description of Devil Bat - In COLOR! Also Includes the Restored Black-and-White Version!
Bela Lugosi is a well-meaning scientist, driven mad by his greedy bosses. He seeks his revenge in the only way he knows how: by breeding a race of Devil Bats to do his sinister bidding! The town's only hope is an intrepid reporter who must investigate the deaths and determine what, if any, connection they have to a mysterious new type of aftershave that's been seen around town...The Devil Bat rivals Lugosi's work with Ed Wood for campy 50's chills and will have you thinking twice before your next shave!Bestsellers in DVD
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