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The Vampire Bat | False Faces

(Frank R. Strayer, 1933)
Preceded by Jack Frost (Ub Iwerks, 1934)

(Lowell Sherman, 1932)
Preceded by Snow-White (Dave Fleischer, 1933)

Double Feature

Still from False Faces

In the atmospheric horror film The Vampire Bat, a mad doctor (Lionel Atwill) spreads rumors of vampirism to cover his practice of feeding the blood of fellow villagers to the artificial lifeform he’s created. With Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas. (65 mins., DCP) Preceded by the animated short Jack Frost. (9 mins., DCP)

Inspired by the career of a real-life quack plastic surgeon, False Faces stars Lowell Sherman as an unscrupulous facelifter utterly indifferent to the trail of human wreckage he leaves in his wake. (81 mins., DCP) Preceded by the Betty Boop cartoon Snow-White. (7 mins., DCP)

Still from False Faces

False Faces, image courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

Still from Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat, image courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

Still from Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat, image courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

Still from False Faces

False Faces, image courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

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The Vampire Bat | False Faces