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The Cat and the Canary

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The Cat and the Canary
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1hr 10min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama,Horror
Release:
1927
Director:
Paul Leni
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley  ...more
Synopsis: Frank Willard's barn-storming stage melodrama Cat and the Canary was filmed four times over a fifty-year period. This silent 1927 version stars Laura LaPlante as one of several potential heirs to a huge fortune. Brought to a foreboding mansion on the 20th anniversary of their eccentric benefactor's death, the heirs must sit in silence as the lawyer (Tully Marshall) recites the terms of the will. The legacy hinges upon three sealed letters, each to be opened at a strategic point in the evening. Also ... Full Synopsis
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Hans J. Wollstein, AMG Review
Based on Frank Willard's 1922 play "that startled the world" (as Universal advertising put it), this original silent version of The Cat and the Canary became the standard by which all future haunted house comedy-thrillers would be measured. Beautifully restored and released on DVD in 1998, the film's enduring appeal is certainly not due to its silly reading-of-the-will melodramatics -- hoary even for ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Laura La Plante
Annabelle West
Creighton Hale
Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley
Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall
Roger Crosby the Lawyer
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