The Cat and the Canary
The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!
1927 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Paul Leni |
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| Writer: | Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn, Walter Anthony |
| Staring: |
| Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 20, 1927 |
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| Director: | Paul Leni |
| Writer: | Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn, Walter Anthony |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | haunted house, based on play or musical, last will and testament, black and white, old dark house, silent film, aristocrat, expressionism |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $325,550
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Laura La Plante | Annabelle West |
| Creighton Hale | Paul Jones |
| Forrest Stanley | Charles Wilder |
| Tully Marshall | Roger Crosby |
| Gertrude Astor | Cecily |
| Flora Finch | Susan |
| Arthur Edmund Carewe | Harry |
| Martha Mattox | Mammy Pleasant |
| George Siegmann | The Guard |
| Lucien Littlefield | Ira Lazar |
| Hal Craig | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Billy Engle | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Joe Murphy | Milkman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Leni | Director |
| Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Martin G. Cohn | Editor |
| Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Robert F. Hill | Screenplay |
| Alfred A. Cohn | Screenplay |
| Walter Anthony | Writer |
| John Willard | Theatre Play |
| Hugo Riesenfeld | Original Music Composer |
| Edward J. Montagne | Story Supervisor |
| Lloyd Nosler | Supervising Editor |
| Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Kohner | Producer |
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