The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary

Movie·1927·1h 27m

The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

Directed By

Paul Leni

Country

United States of America

Language

No Language

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The Story

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.

Written By

Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn, Walter Anthony

Producer

Paul Kohner

Cinematography

Gilbert Warrenton

Music

Hugo Riesenfeld

Editor

Martin G. Cohn

Themes

haunted housebased on play or musicallast will and testamentblack and whiteold dark housesilent filmaristocratexpressionism

Production House

Universal Pictures

Audience Score

69%

85 votes

Skip10%
Timepass24%
Go for it38%
Perfection28%

Where to watch

Region: IN

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Cast

Laura La Plante

Laura La Plante

Annabelle West

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Paul Jones

Forrest Stanley

Forrest Stanley

Charles Wilder

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Roger Crosby

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Cecily

Flora Finch

Flora Finch

Susan

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Harry

Martha Mattox

Martha Mattox

Mammy Pleasant

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

The Guard

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Ira Lazar

Hal Craig

Policeman (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Billy Engle

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy

Milkman (uncredited)

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Crew

Paul Leni

Paul Leni

Director

Hugo Riesenfeld

Hugo Riesenfeld

Original Music Composer

Gilbert Warrenton

Director of Photography

Martin G. Cohn

Editor

Robert F. Hill

Screenplay

Alfred A. Cohn

Screenplay

Walter Anthony

Writer

Paul Kohner

Producer

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