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The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

19276.91h 27m

Overview

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.

Directed by Paul Leni
Written by Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn, Walter Anthony
Produced by Paul Kohner
Box Office0Revenue: $326K

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

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

About The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary is a comedy, horror, mystery film released in 1927 exploring themes of haunted house, based on play or musical, last will and testament, black and white, old dark house, silent film. Directed by Paul Leni, it stars Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley. 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.

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