
The Black Cat(1941)
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.


“The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!”
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.

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
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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