The Cat and the Canary (1927)
The Cat and the Canary (1927) - Comedy Movies 87 minutes. Karuzela udręczeń, Кот и канарейка. 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. haunted house, based on play or musical, last will and testament, black and white, old dark house, silent film, aristocrat, expressionism
Released: Aug 20, 1927
Runtime: 87 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch
Crew: Paul Leni (Director), Martin G. Cohn (Editor), Charles D. Hall (Art Direction), Gilbert Warrenton (Director of Photography), Hugo Riesenfeld (Original Music Composer), Robert F. Hill (Screenplay)