The Cat and the Canary
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9 Sep 1927
Description
The Cat and the Canary (1927) is an American silent film horror film adaptation of John Willard (playwright)’s 1922 black comedy play The Cat and the Canary (play). Directed by German Expressionism filmmaker Paul Leni, the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West, Forrest Stanley as Charles “Charlie” Wilder, and Creighton Hale as Paul Jones. The plot revolves around the death of Cyrus West, Annabelle, Charlie, and Paul’s uncle, and the reading of his last will 20 years later. Annabelle inherits her uncle’s fortune, but when she and her family spend the night in his haunted mansion they are stalked by a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, a lunatic known as “the Cat” escapes from an asylum and hides in the mansion.
Cast
- Laura La Plante as Annabelle West
- Creighton Hale as Paul Jones
- Forrest Stanley as Charles Wilder
- Tully Marshall as Roger Crosby
- Gertrude Astor as Cecily
- Flora Finch as Susan
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Harry Blythe
- Martha Mattox as Mammy Pleasant, housekeeper
- George Siegmann as the Guard
- Lucien Littlefield as Dr. Ira Lazar
- Hal Craig as Policeman (uncredited)
- Billy Engle as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Joe Murphy as Milkman (uncredited)
