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The Cat and the Canary
Directed by
Paul Leni
1927
80m
Not Rated
Horror
,
Comedy
,
Mystery
7.1
93%
75%
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Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
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Cast of The Cat and the Canary
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
Joe Murphy
Milkman
The Cat and the Canary Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Tim Purtell
What makes Canary sing is Leni's pioneering mix of spooky expressionism and light comedy, fabulous camera work, and nice turns from Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, and Martha Mattox.
New York Post
Wilella Waldorf
Mr. Leni has screened this ordinary melodrama in so masterly a fashion as to place it among the productions which must been seen by any one interested in moving pictures.
Variety
Abel Green
What distinguishes Universal's film version of the C-C play is Paul Leni's intelligent handling of a weird theme, introducing some of his novel settings and ideas with which he became identified.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
[This] adroitly atmospheric film is virtually an ideogram of narrative suspension and impact, and it's a lovely, musty, nightened place to visit.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Like most spoofs, it wears thin fairly quickly.
Moving Picture World
C.S. Sewell
Adding to the dramatic effectiveness of the picture is the distinct surprise regarding the identity of the mysterious figure... There is also quite a lot of fine comedy relief which relieves without destroying the necessary tension and suspense.
Chicago Tribune
Mae Tinee
Has chills, thrills, and excitement a-plenty to offer.
Los Angeles Times
Edwin Schallert
A good mystery picture, mysteriously depicted on the screen, and will keep you on the qui vive with its suspense most of the time.
Cinelandia
Lucio Villegas
Its photographic effects of light and shade are above all of singular interest. [Full review in Spanish]
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
It is not only in actual cinematic effects that Mr. Leni's work is telling; there are sequences in the story which reveal his absolute command of the players.
New York Daily News
Irene Thirer
While the players give splendid performances it is Leni's directorial handling of the spooky situations that brings the picture to glory.
Detroit Free Press
Freep Staff
Employs lowering shadows and unexpected camera angles to such good purpose that no one misses the noise.
Washington Star
Star Staff
The picture has so much motion that when one thrill goes out the window another one comes out the door.
LIFE
Robert E. Sherwood
The Cat and the Canary may be written down as an exceptionally effective chiller.
San Francisco Examiner
Idwal Jones
Leni has produced a good mystery picture -- good even to those who know what exactly is coming.
Boston Globe
Marjory Adams
Has suspense and real thrills.
Austin American-Statesman
Hubert Mewhinney
The great weakness of the film lies in the too rapid alternation of comedy bits and murder.
Baltimore Sun
T.M. Cushing
This adaptation is rather effective, as mystery play filmizations go these days.
Motion Picture Magazine
Picture Parade
A mystery play that mystifies, a thrill that thrills, a picture so perfectly timed, and mechanically correct that it never lets down for a minute, but develops from one tense and blood-curdling situation into another with convincing realism.
Hartford Courant
Courant Staff
The most baffling and sensational mystery picture ever filmed.
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