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The Cat and the Canary
Comedy, Horror, Mystery - 1927
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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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The Cat and the Canary
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(1925)
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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
9 Sep 1927
Country:
US
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Like most spoofs, it wears thin fairly quickly.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
26 Apr 2001
fresh:
Hugely entertaining.
– Tony Rayns,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
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.
– Tim Purtell,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Oct 2014
fresh:
[This] adroitly atmospheric film is virtually an ideogram of narrative suspension and impact, and it's a lovely, musty, nightened place to visit.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
20 Oct 2014
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