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The Cat and the Canary: Directed by Elliott Nugent. With Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery. When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
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- Comedy, Horror, Mystery
- Elliott Nugent
- 1939-11-10
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The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American southern gothic horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. [1] It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Cat and the Canary , which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by John Willard .
Screenplay. John Willard. Theatre Play. Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion.
Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his attorney, Crosby, and his six remaining relatives, Wally Campbell, Joyce Norman, Fred Blythe, Charlie Wilder, Aunt Susan and Cicily, arrive at his gothic mansion in the eerie bayous near New Orleans to hear the reading of the will.
One who succeeded was Paul Leni, with his first American film, The Cat and the Canary, an inspired blend of German Expressionism and American razzmatazz. Had Leni not died suddenly just two years later, he might have achieved the stateside success of Ernst Lubitsch, William Wyler, and Billy Wilder.
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Lynn Starling. Screenplay. Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman's lawyer, Crosby, the six meet at Norman's eerie New Orleans Gothic mansion.
