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Author:

Cat and the canary (Motion picture : 1927)

Title:

The cat and the canary [DVD] / Carl Laemmle presents ; adaptation by Robert F. Hill & Alfred A. Cohn ; scenario by Alfred A. Cohn ; directed by Paul Leni ; a Universal production.

Format:

[DVD] /

Publisher:

Image Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2005, c1927

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : si., col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + notes (1 p. ; 18 cm.).

Subject:

Inheritance and succession--Drama.
Silent films.
Haunted house films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
DVD videodisc.

Other Authors:

Leni, Paul, 1885-1929.
Cohn, Alfred Abraham, 1880-1951.
Hill, Robert, 1886-1966.
La Plante, Laura, 1904-1996.
Hale, Creighton, 1882-1965.
Stanley, Forrest.
Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943.
Willard, John, 1885-1942. Cat and the canary.
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)

Other Titles:

Haunted spooks (Motion picture)

Notes:

From the stage play by John Willard. Includes biographical and production notes by Richard Peterson. Silent film with English intertitles and musical score. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927; restored in 1997. Special features: original music score by Franklin Stover or new music score by Eric Beheim (2004) ; 1920 short film Haunted spooks featuring Harold Lloyd (b&w ; 22 min.). Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch, Arthur Edmund Carew, Martha Mattox, George Siegmann, Lucien Littlefield.

Summary:

The potential heirs to a large fortune gather at their benefactor's mansion twenty years after his death but the reading of his will is interrupted by a series of disturbing events.

LCCN:

57622940

UPC:

014381247626

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)