1927ComedyHorrorMystery1h 27m

The Cat and the Canary

The mystery thriller of the stage filmed with new effects!

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.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Revenue$325,550

Keywords

haunted housebased on play or musicallast will and testamentblack and whiteold dark housesilent filmaristocratexpressionism

Production

Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures