The Cat and the Canary

Starring:La Plante, Hale
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

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One of Bob Hope's best-- and first.

The Cat And The Canary
Starring: Gale Sondergaard , and George Zucco
Manufacturer: Nostalgia Home Video
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ASIN: B000OCPX42

Product Description

Take one gloomy mansion in the Louisiana bayou, add a group of relatives gathered for a will reading and marked for elimination by a mysterious killer, and sprinkle in some classic Bob Hope one-liners ("Do you believe in reincarnation, that the dead come back to life?" "You mean, like the Republicans?"), and you get this lively updating of the "old dark house" chiller. Paulette Goddard co-stars as the heiress who catches Hope's eye; with Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco. 74 min.

Customer Reviews:

One of Bob Hope's best-- and first........2007-06-10

Bob Hope just ISN'T the same after the "Road"
pictures ended. THIS is one of the better ones.
I love haunted house and time travel movies.
Highly recommended... even the Republican jokes.

The Cat and the Canary (Special Edition)

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Biased Opinion
Boring movie, but good "short feature"
A surprisingly modernistic representation of evil!
Stylish, Scary and Funny
A few words on the new Image Entertainment release

The Cat and the Canary (Special Edition)
Starring: Laura La Plante , Creighton Hale , Forrest Stanley , Tully Marshall , and Gertrude Astor
Director: Paul Leni
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B0006L0LMA
Release Date: 2005-02-01

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German horror stylist Paul Leni (Variety) brings his expressionist flourishes to this compendium of haunted clichés, creating one of the most stylish horror movie spoofs ever, a delightful mix of the gothic and the goofy. A greedy bunch of gargoyle-looking relatives (and a pair of young innocents) gather for the reading of a rich uncle's will, which demands that they spend the night in the creepy old mansion. Leni puts them through a fun house of frights: As if secret panels, clutching hands, and a stopped clock that mysteriously comes to life weren't enough, an escaped lunatic from a nearby asylum who rends his victims with catlike claws may have infiltrated the house. Silent movie sweetheart Laura La Plante is the canary of the title, a lovely would-be heiress who becomes the target of plotting relatives, but it's the rogues gallery of suspects that adds the color and comic relief. Leni kicks the film off with a delirious scene of an infirm old man surrounded by gigantic bottles of medicine and menaced by a snarling, spitting. gargantuan cat. The rest of the film is played in lower key, for laughs as much as chills, but it never loses its moody ambiance, highlighted by elegant camerawork and looming shadows. This classic has been remade three times, most famously by Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in 1939, but never as well. The hilarious Harold Lloyd short Haunted Spooks has been included as a DVD bonus. --Sean Axmaker

Description

In this frightening all-time cinematic classic and blueprint for all haunted house thrillers, the reading of a will at the estate of old Cyrus West coincides with the arrival of a clawed killer in black ready to pick off the greedy relatives. Utilizing great technical craftsmanship, this witty, suspenseful and stylish treat weaves a stark vision of terror that's just as thrilling today! Digitally Remastered Special Edition with spectacular image quality.

Customer Reviews:

Biased Opinion.......2007-02-08

I'm not really a silent film buff, but I may become one. The reason I bought this one is that Laura LaPlante was my mother's half sister. Never met her as she and my Mom parted ways when Mom was 3 years old, and Laura went "Hollywood". Anyway, the film was a real hoot, artfully done and the digital reproduction and new score were very enjoyable.

Boring movie, but good "short feature".......2006-01-29

We got this movie because my mom always talked about having seen it as a child (born in 1916). She loved it then, and wanted so badly to see it again. So we purchased it on Amazon - even got the special edition so it might have better audio & video, since her sight & hearing aren't what they used to be. We excitedly put it on for her, and proceeded to be bored out of our skulls (all of us, including her) for the entire duration of the movie! I'm sure this might be great for a silent movie afficionado, but we couldn't wait for it to get over.

The "bonus short feature" however was hilarious. It too is a silent movie, but even now, nearly a century after it was made, it is still very funny. Unfortunately, it does have some very blatently racist scenes, typical of the times in which it was made. But even those few scenes managed to be humorous, despite the distasteful racist stereotyping and patronization. I believe that even most African Americans whom I know would find them comical (and it doesn't hurt that in at least one scene the black butler is the only one with any common sense, while the po' white folk run around in histerical terror).

If you're looking for a scare, or even an enjoyable look into the past, I would pass on this one unless you're a silent movie buff. That is, of course, unless you're willing to pay the full price for the short feature. Enjoy!

A surprisingly modernistic representation of evil!.......2005-09-29

This is the most famous of Haunted House spoofs, with its' collection of greedy relatives assembled for the reading of a will, mutual hatreds circulating around the lovely heiress (Laura La Plante) indeed proving her a helpless canary surrounded by hungry cats.

The opening sequence as a gloved hand brushes away the cobwebs to reveal the film's printed intertitle is a spectacular gimmick, which would be reused in 1943's SON OF DRACULA. In an old dark house with spiky battlements overlooking an ancient hilltop, the old Cyrus West cringes in an armchair, menaced by shadows that become giant medicine bottles and monstrous cats, and soon perishes. Now it is 20 years later and the greedy relatives of his acquaintance, with the accompany of the house maid (Martha Mattox), a family lawyer (Tully Marshall), and his daughter gather for the formal reading of his will and who will inherit his estate.

Director Paul Leni draws freshly on Expressionistic resources as characters lurch out of the darkness until their backs ominously blot out the entire screen; disembodied hands hovering timidly, curling round doorways, slowly reaching for the heroine's throat, and among the surprises is an uncanny similarity to Dr. Caligari. He arrives a mysterious stranger with pebble glasses and limp hands to announce "I am the Doctor!" The most arresting angle of all is the double exposure showing the mechanism of the clock that hasn't struck in years since the old Cyrus died. Finally the clock chimes midnight to laboriously gather its forces to start up again as the lights dim and the assembled company await.

Based on John Willard's 1922 stageplay, it would be remade in 1989 and 1978, however this still remains the best, and would certainly influence other Gothic chillers to come, most notably THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

Stylish, Scary and Funny.......2005-07-08

If you have a sense of humor, like a good fright and are unsure whether or not you can tolerate the old silent films, this is one to start out with. It's clever, scary, eerie and funny. One critic said it looked like Hollywood gothic. The director, Paul Leni, came over from Germany and brought a whole bag of German film tricks with him...weird shadows on staircases, images superimposed on other images and billowing drapes. One character looks like a first cousin to Dr. Caligari. Another has fingernails that would make a manicurist retch.

An eccentric, rich old man died in his huge, grotesque mansion. His relatives had circled around him "like cats around a canary." He stipulated that his will was only to be opened twenty years after his death, at midnight; that the person inheriting had to be examined and declared sane by the end of the night; and that if the person is judged insane then another person, named in a second sealed envelope, will inherit. And so, on a dark and stormy night, the relatives gather. The will is read and the inheritor is a young woman, Annabelle West (Laura La Plante), who was the most distant relative. But what of the others...the lawyer who reads the will, the tall, enigmatic man and his more forthright cousin, who appear to dislike each other intensely; the young, feckless man who seems more fearful than brave; and the rather vapid young woman and her sour aunt. Hovering in the background is Mammy Pleasant, the dour housekeeper who has lived by herself in the mansion for 20 years. She has a glare that can freeze your toes. If that isn't enough, the group learns that a madman has escaped from a nearby asylum and is hiding on the grounds or in the mansion.

This movie has everything...sliding doors, hidden passages, clutching hands, lost diamonds, jealousy and murder. It also has two winning performances by Laura La Plante and Creighton Hale (as the timid young man). Most of all, it has style and humor mixed in with the scares. The movie is a lot of fun. The restored DVD picture looks very good, especially when considering the movie is nearly 80 years old; it's easy to watch. There are two background scores that come with the movie. I played the one by Eric Beheim and enjoyed it almost as much as I did the movie.

A few words on the new Image Entertainment release.......2005-06-17

The merits of this wonderful movie have been well covered in other reviews here, so I just wanted to write a few words for anyone who may own the previous Image release of this film and might be considering 'up-grading' to this newer Image release, as I just have. For me it has been worth every dollar. I think the new score by Franklin Stover really adds to the films atmosphere and it will be my preferred choice from now on, although the re-recorded 1927 score was fine before (and is still available on the disc if you prefer it). However, this new score just lifts the whole film up. But best of all is the picture quality on this new disc. It really is spectacular. The picture on the previous release was always rather fuzzy round the edges, with no real definition, and sometimes with the heavy tinting in the night scenes it was difficult to see who was on screen (the tinting in this newer release is better). Watching this newly restored release for the first time last night was like watching the movie for the first time - as though someone had lifted a veil of gauze from my TV screen and suddenly I could see all the actors faces clearly - and what a difference it made to my enjoyment of the film. Sure, there are still moments in the film when the image shows its age, but we really can't expect anything else from such old films. And for me the occasional creaky image is all part of the appeal. Overall, the image quality is going to take your breath away if you've been used to viewing the previous Image release. It really is that much better. And if you're a silent movie enthusiast like myself then you're going to know that this is a good print. I hope my few words have proved helpful to someone deciding whether to buy or not based on the quality of the print. When it comes to buying silent movies on DVD I know that I've been much helped in the past myself by reviewers words on picture quality. The Cat and the Canary won't disappoint you.

The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)

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The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)
Entertaining old fashioned melodrama
Fun adaptation of classic stage thriller!
Spend your money on a different Cat & The Canary version!!!
Oddly appealling

The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)
Starring: Honor Blackman , Michael Callan , Edward Fox , Wendy Hiller , and Olivia Hussey
Director: Radley Metzger
Manufacturer: First Run Features
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ASIN: B0002TT0AK
Release Date: 2004-10-19

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Carol Lynley stars as the guileless young woman who becomes the sole heir to eccentric millionaire Wilfrid Hyde-White's fortune in this remake of the Paul Leni silent-film classic. But there's a catch: all the surviving relatives must spend the night in the old mansion. If she dies or is judged insane within the next 12 hours a new heir will be named, and, as if a house full of greedy relatives isn't enough, a homicidal maniac is on the loose, or so informs asylum director Edward Fox, making a dramatic swashbuckling entrance crashing through the library window like a British Zorro. Radley Metzger, best known for his elegant erotic dramas and racy romantic comedies, steps out of the genre that made his name since his debut film Dark Odyssey. With tongue firmly in cheek he refigures the old, dark house farce as a British comedy of manners, nicely capturing the clipped delivery and witty repartee of the drawing-room comedy at the expense of the thrills and chills that make Leni's original so memorable. It's a stylishly handsome and often clever film (the reading of the will, with brash Hyde-White hosting from beyond the grave through the magic of home movies, is an inspired highlight), but it never achieves any tension or terror. Honor Blackman, Wendy Hiller, Daniel Massey, and Olivia Hussey costar. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition).......2007-01-15

Hello thank you for providing this chance for us.
This gentleman/lady that provided this through your site was right on and correct.
The quality was great, packaged just like from a real store.
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Entertaining old fashioned melodrama.......2006-10-23

Its interesting when watching some of these old movies from the 60's, 70's and even to a certain extent from the 80's to observe how film making techniques and acting styles change over the years. Given today's penchant for much more gruesome thrillers, this film from the 70's (itself a remake) is rather tame. It's a stylish and well acted tale of a family gathered together for the reading of a will ("Leeches All") and we all know that before morning maybe one or more will be dead.
Its quite old fashioned and melodramatic in places and the cast of stalwarts all look like they are having a blast and each has a 'chewing the scenery' moment. Whatever happened to Carol Lynley? she was certainly talented and her 'english' accent is not bad at all.

Fun adaptation of classic stage thriller!.......2003-07-22

Carol Lynley looks like she's having a ball in this fun, creepy version of the stage play about a bunch of would-be heirs stuck spending the night in a house of horrors. If your kids are planning a slumber party, or you're in the mood for Drive-In fare, this is an entertaining choice for your movie viewing!

Spend your money on a different Cat & The Canary version!!!.......2002-02-01

I bought this DVD in hopes it would be great but instead I find it to be just an average film. This story has been done different times and I can tell you that the absolute best version is the Bob Hope version (Cat and The Canary 1939). That film unfortunately isn't available. Another good version which is available is the silent one from around 1927 and it does a good job too. If I were you, I would try to locate those versions before ever getting this version. Don't get me wrong, this film isn't bad but it just doesn't stand up to the other 2 versions. The premise is as follows on this 1978 version: Glencliff Manor, 1934. A dark/stormy night. The family of a deceased millionaire has been summoned for the reading of his final will and testiment. An unexpected visitor arrives, the chief psychologist from the local mental hospital who is searching for a dangerous criminal escapee. Turn off the lights and you can enjoy this one but I am spoiled by the 2 far better versions so please if you can, see the 1939 Cat and The Canary with Bob Hope and or see the silent 1927 version. Those I promise will make you forget this one.

Oddly appealling.......2001-06-01

There is something about this film I find oddly appealing. The first half is a wonderful character study while the second half falls into third rate who done it. The quality of the DVD is not what I would normally expect, some scratches, etc. but I found myself watching it several times reliving the joy it gave me many years ago when I first discovered it. It is good entertainment. Favorite line, "except the moth".

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The Cat and the Canary
Starring: Honor Blackman , Michael Callan , Edward Fox , Wendy Hiller , and Olivia Hussey
Director: Radley Metzger
Manufacturer: Cheezy Flicks Ent
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Release Date: 2005-10-25

Description

When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When his attorney reads it, it is revealed how much the old man despised and loathed his worthless kin. In an intriguing twist his will is structured in such a way as to set up a dogfight between his potential heirs to determine who will collect his fortune. A remake of the 1939 Bob Hope classic, but with the comedic elements removed and the suspense heightened. Starring Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox with Wendy Hiller and Wilfrid Hyde-White

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The Cat and the Canary
Starring: Honor Blackman , Michael Callan , Edward Fox , Wendy Hiller , and Olivia Hussey
Director: Radley Metzger
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B0000D1FHM
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)
Entertaining old fashioned melodrama
Fun adaptation of classic stage thriller!
Spend your money on a different Cat & The Canary version!!!
Oddly appealling

The Cat & The Canary
Starring: Honor Blackman , Michael Callan , Edward Fox , Wendy Hiller , and Olivia Hussey
Director: Radley Metzger
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Description

With an all star cast, erotic auteur Radley Metzger turns his directorial prowess to the classic, spine chilling story of mystery and horror. So turn off the lights, snuggle up to your loved one, and get ready for a horrific night of suspense, mystery and murder!

Customer Reviews:

The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition).......2007-01-15

Entertaining old fashioned melodrama.......2006-10-23

Fun adaptation of classic stage thriller!.......2003-07-22

Spend your money on a different Cat & The Canary version!!!.......2002-02-01

Oddly appealling.......2001-06-01

Hunted & Haunted Triple Feature: "Whistle Stop", "Detour", "The Cat's Canary"

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Hunted & Haunted Triple Feature: "Whistle Stop", "Detour", "The Cat's Canary"

Manufacturer: PC Treasures, Inc
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The Crooked Way
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Forgotten Noir Collector's Set (Arson Inc. / Loan Shark / Portland Expose / Shadow Man / Shoot to Kill / They Were So Young)

ASIN: B0009X50L2

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"Whistle Stop":A story of love and intrigue in a small railroad town. Kenny is an unemployed loser and always has been, but his old flame Mary can't stop loving him that is, until her head is turned by a local hotel owner. Kenny manages to clean up his act and win Mary back, only to be framed for murder by her jealous suitor. - - - - -"Detour":Suspense as startling as a strangled scream! This is it, the defining motion picture in all of "film noir," written by Academy Award-nominee Martin Goldsmith (The Narrow Margin) and directed by legendary B-movie maker Edgar G. Ulmer (Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, The Black Cat). Tom Neal (The Brute Man, The Pride of the Yankees), handsome 1940's leading man, brings to thrilling life a down-on-his-luck nightclub performer who takes one wrong turn and picks up the meanest femme fatale in all of "noir," played to perfection by the incomparable Ann Savage (The Dark Horse, The Spider) in one of the most powerful and riveting performances ever recorded on celluloid. - - - - -"Aesop's sound Fables - The Cat's Canary" (Cartoon): In this bizarre musical tale, a cat (resembling Felix) catches a canary, which he promptly eats for dinner. But it is the trip down the digestive tract that gives this cartoon distinction: the singing bird just won't stop singing!

Average customer rating:

Hope's best film
All elements add up to excellent comedy/mystery...
Five stars for the film, but 1 for the region 2 DVD being sold
Great Film
"This film cemented (Bob Hope's) movie stardom..."

The Cat and the Canary [Region 2]
Starring: Bob Hope , Paulette Goddard , John Beal , Douglass Montgomery , and Gale Sondergaard
Director: Elliott Nugent
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Customer Reviews:

Hope's best film.......2007-04-16

First saw this in 1943 in Washington DC while waiting to go into the Navy. I spend 3 days in that theater seeing this one over and over. It has gotten better over the years and I have a fairly good VHS tape but I need a DVD to feel my copy is safe. This is the best of the Old Dark House movies. Where is the DVD?

All elements add up to excellent comedy/mystery..........2007-02-12

I love this film for so many reasons. The pairing of Goddard and Hope shows great chemistry; the haunted house is indeed creepy. thanks to Gale Sondergaard; the plot always interesting; clever screenplay...it just doesn't get any better. The entire cast is perfect. I taped this off TCM a long time ago, and I'm wearing out the tape. PLEASE: Where's the DVD? It's so thoroughly entertaining !

Five stars for the film, but 1 for the region 2 DVD being sold.......2006-09-19

Yes, this is a great film - I can understand why people rave about it. My review is a warning about the import region 2 UK DVD being sold by some Amazon sellers. It's absolutely dreadful - the sound is ok, but the picture is a mess and clearly taken from an old VHS tape (zoom back on the picture and you can see signs of VHS head switching). It's also been through an NTSC-PAL conversion, so watching it in North America will mean giving it another conversion back to NTSC - the DVD already has barely any detail in it, so another conversion will likely finish it off completely. The disc is from Orbit Media, who are a public domain specialist (the film is actually be owned by Universal). It looks worse than any bootleg.

Great Film.......2006-07-08

This film is a wonderful flick. I taped it years ago off tv and burned it on a disc with The Ghostbreakers. I think Cat and The Canaey is the better film. I hope it is released on DVD soon, but what's with the $99 copies listed in the sales area? It still shows up from time to time on TV.

"This film cemented (Bob Hope's) movie stardom...".......2005-01-10

Not my quote, but that of Leonard Maltin, the king of movie & video guides, in his 1998 issue, regarding this movie. Long unseen, except by a few of my fellow reveiwers, who were lucky enough to have it recorded off late-night TV by older relatives who remember it for the gem it was. I have been searching for a copy of this film for my 75 y.o. sister for some time. She says it was a hoot when she saw it in her youth. Her sense of humor is really repressed, so I figure it must be hilarious. I have not seen the movie, but if it cemented Hope's movie stardom in 1939, surely it deserves
a re-issue in some form. He was a huge star in the industry & gave so much back to the troops in uniform. All his works should be remembered.

Average customer rating:

Biased Opinion
Boring movie, but good "short feature"
A surprisingly modernistic representation of evil!
Stylish, Scary and Funny
A few words on the new Image Entertainment release

The Cat and the Canary
Starring: Laura La Plante , Creighton Hale , Forrest Stanley , Tully Marshall , and Gertrude Astor
Director: Paul Leni
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: 6305078947
Release Date: 1998-05-13

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Description

The Cat & the Canary, a precursor to the horror films of the 1930s, earned its reputation frightening audiences of the silent era. Utilizing great technical craftsmanship, the film weaves a stark vision of terror that is just as thrilling today.

Customer Reviews:

Biased Opinion.......2007-02-08

Boring movie, but good "short feature".......2006-01-29

A surprisingly modernistic representation of evil!.......2005-09-29

Stylish, Scary and Funny.......2005-07-08

A few words on the new Image Entertainment release.......2005-06-17

Average customer rating:

The Cat and the Canary (Uncut Director's Edition)
Entertaining old fashioned melodrama
Fun adaptation of classic stage thriller!
Spend your money on a different Cat & The Canary version!!!
Oddly appealling

The Cat and the Canary [Region 2]
Starring: Honor Blackman , Michael Callan , Edward Fox , Wendy Hiller , and Olivia Hussey
Director: Radley Metzger
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