Directed by: Paul Leni
Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley
Language: English Intertitles (score by Robert Israel) + Commentaries (3tracks)
commentary by author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman
commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
Country: Usa | Imdb Info | Ar: 4:3 | Brrip
Description: Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
Preview
2.51GB | 86:50mins | 1450×1078 | mkv | English Intertitles (score by Robert Israel)
https://tezfiles.com/file/facfcf1b4d001/The.Cat.and.the.Canary.1927.mkv
====bluray extras====
Mysteries Mean Dark Corners” 2024 video essay by David Cairns & Fiona Watson
116MB | 29:02mins | 854×480 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/38dbee1c71767/Mysteries.Mean.Dark.Corners.2024.mkv
“Pamela Hutchinson on The Cat and the Canary” 2024 interview with writer and film critic Pamela Hutchinson
49MB | 13:04mins | 854×480 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/393269843cfe9/Pamela.Hutchinson.2024.mkv
Phuong Le on The Cat and the Canary” 2024 interview with film critic Phuong Le
33MB | 9:11mins | 854×480 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/aadbae4cb5bd0/Phuong.Le.2024.mkv
Extracts from John Willard’s Original Play:
A Very Eccentric Man
14MB | 3:11mins | 1422×800 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/826bd7fa4a7c2/AVery.Eccentric.Man.mkv
Yeah, a Cat!
9MB | 2:15mins | 1372×772 | mkv | English
https://tezfiles.com/file/80b94005691c5/Yeah.a.Cat.mkv
Younger viewers may have a problem with silent movies – I think, like those who have also commented on this – some of us are fortunate in being old enough to remember silent movies being regularly shown on TV – admittedly mainly comedies such as Buster, Charlie & The Keystone Cops. This is a great movie – I wasn’t previosulaly familiar with its endorsement by Ray Bradbury – that alone would have made me download instantly; Bradbury, I seem to recall, had vivid childhood memories – didn’t he claim to remember being born? This movie is entertaining throughout, and in a gorgeous print to which the tinting adds. Please upload the 1939 Bob Hope version – as mentioned by NM – with commentary if you can RL. Plenty available from RL who like the German Expressionist styling – start with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) – which I was fortunate enough to see at the NFT many years ago with live musical accompniament – and work your way along
PS: A TOP addition would be La Chute de la Maison Usher by the GREAT Epstein! Merci beaucoup RL!
Thanks very much for this one! People like Ray Bradbury speak highly of this film, which for him was a strong childhood memory. The fact that he shares this memory in a documentary called Universal Monsters is also a clue to its importance, because as others have said it connects German Expressionism to the coming horrors of Karloff, Lugosi and friends. While the story seems cliched today, because it has been rehashed so many times, it is the beautifully evocative style that makes this worth watching or rewatching. I would also guess, based on certain desolate interior tracking shots, that this was on an influence on Dreyer’s Vampyr (1932). Can’t wait to experience this new restoration!
Nice, thanks RL!
Nowhere near Dr. Caligari but memorable as pivotal to The Chinese Parrot shot same year 1927 introducing notorious detective Charlie Chan, if also available would be great to upload.
This is great, thank you!
And a Kim Newman + Stephen Jones commentary is always a treat. After this one, you may enjoy their commentary for the 1939 version with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
Finally my request was fulfulled AWESOME thank you RL!!!