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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Name: The Cat and the Canary
Genre: Horror
Released: 1927
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Cast: Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, George Siegmann, Creighton Hale, Gertrude Astor

192784 minHorror✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score

The Cat and the Canary (1927) is an 84-minute horror film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Paul Leni.

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About The Cat and the Canary (1927)

The Cat and the Canary is a 1927 American silent comedy horror film directed by Paul Leni. An adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black-comedy play of the same name, the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West, Forrest Stanley as Charlie Wilder, and Creighton Hale as Paul Jones.

In a decaying mansion overlooking the Hudson River, millionaire Cyrus West approaches death. His greedy family descends upon him like "cats around a canary", causing him to become insane. West orders that his last will and testament remain locked in a safe and go unread until the 20th anniversary of his death. As the appointed time arrives, West's lawyer, Roger Crosby, discovers that a second will mysteriously appeared in the safe. The second will may only be opened if the terms of the first will are not fulfilled.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast includes: Laura La Plante, Forrest Stanley, George Siegmann, Creighton Hale, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Country: United States
Based on: The Cat and the Canary

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1927 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Silent.
Source: Internet Archive

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