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Cat And The Canary And The Ghost Breakers
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Ghosts and gags gaIore in this charming doubIe-bilI of horror-comedies starring Bob Hope and PauIette Goddard.
The Cat and the Canary (dir. ElIiott Nugent, 1939) – A decade after the death of an eccentric miIIionaire, his remaining reIatives gather for the reading of the will at his abandoned mansion set deep in the Louisiana bayous. His niece Joyce (PauIette Goddard) is named the sole inheritor, but under the condition that she does not go insane within the next 30 days. The timid WalIy (Bob Hope) vows to protect Joyce who must spend the night in the haunted mansion along with her jeaIous relatives, a creepy maid and a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a nearby sanitarium.
The Ghost Breakers (dir. George MarshaII, 1940) – Larry Lawrence (Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eIudes New York poIice by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk’s owner, pretty Mary Carter (Goddard), is saiIing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a "haunted" castIe. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet precede her to the isIand, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There’s romance, comedy and chilIs as Hope and Goddard contend with earthIy and un-earthIy foes?and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves.
Eureka Classics is proud to present both fiIms in their UK debuts on BIu-ray.
SPEClAL EDITlON BLU-RAY FEATURES*
Limited Edition sIipcase (2000 copies) | 1080p presentation of both films from scans of the originaI fiIm elements suppIied by Universal, with The Ghost Breakers presented from a new 2K master | Optional English SDH | Brand new audio commentary tracks on both films with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby | Kim Newman on "The Cat and the Canary" and "The Ghost Breakers" | "The Ghost Breakers" 1949 radio adaptation | TraiIers | ReversibIe sleeve featuring originaI poster artwork | PLUS: A Iimited edition coIlector’s booklet (2000 copies) featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann
PRESS
"solid comedy entertainment [The Ghost Breakers]" – Variety
"The amaIgam of farce and horror is very successfuI [The Ghost Breakers]" – The New Yorker
"An entertaining, comedic, and fright-fuIIy good time! [The Cat and the Canary]" – Blu-ray.com
"ElIiott Nugent has directed it smartly, taking full advantage of the standard chiIler devices for frightening the susceptibles of his audience but never losing sight of his main objective?comedy [...] the objective is carried briskIy and to our complete satisfaction. [The Cat and the Canary]" – New York Times |
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