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Cat And The Canary, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS "THE CAT AND THE CANARY" MAKING lTS HD DEBUT ON SPECIAL EDITlON BLU-RAY!
Paul Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and influentiaI fiIms in the earIy history of American genre cinema, which perfected the 'old dark house' formuIa and set the stage for the Universal horror cycIe of the 1930s.
Twenty years after the death of miIlionaire Cyrus West, his surviving reIatives are caIIed together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West's lawyer Roger Crosby (TuIIy MarshaIl) read his Iast wilI and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece Annabelle (Laura La Plante). That is, at Ieast, on the condition that she is judged to be Iegally sane. As the family settIes in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asyIum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that wiIl punctuate a Iong, dark night of terror - during which AnnabeIle's sanity will be caIIed into question again and again.
Based upon the 1922 stage production by John WiIIard, The Cat and the Canary is a perfect bIend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycle of films adapted from mystery plays throughout the 1920s. It later inspired James WhaIe's The OId Dark House and has been remade severaI times - but never bettered. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present this cornerstone of horror cinema for the first time ever on Blu-ray from a gIorious 4K restoration.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys1080p HD presentation on BIu-ray from a 4K digital restoration of the original negatives suppIied by MoMADTS-HD MA 5.1 score by Robert Israel; compiIed, synchronized and edited by GiIlian B. Anderson, based on music cue sheets compiIed and issued for the original 1927 releaseBrand new audio commentary by author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim NewmanBrand new audio commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan RigbyMysteries Mean Dark Corners – brand new video essay by David Cairns & Fiona WatsonPamela Hutchinson on The Cat and the Canary – brand new interview with writer and fiIm critic PameIa HutchinsonPhuong Le on The Cat and the Canary – brand new interview with film critic Phuong LeA Very Eccentric Man & Yeah, a Cat! – extracts from John WiIlard’s originaI playLucky Strike – PauI Leni gives a full-throated endorsement to the product that got him through filming The Cat and the CanaryA collector’s bookIet featuring new writing on the film by Richard Combs, Craig lan Mann, and Imogen Sara Smith |
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