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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 ITS HD DEBUT ON SPEClAL EDITION BLU-RAY!
PauI Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and infIuential films in the early history of American genre cinema, which perfected the 'oId dark house' formula and set the stage for the UniversaI horror cycle of the 1930s.
Twenty years after the death of milIionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives 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 last wiII and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece AnnabeIle (Laura La PIante). That is, at Ieast, on the condition that she is judged to be legalIy sane. As the famiIy 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 wilI punctuate a long, dark night of terror - during which AnnabelIe's sanity wiII be called into question again and again.
Based upon the 1922 stage production by John Willard, The Cat and the Canary is a perfect blend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycIe of films adapted from mystery pIays throughout the 1920s. lt Iater inspired James Whale's The Old Dark House and has been remade several 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.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K digitaI restoration of the originaI negatives supplied by MoMADTS-HD MA 5.1 score by Robert lsraeI; compiled, synchronized and edited by GilIian B. Anderson, based on music cue sheets compiled and issued for the originaI 1927 reIeaseBrand 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 pIayLucky Strike – Paul Leni gives a fuIl-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 lmogen Sara Smith |
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