(1927-09-09)
Directed by: #PaulLeni
Producer: Carl Laemmle
Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death - for the reading of his will...
Adapted from John Willard's 1922 black-comedy play #TheCatandtheCanary...
CAST:
#LauraLaPlante - Annabelle West
Creighton Hale - Paul Jones
Forrest Stanley - Charles Wilder
Tully Marshall - Roger Crosby
Gertrude Astor - Cecily
Flora Finch - Susan
Arthur Edmund Carewe - Harry
Martha Mattox - Mammy Pleasant, housekeeper
George Siegmann - the Guard
Lucien Littlefield - Dr. Ira Lazar
Hal Craig - Policeman
Billy Engle - Taxi Driver
Joe Murphy - Milkman
Deranged psychiatrist Dr. Ira Lazar (Lucien Littlefield) has an eerie resemblance to Werner Krauss' title character in 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (1920)...
Leni's film heavily influenced James Whale's 'The Old Dark House' (1932).
'The Last Warning' (1928) was conceived as a followup by Leni, also starring La Plante...
*NOTE: This is a modern digitally-colourised version of the original silent B&W print, which has a shorter runtime due to increased frames per second.
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13 апр 2023
