Description
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Chills and laughs have been a comedy staple since the beginning of cinema. George Melies
mixed supernatural elements with an antic sense of humor, and spooky settings were popular in
stage to film transfers such as "The Bat". Our Halloween feature, "The Cat and the Canary" (1927),
is a tongue-in-cheek whodunnit, and one of the first of the Universal Pictures horror films. The
atmospheric camerawork and set design set the tone for films like Dracula and Frankenstein that
would follow. Billy Franey opens the show in "The New Member" (1921).
Live film accomaniment by Makia Matsumura.
