The silents brought us a number of classic comedians who were skilled at making the audience laugh without uttering a word. With the advent of sound, some of these comedians found the transition hard and most still relied on their old silent routines for their jokes. Bob Hope was the first comedian who's mouth provided the punchline. The Cat and the Canary was his first leading part and yet it's not designed purely for his advantage, this is a great picture, both funny and exciting.
Bob Hope is the star. He's hilarious. He's sympathetic. He's also a coward, which isn't such an asset when you're staying in a house filled with escaped lunatics, suspicious servants, and numerous trapdoors. Hope plays a radio personality who involuntarily becomes the bodyguard to a woman, Joyce, who recently inherited a lot of money. The house is filled with other guests that are upset at having lost out on the inheritance. To make matters worse, if Joyce dies within a month, the money goes to whoever was the substitute inheritor and that person's name lies in an envelope safely hidden in a safe. As guests start dying, the tension increases, as does Hope's one-liner's. "I've got goosepumps. In fact, my goosebumps have got goosebumps."
Today, the plot seems like one from an episode of Scooby-Doo but it's still fun and surprisingly smart. The cast is small but solid and the murderer is never guessed until the end. A few red herrings are thrown in but when the guilty party is revealed, it does make sense, a necessity rarely used in Hollywood today.
As a vehicle for Hope it works a charm. As a movie in itself it should be recognised as a classic.
The Cat and the Canary (1939) XviD 1.02 by Wolfman.avi 
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The DVD did not include any subs.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031143/
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codres escribió:My personal rip from a DVD. It's not exactly the rip from KG. This is encoded with x264 so I say is better quality.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031143/
Specifications:woman inherits an estate as long as she doesn't die or isn't proven insane. However, someone is trying to kill her or drive her crazy.
This is a remake of the 1927 movie with Bob Hope thrown in for comic relief, and he does well enough; I really have never acquired a taste for him, but he's fairly solid throughout and does get a few laughs. What I do like about his forays into horror is that they didn't stint on the atmosphere; both this and THE GHOST BREAKERS have real scares and tension in them. This one in particular builds up to a nice horror climax, and is quite enjoyable. And, to round things out, we have George Zucco and Gale Sondergaard to keep things lively. This one is quite fun.
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Mantua escribió:Pues bien, aunque mi manejo del inglés es un tanto deficiente, me he atrevido con la traducción.
Doy por buenas las cuestiones de ortografía, corrección gramatical y sintáctica, etc. Pero nos haría un gran favor a todos que alguien más competente revisase la traducción como tal, porque el original inglés está plagado de expresiones coloquiales, refranes, juegos de palabras, etc., que he resuelto como mejor he podido, tirando de diccionario y un poquito de sentido común (más -todo hay que decirlo- una pizca de invención propia cuando no sabía por dónde salir).
Desde luego, están lejos de ser perfectos, pero sirven de sobra para seguir la película.
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