BRITANNIA
£ “THE CAT AND THE CANARY” ; ] Something- new in the film rendi- 1 tion of a stage mystery play is offered ' in the presentation of “The Cat and « the Canary,” which is now at the Brit- ] annia Theatre. At the head of an all- ; star cast it features Laura La Plante, the petite blonde star, who achieved noteworthy success in “Her Big Night,” “Butterflies In the Rain,” “Poker Faces,” “The Love Thrill,” and other Universal productions. Paul Leni, of U.F.A. fame, employs in this new picture a refinement of the lighting technology which has lately been the vogue among camera craftsmen, following in the footsteps of the Continental school of directors. As a stage play, “The Cat and the Canary” was conceded to be one of the greatest mystery plays ever written, and according to critics the film version is even more mysterious than the play. The plot hinges about a murder in an unoccupied country residence, where six persons have gone at the hour of midnight to hear the reading of a will. Any one of the main characters might be the murderer, and suspicion falls on first one and then the other. The logical though unusual i ending is one that is impossible for the audience to foretell.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 277, 13 February 1928, Page 13
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