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Binding: DVD
Format: Black & White, NTSC, Full Screen
Label: Nostalgia Home Video
Manufacturer: Nostalgia Home Video
Publisher: Nostalgia Home Video
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 74 unknown-units
Sales Rank: 31805
Studio: Nostalgia Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1939
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Product Description:
Take one gloomy mansion in the Louisiana bayou, add a group of relatives gathered for a will reading and marked for elimination by a mysterious killer, and sprinkle in some classic Bob Hope one-liners ("Do you believe in reincarnation, that the dead come back to life?" "You mean, like the Republicans?"), and you get this lively updating of the "old dark house" chiller. Paulette Goddard co-stars as the heiress who catches Hope's eye; with Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco. 74 min.
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Rating:  -
This review is really to confirm what a couple of other (British) reviewers have said:although this isn't a pristine copy of the film of the standard of Ghost Breakers it is currently the best version available.Both sound and picture are far superior to the Region 2 version and well worth buying simply for that.That's not to say there aren't faults with this copy,there are,but even so I would defintely recommend this until someone like Universal gets back the copyright and issues a decent version ... Read More
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if you want to add this classic old comedy/horror to your dvd collection,then this is currently the best version to purchase (please avoid the truly dreadful region 2 version from orbit media) the picture quality is not perfect by any means,some blur and a general lack of sharpness-however the picture is good enough overall and is certainly still very watchable,also the film appears to be in full-uncut.it would be good to finally see a major name like universal getting the go ahead to release this ... Read More
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This rarely seen Bob Hope comedy is a delight to see. But it does not hold up well against the original silent version. The original mood & atmosphere is gone, what you have here is a brisk old house mystery/comedy. It stands up well on its own, and is best seen without watching the original.
My reason for only four stars is because the Nostalgia Family DVD is really a DVD-r copied from a 3/4 video tape. There is a slight blurriness to some objects not common to professional DVDs. It ... Read More
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In 1939, Paramount Pictures released the second film adaptation of John Willard's stage play THE CAT AND THE CANARY. This version just might be the second best example of the "old dark house" sub-genre, the first being, what else, The Old Dark House itself. What makes this version of THE CAT AND THE CANARY so very good is Bob Hope being cast as the movie's lily-livered but very funny hero. Star making role? Surely.
It wasn't a dark and stormy night, more like a gloomy and atmospheric ... Read More
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Bob Hope just ISN'T the same after the "Road"
pictures ended. THIS is one of the better ones.
I love haunted house and time travel movies.
Highly recommended... even the Republican jokes.
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