Uniform Title |
Black cat (Motion picture : 1941) |
Title |
The black cat. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Shock Entertainment, ©2020. |
©1941, renewed 1968. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (70 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Shock Entertainment : KAL5287. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. |
Based on the The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. |
Credits |
Directed by Albert S. Rogell ; written by Robert Lees. |
Performers |
Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper, Cecilia Loftus, Claire Dodd. |
Summary |
A wealthy but embittered matriarch makes a deathbed recovery only to be murdered by someone in the greedy clan gathered for the reading of her will. The family is frustrated to learn that nobody receives a penny until the very last of the old lady's multitude of beloved cats perish. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 2.0, Region 4, NTSC, 1.33:1. |
Language note |
English. |
Subjects |
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Film adaptations |
Wills -- Drama |
Cats -- Drama |
Murder -- Drama |
Greed -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
Detective and mystery films |
Horror films |
Dark comedy films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Rogell, Albert, 1901-1988 director. |
Lees, Robert, 1912-2004 screenwriter. |
Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 actor. |
Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952 actor. |
Crawford, Broderick, 1911-1986 actor. |
Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956 actor. |
Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985 actor. |
Gwynne, Anne, 1918-2003 actor. |
Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 actor. |
Loftus, Cecilia, 1876-1943 actor. |
Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973 actor. |
Motion picture adaptation of (work) Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat. |
Series |
Hollywood gold series |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 .
- Crawford, Broderick, 1911-1986 .
- Dodd, Claire, 1908-1973 .
- Gwynne, Anne, 1918-2003 .
- Herbert, Hugh, 1885-1952 .
- Lees, Robert, 1912-2004 .
- Loftus, Cecilia, 1876-1943 .
- Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956 .
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat .
- Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 .
- Rogell, Albert, 1901-1988 .
- Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985 .
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