The Cat and the Canary (1961 film)
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The Cat and the Canary is a 1961 Swedish
television movie
directed by Jan Molander
. The film is an adaptation of John Willard
's 1922 black comedy
play of the same name. The play has been filmed many times, the first being a 1927 American
silent film
of the same name
. The film stars Lena Granhagen
as Annabelle West, Lars Lind as Paul Jones, and Birger Malmsten
as Charles Wilder.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
directed by Jan Molander
Jan Molander
Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander was a Swedish actor and film director who had a decades-long dominant career in his country's film and television industry....
. The film is an adaptation of John Willard
John Willard (playwright)
John Willard was an American playwright. His most famous work is The Cat and the Canary , a play that was made into the influential silent film of the same name in 1927.-External links: at the Internet Movie Database....
's 1922 black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
play of the same name. The play has been filmed many times, the first being a 1927 American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
of the same name
The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)
The Cat and the Canary is an American silent horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play of the same name. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West, Forrest Stanley as Charles "Charlie" Wilder, and Creighton Hale as...
. The film stars Lena Granhagen
Lena Granhagen
Lena Granhagen is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1958. She starred in the 1969 film Made in Sweden, which won a Silver Bear award at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival....
as Annabelle West, Lars Lind as Paul Jones, and Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten
Birger Malmsten was a Swedish actor. He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's movies.-Selected filmography:*It Rains on Our Love *A Ship to India *Music in Darkness *Eva...
as Charles Wilder.
External links
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