The Cat and the Canary Page #2
- Year:
- 1939
- 72 min
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How do you do?
Fred Blythe
and Charlie Wilder.
Nice to see you.
Thanks, thanks.
Well, where's
the leading lady?
Leading lady?
Young man, did you inherit the streak
of insanity that runs in this family?
What was that
leading lady crack?
Oh, nothing really, but all
this, midnight, the alligators...
I mean, the heirs,
and the family lawyer
all gathering to hear
the reading of the will.
It reminds me of a lot of melodramas
and murder mysteries I played in.
It does?
Thanks.
And in every one
of those plays,
there was a leading lady, young,
beautiful, modern, charming...
Would you take this
for me, please? Thanks.
Well, I got here.
Oh, I'm terribly sorry
to be so late.
Oh, dear Aunt Susan.
And Cicily. Well, this is like old times.
Charlie, they told me
you weren't coming.
It's good
to see you.
And, Fred.
Hello, honey.
And...
Well, of all people,
Wally Campbell.
Well, don't you
remember?
The little girl you took to a
high school dance and deserted.
You used to
call me the twerp.
The twerp?
Joyce Norman! Say, when did
you grow up and get pretty?
Have I kept you waiting?
I'm so sorry.
That's all right, my dear.
Now, shall we proceed?
What a house.
Isn't it?
That's Uncle Cy.
Hello, Uncle Cy.
They tell me he was so
crooked that when he died,
they had to screw him
into the ground.
Shh. Quiet.
Oh, sorry. Here you are, Joyce.
Thank you,
Charlie.
Now as soon as we're all
comfortably settled, we'll begin.
Here.
Thanks.
Mr. Norman made his will
in two parts.
I will now read the contents
Oh, tell me. Tell me.
Miss Lu? Miss Lu?
Tell me the name, Master.
The name.
Miss Lu!
What?
What was that noise,
like a gong?
It's the warning.
It came just before
the master died.
You know, I've been thinking
there's no use in my staying here.
After all, I've never inherited
anything, except hay fever.
So if nobody objects, I think
I'll swim back to the mainland.
You're going to
stay right here...
Yeah, but I can...
I have a million
questions to ask you.
Yeah, well, ask her one for
They are the spirits.
They mean
seven may live.
There are eight people
in this room.
One will die
before morning.
I feel very faint.
Yeah, well, it's been nice knowing
you all but honestly, it's hot in here,
I have to get
some air. I...
Now, wait, wait.
Stop all this, Miss Lu.
Do you want to frighten these
ladies out of their wits?
There's not much
danger of that.
It has happened.
The insane asylums
are full of people who've lost
Oh, may we hear
the will, please?
Yes, let's hear it.
I'll bet you two to one
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