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The Cat and the Canary (1927) A Silent Film Review

Why do eccentric millionaires always live on stormy cliffs? A deranged killer is on the loose, out to murder rivals for an inheritance. Laura La Plante is the heiress who must solve the mystery before...

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Waxworks (1924) A Silent Film Review

Carnival Nightmare A young author (Wilhelm Dieterle) is hired by the owner of a wax museum to write tales about his most popular figures, Haroun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper....

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Fun Size Review: The Cat and the Canary (1927)

The Location: Old Dark House. Time: Dark and Stormy Night. The Will: Laura La Plante will inherit a fortune if she can prove she is sane. The Problem: One of the many guests present is determined to...

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Fun Size Review: Waxworks (1924)

An author takes a job writing tales for the figures in a wax museum. What could possibly go wrong? Other than being dragged into his own nightmare world, of course. Starts with an Arabian Nights...

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30 Day Silent Movie Challenge, Day 20: Film you wish you could live in

I am one of those tedious people who will examine a query like this to death. What is the life expectancy in this film? Would I live there as me or as a character in the film? If a character, which...

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The Cat and the Canary (1927) A Silent Film Review

Why do eccentric millionaires always live on stormy cliffs? A deranged killer is on the loose, out to murder rivals for an inheritance. Laura La Plante is the heiress who must solve the mystery before...

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Waxworks (1924) A Silent Film Review

Carnival Nightmare A young author (Wilhelm Dieterle) is hired by the owner of a wax museum to write tales about his most popular figures, Haroun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper....

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Video: The Cat and the Canary (1927) A Silent Movie Review

The Cat and the Canary is a tried and true silent crowdpleaser. An old dark house comedy, it follows the adventures of a very eccentric group of people spending the night in, you guessed it, an old...

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Video: Waxworks (1924) A Silent Movie Review

We’re heading back to Germany with something that often gets described as a carnival nightmare. I’m not sure if I would go so far but it is marvelously creepy and stylish. Paul Leni (The Cat and the...

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The Last Warning (1929) A Silent Film Review

Murder most theatrical! A major star dies a mysterious death on the stage but when his body is stolen, the case goes cold. Years later, his best friend gathers the entire cast to restage the play in...

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Fun Size Review: The Last Warning (1929)

Paul Leni didn’t make many Hollywood films before his untimely death but the few he did make are pretty darn amazing. The Last Warning isn’t famous but it deserves to be, a delightful blend of German...

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Fun Size Review: The Cat and the Canary (1927)

The Location: Old Dark House. Time: Dark and Stormy Night. The Will: Laura La Plante will inherit a fortune if she can prove she is sane. The Problem: One of the many guests present is determined to...

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Fun Size Review: Waxworks (1924)

An author takes a job writing tales for the figures in a wax museum. What could possibly go wrong? Other than being dragged into his own nightmare world, of course. The film’s three distinct sequences...

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