The Cat Creeps (1930)
71 mins | Melodrama, Mystery | 10 November 1930
Director:
Rupert JulianWriter:
Gladys LehmanEditor:
Maurice PivarProduction Company:
Universal Pictures Corp.Actress Blanche Frederici recreated her role from the Broadway production of the play. The Cat Creeps was the final feature film directed by Rupert Julian (1879-1943). Universal also produced a Spanish-language version of the film, La voluntad del muerto, shot simultaneously with The Cat Creeps. La voluntad del muerto was directed by George Melford and starred Antonio Moreno and Lupita Tovar (See Entry).
For information on other films based on John Willard's play The Cat and the Canary, please consult the entry below for the 1939 Paramount production of the same name, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. ...
Actress Blanche Frederici recreated her role from the Broadway production of the play. The Cat Creeps was the final feature film directed by Rupert Julian (1879-1943). Universal also produced a Spanish-language version of the film, La voluntad del muerto, shot simultaneously with The Cat Creeps. La voluntad del muerto was directed by George Melford and starred Antonio Moreno and Lupita Tovar (See Entry).
For information on other films based on John Willard's play The Cat and the Canary, please consult the entry below for the 1939 Paramount production of the same name, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
After the death of a wealthy eccentric, his relatives are summoned for the reading of his will at a mysterious house that has been abandoned for twenty years. The will, which is read at the stroke of midnight, reveals that all of the relatives have been disinherited, except for Annabel West. During the course of the night, strange things occur in the house, including the mysterious death of lawyer Crosby, the ramblings of West Indian housekeeper Mam'Pleasant and the appearance of a sanitarium guard who is looking for an escaped ...
After the death of a wealthy eccentric, his relatives are summoned for the reading of his will at a mysterious house that has been abandoned for twenty years. The will, which is read at the stroke of midnight, reveals that all of the relatives have been disinherited, except for Annabel West. During the course of the night, strange things occur in the house, including the mysterious death of lawyer Crosby, the ramblings of West Indian housekeeper Mam'Pleasant and the appearance of a sanitarium guard who is looking for an escaped madman.
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