From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9358 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Thursday, July 21 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9358 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Save.money and still improve your quality of life ["Cold Wind" Subject: Save.money and still improve your quality of life Save.money and still improve your quality of life http://fungusdestroyer.ru.com/AQqqMSTQFxpzpfPFxaMdn1tOMBCMvOx13DhGh_LZqlZlpFo http://fungusdestroyer.ru.com/pR-0_JeA_PzBzRmlGtoCLNQY7Yg893OHrUYNaSmygp1I he Cat and the Canary has been filmed five other times. Rupert Julian's The Cat Creeps (1930) and the Spanish language La Voluntad del muerto (The Will of the Dead Man) directed by George Melford and Enrique Tovar Cvalos were the first talkie versions of the play; they were produced and distributed by Universal Pictures in 1930. Although the first sound films produced by Universal, neither was as influential on the genre as the first film and The Cat Creeps is lost. The plot had become too familiar, as film historian Douglas Brode notes, and it "seemed likely the play would be put away in a drawer ." Yet Elliott Nugent's film, The Cat and the Canary (1939), proved successful. Nugent "had the inspired idea to openly play the piece for laughs." The film was produced by Paramount and starred comedic actor Bob Hope. Hope played Wally Campbell, a character based on Creighton Hale's performance as Paul Jones. One critic suggests that Hope developed the character better than Hale and was funnier and more engaging. Other film adaptations include Katten och kanariefC%geln (The Cat and the Canary), a 1961 Swedish television film directed by Jan Molander and The Cat and the Canary (1978), a British film directed by Radley Metzger. The 1978 version was produced by Richard Gordon, who explains why he and Metzger made their film version: "Well, it hadn't been done since the Bob Hope version, it had never been done in colour, it was a wel ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9358 **********************************************