The Black Cat (1941 film)

The Black Cat
1941 US Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Produced by	Burt Kelly
Written by	Robert Lees Robert Neville
Based on	The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
Starring	Basil Rathbone Hugh Herbert Broderick Crawford Bela Lugosi
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez
Edited by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	May 2, 1941 (1941-05-02)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Black Cat is a 1941 film loosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.^[1] The comedy/horror film was directed by Albert S. Rogell, starring Basil Rathbone and featuring supporting performances by Bela Lugosi and Alan Ladd in small roles. Lugosi also stars in a 1934 film with the same title.

Main cast

Basil Rathbone as Montague Hartley
Hugh Herbert as Mr. Penny
Broderick Crawford as Hubert Smith
Bela Lugosi as Eduardo Vigos
Gale Sondergaard as Abigail Doone
Claire Dodd as Margaret Gordon
John Eldredge as Stanley Borden
Gladys Cooper as Myrna Hartley
Alan Ladd as Richard Hartley

References

↑ Maltin, Leonard (3 September 2013). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin Group US. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.

External links

The Black Cat at the Internet Movie Database
The Black Cat at AllMovie

Universal Monsters

Films

Phantom of the Opera	The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Dracula	Dracula (English) (1931) Dracula (Spanish) (1931) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943)

Frankenstein	Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Son of Frankenstein (1939) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Edgar Allan Poe	Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Black Cat (1934) The Raven (1935) The Black Cat (1941)

Mummies	The Mummy (1932) The Mummy's Hand (1940) The Mummy's Tomb (1942) The Mummy's Ghost (1944) The Mummy's Curse (1944) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Invisible Man	The Invisible Man (1933) The Invisible Man Returns (1940) The Invisible Woman (1940) Invisible Agent (1942) The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Werewolves	Werewolf of London (1935) The Wolf Man (1941) She-Wolf of London (1946)

Crossovers	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Ape Woman	Captive Wild Woman (1943) Jungle Woman (1944) The Jungle Captive (1945)

Inner Sanctum Mysteries	Calling Dr. Death (1943) Weird Woman (1944) Dead Man's Eyes (1944) The Frozen Ghost (1945) Strange Confession (1945) Pillow of Death (1945)

Gill-man	Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Revenge of the Creature (1955) The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

Remakes	Dracula (1979) The Mummy (1999) The Wolfman (2010) Dracula Untold (2014)

Others	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The Cat and the Canary (1927) The Man Who Laughs (1928) The Last Warning (1929) The Last Performance (1929) The Cat Creeps (1930) La Voluntad del muerto (1930) The Old Dark House (1932) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Night Key (1937) The Phantom Creeps (1939) Tower of London (1939) Black Friday (1940) Man Made Monster (1941) Horror Island (1941) Night Monster (1942) The Mad Ghoul (1943) The Climax (1944) House of Horrors (1946) The Brute Man (1946) Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) The Strange Door (1951) The Black Castle (1952) It Came from Outer Space (1953) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Tarantula (1955) Cult of the Cobra (1955) The Mole People (1956) This Island Earth (1955) The Deadly Mantis (1957) The Monolith Monsters (1957) Monster on the Campus (1958) The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) Curse of the Undead (1959) The Leech Woman (1960)

Tributes

Boo! (1932)
Shock Theater (1957)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
The Munsters (1964-1966)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Monster Squad (1976-1977)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Van Helsing (2004)
House of the Wolf Man (2009)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Monsters

Franchises

Films directed by Albert S. Rogell

Easy Money (1925)
Super Speed (1925)
The Sunset Derby (1927)
Mamba (1930)
Sweepstakes (1931)
The Tip-Off (1931)
Suicide Fleet (1931)
Carnival Boat (1932)
The Rider of Death Valley (1932)
Air Hostess (1933)
The Wrecker (1933)
No More Women (1934)
Air Hawks (1935)
You May Be Next (1936)
Grand Jury (1936)
Roaming Lady (1936)
Start Cheering (1938)
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Laugh It Off (1939)
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Private Affairs (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Public Enemies (1941)
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
True to the Army (1942)
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Youth on Parade (1942)
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Northwest Stampede (1948)
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Before I Wake (1954)

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