Detail View: Movie Posters: The Black Cat
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The Black Cat.jpg
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Movie Title:
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The Black Cat
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Movie Genre:
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Horror
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Decade:
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Decade 1930
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Year:
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1934
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Studio-Distributor:
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Universal
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IMDb Link:
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024894
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Stars:
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Boris Karloff, Bela Lagosi, David Manners
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Director:
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Edgar G. Ulmer
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Caption:
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The Black Cat (Universal, 1934). One Sheet (27 X 41) Style B. , In 1931, Universal Studios found their niche in the motion picture industry, creating a style of film that would propel them well into the next decade. With the release of Dracula early in the year, and Frankenstein near years end, Universal became known for their chilling gothic horror films. It was a trend that would continue with the release of such genre classics as The Invisible Man (1932), The Mummy (1933), The Black Cat (1934), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and The Wolf Man (1941). As important as the movies, however, were the two actors who portrayed the Transylvanian Count and the Man-Made Monster, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Both had worked as contract players since the silent era, and both were instantly elevated to the realm of superstar by these career-defining roles. Since the passing of the great Lon Chaney in 1930, Universal had searched for a replacement for the man who had sent thrills and chills up and down the spines of movie-goers in such memorable films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Now they had found not one, but two, horror megastars. It didnt take studio brass long to realize that if one horror star was good, two would be better, so they planned several films that would feature the popular duo- The Black Cat being the first of eight. The Black Cat tells the story of Peter and Joan Allison (David Manners and Julie Bishop as Jacqueline Wells), a young couple on their honeymoon who find themselves the inadvertent guests of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig (Karloff), former head of a World War I prisoner of war camp and the current leader of a Satanic cult. Accompanying the Allisons is Dr. Vitus Verdegast (Lugosi), a survivor of Poelzigs camp. During Verdegasts internment, Poelzig stole both Verdegasts wife and his daughter, and now cat-phobic Vitus is back for revenge and must play a game of chess for Allisons soul. . What fol
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4
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DateCreated:
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2015-11-23
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RecordVersion:
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4
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Keywords:
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1930s
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TimeCreated:
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14:24:58+00:00
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Byline:
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Picasa
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ExifResolution:
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757 x 1015
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Filesize:
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284561 Bytes
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Thumbnail:
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image/jpeg, 9388 Bytes
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Filename:
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The Black Cat.jpg
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image/jpeg
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Imagetimestamp:
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2015:11:23 14:24:58
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Imagesize:
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757 x 1015
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