{"id":37559,"date":"2024-11-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=37559"},"modified":"2024-11-07T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T00:42:13","slug":"black-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=37559","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Black Cat&#8221; (1941) starring Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford &amp; Bela Lugosi \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z110824zview_blackcat41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"736\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Black Cat <\/i>(1941)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Albert S. Rogell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Eric Taylor, Robert Neville<\/strong> based on <em>The Black Cat<\/em> by <strong>Edgar Allan Poe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper, Cecilia Loftus, John Eldredge <\/strong>and <strong>Alan Ladd<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0<em> Even Ladd Is Scared!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rich, old, Henrietta Winslow (Loftus) is dying.\u00a0 She called her family to her big, creepy remote house. While still alive, Henrietta wants everyone to know what they&#8217;re getting once she&#8217;s dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family members arrive along with realtor Gil Smith and antiques dealer Mr. Penny.\u00a0 Smith and Penny were invited by a family member anticipating the sale of Henrietta&#8217;s home and valuables.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family members learns what each will get. There is one surprise. No one will get anything until Henrietta&#8217;s housekeeper dies!\u00a0 Surprise turns to shock when Henrietta is found murdered!<\/p>\n<p>Who is the killer?\u00a0 Who will be next to die?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another in the &#8220;old, dark house&#8221; genre with a group of people trapped with an unknown murderer in a creepy old isolated house full of secret passageways.<\/p>\n<p>This one had potential to be much better.\u00a0 For some reason it just didn&#8217;t resonate with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><em><strong><i>Black Cat <\/i>(1941)<\/strong> <\/em>rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z110824zview_blackcat41a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Cat (1941) Director: Albert S. 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