CRPL Presents: “The Black Cat”
- Cost:
- Free
- Whipple Auditorium in the Cedar Rapids Public Library
- 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 United States
Additional Information
Catch the classic Universal Horror Film from the Golden Age of Hollywood Horror films of the 30's.
The Black Cat is a 1934 horror film that became Universal Pictures' biggest box office hit of the year. The picture was the first of eight movies (six of which were produced by Universal) to pair actors Béla Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Edgar G. Ulmer directed the film, which was also notable for being one of the first movies with an almost continuous music score. Lugosi also appears in a 1941 film with the same title.
Newlyweds Peter and Joan Alison, on their honeymoon in Hungary, learn that due to a mixup, they must share a train compartment with Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Béla Lugosi), a Hungarian psychiatrist. Eighteen years before, Werdegast went to war, never seeing his wife again. They eventually are trapped in the home of Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff), an Austrian architect and Satan-worshiper, when Joan is taken there for medical help following a road accident.