Family Matinee

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

You’ll shiver with fright and shake with laughter! Even your goosepimples will have goosepimples! Following the death of an eccentric millionaire, six family members convene at his decaying old mansion for the reading of his will. But when it’s discovered that the sole inheritor (Paulette Goddard) will relinquish her new fortune if she goes insane, it’s up to a wise-cracking Bob Hope to make sure she keeps her mind and survives the night. The Cat and the Canary is Bob Hope at his best, laughing his way through hilarious heroics and hoping a gag’s as good as a gun to get ghosts on the go!