★★★★★RELEASED 22 APRIL 1927 | PG | Blu-ray Director Paul Leni Cast Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall
BLU-RAY DEBUT The first and finest screen version of John Willard’s stage play may hail from the dying days of silent cinema, but nearly a century on it’s lost none of its playful gothic energy.
This stunning new restoration enhances the genius of director Paul Leni, the shadow-master of German Expressionist cinema, who balances farce and horror as claimants gather at a “grotesque mansion” to squabble over a millionaire’s will.