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""At the hour of midnight, exactly 20 years after the death of Cyrus West, an eccentric and wealthy recluse, his relatives meet in his mansion to hear the reading of the will. The nearest kin are dismayed to learn they have all been disinherited because they considered Cyrus crazy, and that his most distant living relative, Annabelle West, will inherit the estate provided that she is proved to be sane; otherwise a contingent heir will be named. But the lawyer mysteriously disappears, and various unexplained occurences cause the family to doubt Annabelle's sanity. Her cousin, Paul, imprisoned in the walls, is attacked by the 'monster, ' who is ultimately captured by the police and proves to be Charles Wilder, the secondary heir"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930."@en
"The potential heirs to a large fortune gather at their benefactor's mansion twenty years after his death, but the reading of his will is interrupted by a series of disturbing events."@en
"The potential heirs to a large fortune gather at their benefactor's mansion twenty years after his death, but the reading of his will is interrupted by a series of disturbing events."
"A forerunner of the "old dark house" mysteries. An heiress and a nervous group of friends spend a night in a haunted house."@en
"The Cat and the canary: A beautiful heroine, heiress to a possible fortune, is menaced by a mysterious killer disguised as a hideous monster. Haunted spooks: Unlucky Harold loses every girl he loves until along come Hilary, who needs a husband to inherit a house. The house is haunted by an uncle, but not for long."@en
"Greedy relatives assemble in an old haunted mansion to hear the will of an eccentric and wealthy recluse, and a young girl's sanity is threatened."@en
"Greedy relatives assemble in an old mansion to hear the will of an eccentric recluse. The beautiful heroine, heiress to a possible fortune, is menaced by a mysterious killer disguised as a hideous monster. A forerunner to many horror-comedies that reveal seemingly supernatural events as the doings of a human villain, the story features secret passages, vanishing actors and claw-like hands reaching out from the darkness."
"Greedy relatives assemble in an old mansion to hear the will of an eccentric recluse. The beautiful heroine, heiress to a possible fortune, is menaced by a mysterious killer disguised as a hideous monster. A forerunner to many horror-comedies that reveal seemingly supernatural events as the doings of a human villain, the story features secret passages, vanishing actors and claw-like hands reaching out from the darkness."@en
"The relatives of an eccentric millionaire are gathered at his reputedly haunted mansion 20 years after his death for the midnight reading of his will. There are secret rooms, greed, murder, an escaped lunatic and other suspense elements before the will is settled."
"The tormented ghost of Cyrus West wanders nightly through the deserteed halls of his old mansion. The night his will is to be read 20 years after his death, he "spooks" and frightens all those who come to read his will, creating the classic haunted house."@en
"(The Cat and the canary): A beautiful heroine, heiress to a possible fortune, is menaced by a mysterious killer disguised as a hideous monster. (Haunited spooks): Unlucky Harold loses every girl he loves until along come Hilary, who needs a husband to inherit a house. The house is haunited by an uncle, but not for long."
"A thriller that centers around the murderous misdoings over the will of an eccentric millionaire."
""This horror classic is the prototype of all 'Spooky House' mysteries ... including a midnight will reading, secret passages, disappearing bodies, clutching hands and a mysterious hooded fiend.""@en
"As greedy relatives gather in an old mansion to hear a reading of twenty year old will, strange and horrible events begin to take place."@en
"The potential heirs to a large fortune gather at their benefactor's mansion twenty years after his death but the reading of his will is interrupted by a series of disturbing events."
""At the hour of midnight, exactly 20 years after the death of Cyrus West, an eccentric and wealthy recluse, his relatives meet in his mansion to hear the reading of the will. The nearest kin are dismayed to learn they have all been disinherited because they considered Cyrus crazy, and that his most distant living relative, Annabelle West, will inherit the estate provided that she is proved to be sane; otherwise a contingent heir will be named. But the lawyer mysteriously disappears, and various unexplained occurences cause the family to doubt Annabelle's sanity. Her cousin, Paul, imprisoned in the walls, is attacked by the 'monster,' who is ultimately captured by the police and proves to be Charles Wilder, the secondary heir"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930."