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Nov 27 2019

CAT'S CLAW

What do the mice do if the cat's never away?

This was an unexpectedly awesome find. It's a Swedish poster for En fasansfull natt, better known as The Cat and the Canary. This promo gave us a laugh, because if you translate the Swedish title it's “a horrible night.” That's so Swedish, so no-nonsense, so to the point. You'd think a direct translation Katten och kanariefågan would have worked, but maybe not—we once chatted with someone from Sweden who said they didn't get bananas until the ’80s, so maybe the title was changed because nobody knew what a canary was. After premiering in the U.S. En fasansfull natt opened in Sweden today in 1939.

Sweden Katten och kanariefågan The Cat and the Canary Bob Hope Paulette Goddard poster art cinema

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Jan 31 2016

HAND OF GODDARD

Canary with a .38.

Above, American actress Paulette Goddard in a publicity shot made for the 1939 film The Cat and the Canary.

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1957—George Metesky Is Arrested

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1950—Alger Hiss Is Convicted of Perjury

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