Paramount added a late “old dark house” mystery comedy to Hollywood’s annus mirabilis of 1939 by teaming Bob Hope with Paulette Goddard in The Cat and the Canary, skilfully directed by Elliott Nugent. The death-trap mansion in the Louisiana bayous where family members gather to hear the reading of the deceased owner’s will – his niece Goddard inherits it – proved the perfect venue for Hope’s hilariously pusillanimous shtick.
Documentary filmmaker Benjamin Crew has re-edited the entirety of Tim Burton’s 1989 film Batman into a silent film dubbed, Batman: The Silent Motion Picture. Polygon spoke to Crew about the origins behind the viral hit and what the future holds for his reimagining of Burton’s original classic.