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The Black Cat (1934 film)

This article is about the 1934 horror film. For the comedy horror/mystery film, see The Black Cat (1941 film).
The Black Cat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay byPeter Ruric
Story by
  • Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Peter Ruric
Based onThe Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe (in name only)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn J. Mescall[1]
Edited byRay Curtiss[1]
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • May 7, 1934 (1934-05-07) (US)
  • May 18, 1934 (1934-05-18) (NYC)
  • [1][2] ([1][2])
Running time
66 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$95,745.31[3]
Box office$236,000[4]
Alternate theatrical release poster

The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It was Universal Pictures' biggest box office hit of the year, and was the first of eight films (six of which were produced by Universal) to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. In 1941, Lugosi appeared in a comedy horror mystery film with the same title, which was also named after and ostensibly "suggested by" Edgar Allan Poe's short story.

The film was among the earlier movies with an almost continuous music score, and it helped to create and popularize the psychological horror subgenre by emphasizing atmosphere, eerie sounds, the darker side of the human psyche, and emotions like fear and guilt to deliver its scares.

  1. ^ a b c d e The Black Cat at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Brown, Gene (1995). Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and the Movie Industry from Its Beginnings to the Present. New York: Macmillan. p. 119. ISBN 0-02-860429-6. In New York, the film opened at the Roxy Theatre, the location of numerous Universal film premieres.
  3. ^ Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John; and Weaver, Tom (1990) Universal Horrors: The Studios Classic Films, 1931–46, McFarland. p.83
  4. ^ Jacobs, Stephen (2011) Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press. p. 155
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