The Black Cat (short story)
Videos
"The Black Cat" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator, who suf
Early 20th-century illustration by Byam Shaw
First appearance in the United States Saturday Post, August 19, 1843, front page, Philadelphia
Illustration for "The Black Cat" by Aubrey Beardsley (1894–1895)
The Black Cat (1934 film)
Videos
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
The Black Cat (short story)
…film which merges three Poe short stories and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Suicide Club. Universal Pictures made two films titled The Black Cat, one in 1934, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and another in 1941, starring Lugosi and Basil Rathbone. Both films claimed to have been "suggested by" Poe's…
Theatrical release poster
Alternate theatrical release poster