Welina hou mai i kahi komo ʻē aʻe i ka "Horror in Black and White," kahi moʻo o kēlā me kēia pule e hoʻolauleʻa nei i ka weliweli monochromatic i hoʻohālikelike i kēia ʻano a ke hāʻawi nei iā mākou i nā haʻalulu a hiki i kēia lā I kēia pule: ʻO ka Poki a me ka Canary (1927), kā mākou kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hāmama ʻole mua loa!

Kauoha ʻia e Paul Leni, ma muli o ka pāʻani a John Willard, ʻO ka Poki a me ka Canary ua kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kekahi o nā tropes mua loa ma ke ʻano ke ʻākoakoa nā mea pāʻani nui ma ka home o ko lākou mea i make e hoʻolohe i ka heluhelu ʻana i kāna makemake i iwakālua mau makahiki ma hope o kona hala ʻana.

He nani loa ke kaʻina wehe e like me ka lima lima e holoi ai i nā ʻāpala a me ka lepo e hōʻike i ke poʻo o ke kiʻi ma mua o ka wehewehe ʻana o nā poʻo inoa e hōʻike ana ua make ka mea i make, ʻo Cyrus West, i ka hapa hope o kona ola e like me ka manu i loko o ka pā i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pōpoki pōloli.

ʻO ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Leni, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka sepia-toned ma mua o ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, hoʻohana i nā hana maʻa mau i ka puke lima expressionist e like me ke kiʻi ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ke kiʻi ʻana ma luna o kekahi i kekahi e hana i ka makaʻu o ka mea nānā.

Hoʻonui ʻia ka makaʻu e like me ke kauā wahine o West, ka mea i noho ma ka hale o kāna haku hana ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki ma ona iho ma hope o ka hele ʻana o ke kāne e hele auwana nei i nā keʻena, e kali ana no ka hiki ʻana o kāna loio a me kona ʻohana.

Hana lākou, a ʻoi aku ka makaʻu o kēlā me kēia mea ma mua o ka mālama hope loa no ka mea hōʻoluʻolu Paul Jones (Creighton Hale) a me Annabelle West (Laura La Plante) maikaʻi a hewa ʻole hoʻi.

ʻO Annabelle, ʻo ia wale nō ka inoa o ka waiwai o ka waiwai, akā aia he mau koi, ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi i koe i ka hale a waiho i kahi hōʻike e kahi kauka e hoʻoholo inā noʻonoʻo ʻo ia.

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua pepehi ʻia kahi pepehi kanaka, aihue ʻia nā mea waiwai nui a me nā mea āpau.

Ke hele nei i ke kāʻei o ka hoʻomākeʻaka a me ka weliweli, ʻo Leni a me kāna mea hana ke hāʻawi i nā hana hoʻomanaʻo e like me kā lākou archetypal character.

E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ʻālohilohi ʻo La Plante e like me Annabelle, ʻoiai ʻo ia e like me ka mea pinepine, hāʻawi ʻia ia i nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā mea weliweli e hana nei a puni ʻo ia, a he mea leʻaleʻa a nani hoʻi ʻo Hale e like me Paul.

I kēia manawa, ʻaneʻane like ʻo Martha Mattox lāua ʻo Tully Marshall i ka hoʻokūkū no ka poʻe creepiest i loko o ka hale ma ke ʻano he kaikamahine, ʻo Mammy Pleasant, a me kā Loio West, ʻo Crosby.

ʻO Gertrude Astor, ka wahine mua i kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike me Universal Studios, ua hiʻohiona ʻia me kāna curls a me nā mea hoʻonani maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he hoahānau ʻo Cecily ma ke alo o Flora Finch's frumpy a matronly, ʻoiai ʻo Aunt Susan ka mea kiʻekiʻe.

He aha nā mea kupaianaha e pili ana ʻO ka Poki a me ka Canary, akā naʻe, pehea ka nui o ka mana ma ka ʻano. ʻO James Whale (ʻO Frankenstein) a me Tod Browning (ʻO Dracula) i hoʻoulu ʻia e ke kiʻi paʻi kiʻi, akā ʻaʻole hope loa ia.

I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa hiki ke loaʻa kāna DNA i loko o kēlā me kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e pili ana i nā hale ʻuhane a me ka ʻohana hoʻopunipuni i ukali pū ʻia. Ka Hale ʻEleʻele Kahiko a ʻaʻole pūʻiwa, Scooby-Doo.

Mai ʻae i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e hōʻoki iā ʻoe kekahi. Loaʻa ka mana i kēia manawa no ke kahe ʻana i kahi māka maikaʻi a me nā poʻo inoa a William Anthony e hana nei i kahi hana maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻopihapiha ʻana i nā helu i hiki ʻole i nā mea hana ke haʻi.

I ka wehe ʻana i Kepakemapa o 1927, ʻO ka Poki a me ka Canary ua hoʻolaha ʻia he kūleʻa i ka pahu a mahalo ʻia e ka poʻe loiloi.

ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a me ke keaka e hoʻokumu ʻia ai, aloha nui ʻia ia i hoʻololi ʻia ʻelima mau manawa hou i loko o nā makahiki i hala e like me ka mana 1939, ka mea i lawe i ke komikina o ka ʻōlelo i mua, me Bob Hope.

ʻO ka Poki a me ka Canary Loaʻa ia no ka hoʻolimalima ma Amazon a me FlixFling e hoʻomaka ana ma $ 2.99, a maikaʻi loa ia no ke ahiahi hoʻoilo anuanu me nā kukui o lalo.

E nānā i kahi kiʻikuhi mai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma lalo a no ka weliweli hou aʻe i ka ʻEleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, e nānā me ke komo ʻana o ka pule i hala Ka hua maikaʻi ʻole!