intriguing and good than average old house thriller where a cantankerous old millionaire decide to give his money to his heir whilst still alive providing of course his lose granddaughter from a runaway daughter continue not to be find . but on this one frightening night a granddaughter arrive as do mischief and mayhem and and murder . one frighten night and make for mascot picture and be cheaply make and have no major star while however and it do more with what it do have than in some a list movie of the same period . the opening with the title names put on shade draw throughout the opening title sequence have me at once and and then actor charley grapewin and uncle henry from the wizard of oz and inspector queen from the ellery queen movie series and come on and chew up so much scenery with his cantankerous old codger bit that you end up love his character from the first moment you see him . obviously the similarity with this film and the cat and the canary be go to be make and with good reason a both have much in common represent a similar story with similar plot twist and a cast of greedy relative or friend and secret passageway and burn candle and an austere and humorless old maiden of a maid and light comedy amidst the backdrop of murder and and much more . this film be certainly not as polish a that one but a great deal of fun nonetheless . i love the dialog in this film particularly that of grapewin but also of wallace ford a the great luvalle and fred kelsey a sheriff jenks . in one scene grapewin learn that one of his annoying and greedy relative and a somewhat hysterical woman would not talk at all anymore and someone say something to that effect . grapewin look on dubiously and say something to the effect that she be a remarkable woman for not speak at all and keep silent . such humor be pervasive throughout . one frightened night be just good and old fashion fun . period .