 It was remade with sound in 1930 ("The Gorilla") which is also a lost film, and again in 1939 ("The Gorilla") starring Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi.The play was a huge success on Broadway, which led to producer Santell's making an almost immediate film deal.The story had the same mix of horror, suspense and comedy that made "The Cat and the Canary" such a hit with the public, in step with the "old dark house" films that were popular at the time.