Allen is My Brother (1957)

Directed by: Gary Goldsmith

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: An educational film about the difficulties and benefits of dealing with little siblings.

Featured Feline: The film begins with a little boy named Allen playing with a small tabby cat named Tiger.

Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger playing with string
Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger playing with string
Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger playing with little boy Allen
Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger playing with little boy Allen

Allen’s mother is trying to get some housework done and asks her daughter Karen to watch Allen. Karen resents this because she wanted to go to her friend’s house to play. The mother talks to Karen about responsibility and uses Tiger as an example of needing to care for family.

Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger playing with shoes
Allen is My Brother - mother talking to Karen holding gray tabby kitten Tiger
Allen is My Brother - mother talking to Karen holding gray tabby kitten Tiger
Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger on lawn

After finally managing to get Allen’s shoes and socks on, Karen sulks to the other side of the lawn to play with Tiger.

Allen is My Brother - Karen walking away holding gray tabby kitten Tiger
Allen is My Brother - Karen holding gray tabby kitten Tiger

Karen is shocked to see Allen spraying mother’s clean laundry with water from a hose.

Allen is My Brother - Karen looking shocked while holding gray tabby kitten Tiger

Eventually Karen decides to play with her brother and they build a house for Tiger out of building blocks. Tiger has no interest in going in his new house until Karen puts some milk in a cup inside.

Allen is My Brother - Karen and Allen trying to put gray tabby kitten Tiger into block house
Allen is My Brother - Karen and Allen trying to put gray tabby kitten Tiger into block house
Allen is My Brother - Karen and Allen trying to put gray tabby kitten Tiger into block house
Allen is My Brother - Karen and Allen trying to put gray tabby kitten Tiger into block house
Allen is My Brother - gray tabby kitten Tiger drinking milk from cup

Final Mewsings: Cats only move into homes that are built to code.

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