Radio Pictures Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore Directed by: George Stevens Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Tap dancer and gambler Lucky Garnett (Fred Astaire) inadvertently jilts his girlfriend at the altar, so he heads to New York City to make his fortune and return to her. […]
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Adventures of Superman – “The Lucky Cat”
Original Air Date: May 7, 1955 Starring: George Reeves, Jack Larson, Noel Neill Directed by: Harry W. Gerstad Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Clark Kent (George Reeves) and Jimmy Olsen (Jack Larson) visit a house where a society of businessmen blatantly defy common superstitions. But when the members start to […]
The Family Chronicle (1961)
SOYUZMULTFILM Starring: Elena Ponsova, Grigory Yaron, Vladimir Shishkin Directed by: Leonid Amalrik Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An animated Russian short film in which a handsome male cat takes a beautiful bride and the couple are given a wonderful reception by their animal friends. But their married bliss […]
Malice in the Palace (1949)
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard Directed by: Jules White Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Three Stooges are running a restaurant in a middle eastern land when a couple of rogues enter and demand food. After some comical misunderstandings the trio learn the […]
Darkman (1990)
Universal Pictures Starring: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels Directed by: Sam Raimi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) is a scientist doing research on synthetic skin cells when he becomes the victim of a vicious attack inadvertently brought on by his attorney girlfriend Julie […]
Les quatre cents coups (1959)
English Title: The 400 Blows Les Films du Carrosse Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier Directed by: François Truffaut Synopsis: Truffaut’s classic film about a boy named Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) whose struggles to get by in school, at home and with life in general begin to lead him down a delinquent path. Cat Cattle Call: At one point in […]
Le ballon rouge (1956)
English Title: The Red Balloon Films Montsouris Starring: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov Directed by: Albert Lamorisse Synopsis: The heartwarming story of a small French boy named Pascal (Pascal Lamorisse) and his unusual friendship with a beautiful and loyal red balloon. Purr Blur: In the opening scene of this film we see a black cat sitting on the sidewalk […]
Girl Shy (1924)
The Harold Lloyd Corporation Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels Directed by: Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Synopsis: Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) is a young man who works at his uncle’s tailor shop and is painfully shy around women. This doesn’t prevent him from writing a how-to book on courting women which he hopes to have published, but […]
The Waltons – “The Fastidious Wife”
Original Air Date: December 27, 1979 Starring: Ralph Waite, Keith Coogan, Martha Nix Directed by: Gwen Arner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A pregnant Cindy (Leslie Winston) is feeling neglected while Ben (Eric Scott) is busy with work and so she tries taking advice from a book called The Fastidious […]
The Cat’s Out (1931)
Walt Disney Productions Directed by: Wilfred Jackson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An early Walt Disney Silly Symphony. A black and white cat is put out for the night and starts to carouse and get into mischief but an accident causes the cat to enter into a […]
