Original Air Date: September 28, 1989 Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson Directed by: Richard Boden Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a major spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is desperate to find any means to escape from the trenches of World War I and Private Baldrick’s (Tony Robinson) atrocious […]
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Three Orphan Kittens (1935)
Walt Disney Productions Directed by: David Hand Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of Disney’s Technicolor Silly Symphony shorts. Three kittens are abandoned in a yard and make their way into the warm house where they explore a table of food, a roomful of toys and then […]
Animals in Action (1955)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Narrator: Pete Smith Synopsis: A Pete Smith Specialty short subject in which stock footage of various animals in action are shown, including slow motion footage of greyhound races and horse steeplechase tumbles, animals with props and unusual animal pairings. Kitty Cameo: In one segment a chimpanzee is shown giving a small Siamese or Burmese cat a […]
Ghost Valley (1932)
RKO Pathé Pictures Starring: Tom Keene, Merna Kennedy, Kate Campbell Directed by: Fred Allen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cowboy (Tom Keene) is talked into posing as Jerry Long, the heir of an old mining town, to deceive Jane Worth (Merna Kennedy), a fellow heir, into forfeiting […]
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
Universal Family and Home Entertainment Starring: Dom DeLuise, Thomas Dekker, Pat Musick Directed by: Larry Latham Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Thomas Dekkerr) and his friend Tony (voiced by Pat Musick) discover a map which leads to a secret underground city of Indian mice […]
Counterplot (1959)
Kurt Neumann Productions Starring: Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton Directed by: Kurt Neumann Synopsis: Brock Miller (Forrest Tucker) is accused of murder in Puerto Rico and is hiding out with the aid of his young companion Manuel (Jackie Wayne). Manuel is jealous of Brock’s relationship with the beautiful singer Connie Lane (Allison Hayes) but it’s the double-dealing […]
The Freshman (1925)
The Harold Lloyd Corporation Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Freshman college student Harold Lamb (Harold Lloyd) is eager to impress his fellow students with his peppy manner and enthusiasm. Unfortunately he becomes the butt of the […]
Leave it to Beaver – “Beaver’s Cat Problem”
Original Air Date: November 4, 1961 Starring: Hugh Downs, Barbara Billingsly, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers as “The Beaver” Guest Starring: Bootsy Directed by: David Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Beaver (Jerry Mathers) finds a Persian cat on the doorstep and takes it in. The cat belongs to Mrs. Prentiss […]
Comfort Me With Absinthe (2014)
Mr. Moonshine Music Video Animated by: Justine Prebich Directed by: Michelle Prebich Synopsis: An animated music video for the Long Beach based indie rock band Mr. Moonshine. A black cat happens upon people in a cafe sipping absinthe and is aware of the potent power that’s really behind the drink. Cartoon Cat: We love independent film and independent musicians […]
Dog Heaven (1927)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Pete the Pup, Bobby ‘Wheezer’ Hutchins Directed by: Anthony Mack, Charles Oelze Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this short! Synopsis: Pete the Pup Joe becomes despondent and wants to end it all when his boy (Joe Cobb) seems to favor a beautiful little girl named […]
