Starring: Dinah Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Terry Ramsey (Terry Moore) believes her Uncle Willie (James Gleason) has been reincarnated into a racehorse named October. Featured Feline: Uncle Willie owns an unnamed long-haired tabby cat which he often carries with […]
English Title: Shoot the Piano Player Directed by: François Truffaut Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Piano player Charlie Kohler (Charles Aznavour) is hiding from his past when his criminal brother shows up asking for help. Purr Blur: In one scene two criminals, Ernest (Daniel Boulanger) […]
Directed by: H.C. Potter This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the zaniest movies ever made, comedians Ole Oleson and Chic Johnson are aspiring filmmakers in this spoof of stage shows, romantic musicals and everything under the […]
Original Air Date: September 5, 1959 Directed by: Otto Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The premiere episode of this series finds shrunken special agent Mel Hunter (Marshall Thompson) infiltrating a warehouse to get some hidden information. Featured Feline: Mel’s partner, Bill (Arthur Franz), smuggles Mel […]
Music Artist: Amanda Ghost Synopsis: The music video for Amanda Ghost’s song Filthy Mind includes some interesting special effects. Kitty Cameo: In two separate shots a tuxedo cat is seen hissing angrily. Final Mewsings: Cats get hissy when people have dirty minds. Many thanks to Nick Wale for letting us know about the cat in […]
Directed by: Lois Weber Synopsis: Eva Mayer (Mary MacLaren) works all day on her feet to support her poor family and is finally driven to desperation to buy a new pair of shoes Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Eva returns to the apartment building where her family lives. As she is walking upstairs she […]
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) is an American expatriate building a business of prostitution in Singapore, much to the annoyance of local hoods. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In what appears to be an impromptu and possibly unscripted […]
Directed by: Madhu C. Narayanan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Four brothers with varying relationships live, fight and love in the small island fishing village of Kumbalangi, India. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film, the youngest brother Franky (Mathew Thomas) returns home to […]
Directed by: Stanley Donen Synopsis: A send up of movies from the 1930’s includes a boxing picture called Dynamite Hands and a musical titled Baxter’s Beauties of 1933. Purr Blur: In the Dynamite Hands segment, a patterned cat can barely be seen in a garbage can as a car pulls up to the curb. Final […]
Directed by: Alfred L. Werker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Washed up and drunk Sheriff John Frazier (Broderick Crawford) is determined to ride with a posse to make sure justice is served despite two men who want to serve their own justice. Cat Burglar (Scene […]