Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee J. Cobb Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe Bonaparte (William Holden) finds he has a talent for boxing but it conflicts with his talent for playing the violin. Cat Cattle Call: Joe’s father (Lee J. Cobb) […]
Walt Disney Productions Starring: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig Directed by: Burt Gillett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mickey Mouse and Pluto are cold and hungry at Christmas but sacrifice everything to do a good deed. Cartoon Cats: After witnessing a spoiled boy at a mansion, Mickey and Pluto […]
National Film Board of Canada Narrated by: Maureen Stapleton Directed by: Sheldon Cohen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A grandmother tells a story about a girl named Elsie who lives alone in the frozen north until the North Wind creates a friend for her in the form of […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday Directed by: Joe Dante Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) receives a strange gift for Christmas; a lovable creature which abhors light and can’t get wet or fed after midnight without dire consequences. Cat Cattle Call: One […]
Hallmark Starring: Brandon Routh, Kimberly Sustad, Gregory Harrison Also Starring: Trace Directed by: Mark Jean Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Sheila Roberts. Firefighter Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh) adopts a stray cat named Ambrose (played by cat actor Trace) and meets a fellow cat […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: Bill Murray, Robert Mitchum, Maria Riva Directed by: Richard Donner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An updated version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol finds TV executive Frank Cross (Bill Murray) visited by spirits who try to urge him to change his self-centered ways. Cat Cattle […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Jesslyn Fax Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is a news photographer who, while laid up with a broken leg, takes an interest in the coming and goings of his neighbors, especially when one appears to have committed murder. Purr Blurs: At the beginning of the film a brown […]
Starring: Rosie Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father Chuck O’Malley (Bing Crosby) arrives as the new parrish priest of St. Mary’s and works with Sister Mary Benedict (Ingrid Bergman) to expand and improve the school, even though they approach the matter […]
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Starring: Kevin Hooks, Michael Gorrin Directed by: Robert M. Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This made-for-television children’s special was the winner of a Peabody Award. J.T. Gamble (Kevin Hooks) is a quiet boy struggling while growing up in a tough Harlem neighborhood when […]
Rankin/Bass Productions Starring: Earl Hammond, Bob McFadden Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this show! Synopsis: Based on the story by L. Frank Baum. This final Animagic television special finds The Great Ak petitioning the other Immortals to bestow immortality upon Santa Claus (voiced by […]