Original Air Date: January 25, 1959 Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis Directed by: Paul Henreid Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Heartless rich widow Miss Fox (Bette Davis) disappoints a young apartment worker named Eddie (James Congdon) when she not only refuses to help him financially but identifies him as the […]
Universal Pictures Starring: Martin Short, Robert Pastorelli, Mara Wilson Directed by: Michael Ritchie Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A bungling fairy godmother named Murray (Martin Short) tries to grant a wish from a little girl named Anabel (Mara Wilson) but ends up causing more problems than he solves. […]
Blazer Films Starring: Michael Anderson Jr., Oliver Grimm, Martin Tomlinson Directed by: Philip Leacock Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in a coastal English town during World War II, a group of boys too young to enlist carry out their own personal battles against perceived enemies. Kitty Carnage […]
Directed by: Peter Godfrey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) defends Myra Leeds (Angela Lansbury) when she is accused of murder, even though they have fallen in love with each other. Kitty Cameo: In the scene when Myra’s husband Joe (Dick […]
Original Air Date: October 7, 1956 Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Phyllis Thaxter Directed by: Herschel Daugherty Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mary Summers (Phyllis Thaxter) is a neurotic wife who hates being left alone for fear a recurring dream will come true. Kitty Cameo: After being left alone when he husband goes […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed Directed by: John Ford Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Lt. (J.G.) ‘Rusty’ Ryan (John Wayne) command a group of P.T. boats defending the Philippines during World War II but have trouble convincing the […]
Walt Disney Productions Directed by: Walt Disney Synopsis: The first and one of Disney’s most popular Silly Symphonies sees a group of skeletons emerging from a graveyard to dance at midnight. Cartoon Cats: Near the beginning of the film two black cats are having a dispute as they stand on tombstones facing one another and hissing. The cats […]
Also Known As: When Boys Leave Home Gainsborough Pictures Starring: Ivor Novello, Ben Webster Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Roddy Berwick (Ivor Novello) takes the blame for an indiscretion and is expelled from public school, shunned by his father and goes downhill from there. Kitty […]
Buster Keaton Productions Starring: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery Directed by: Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The classic story of a boy (Buster Keaton), a girl (Margaret Leahy) and a villain (Wallace Beery) as told in three different time periods: Prehistoric Times, Ancient Roman Times […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Edmund Lowe, H.B. Warner, Benita Hume Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A series of mysterious suicides surrounding millionaire Lowe Hammle (Gene Lockhart) has detective Philo Vance (Edmund Lowe) working overtime to learn the truth. Kitty Cameo: Hammle’s mother (Jessie Ralph) is […]