Also Known As: Ghost Cat or The Cat That Came Back Cellar Door Productions Starring: Ellen Page, Shirley Knight, Michael Ontkean Also Starring: Baretta Directed by: Don McBrearty Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An Animal Planet movie about a father, Wes Merritt (Michael Ontkean) and his daughter Natalie (Ellen Page) […]
Universal Pictures Starring: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland Synopsis: A beautiful model named Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce) volunteers to be the guinea pig for Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) when he says he can make her invisible. Kitty Cameos: This film features cameos by two cats. The first is a black cat which is […]
The Selznick Studio Starring: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica Directed by: Charles Vidor Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This cinematic telling of Hemingway’s novel follows Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson), an American working as an ambulance driver for the Italian army in World War I, who […]
RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Frances Dee, Bruce Cabot, Ginger Rogers Directed by: George Nichols Jr., Wanda Tuchock Synopsis: Virginia Radcliffe (Frances Dee) attends a high-priced finishing school where the girls are expected to act proper at all times. Only she quickly finds that those in charge are more concerned with the school’s reputation than the well-being and happiness […]
Chuck Jones Enterprises Starring: Mel Blanc, Les Tremayne, June Foray Directed by: Chuck Jones Synopsis: The first of several animated television specials based on the book by George Selfen. Chester C. Cricket (voiced by Les Tremayne) finds himself transported from a Connecticut field in a picnic basket to the bustling New York Times Square subway station where he […]
Walt Disney Productions Starring: Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Bobby Lockwood Directed by: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith Synopsis: Frustrated with just being one of 101, Dalmatian puppy Patch accidentally finds himself separated from his family but comes across his television hero Thunderbolt (Barry Bostwick) who has just learned he is being written out of his own show. Cartoon Cat: After […]
Vitagraph Company of America Starring: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Monty Banks Directed by: Larry Semon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A grocery clerk (Larry Semon) goes to work with his sweetheart (Lucille Carlisle) who runs the store’s post office and both face a number of calamaties on the […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Rick Aviles Directed by: Jerry Zucker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are passionately in love but when Sam is suddenly murdered he finds himself as a ghostly observer and quickly realizes that […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Spring Byington Directed by: Charles Walters Synopsis: Larry Mackay (David Niven) is a succesful theater critic with a lovely wife, Kate (Doris Day), four young boys and a sheepdog. But their lives undergo a major renovation when they move to a large fixer-upper in the country. Purr Blurs: Kate’s mother, Suzie (Spring […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Rex Ingram, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Oscar Polk Directed by: Marc Connelly, William Keighley Synopsis: Based on a popular stage play of the time, this film offers up recreations of stories from the Old Testament as imagined by a group of rural children attending Sunday school. Purr Blur: We’ll leave other blogs to debate about the political […]