Alternative Title: Sidewalks of London Mayflower Pictures Corporation Starring: Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison Directed by: Tim Whelan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Charles Staggers (Charles Laughton) is a long-time street busker who encounters a young waif named Liberty (Vivien Leigh) and takes her under his wing. But […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Jack Carson, Ann Sheridan, Robert Alda Directed by: James V. Kern Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A vaudeville couple, Joe and June Tyme (Jack Carson and Ann Sheridan), find their act is outdated and no longer selling. But when their son Buster (Robert Ellis) joins […]
IFC Films Starring: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Caroline O’Connor Also Starring: Minou, Cornbread Directed by: David Zellner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An offbeat, independent comedy in which a man who is going through a nasty divorce and partially demoted at work is pushed over the edge by the disappearance […]
Original Air Date: March 7, 1959 Starring: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Benson Fong Directed by: Arthur Marks Synopsis: A wealthy man concocts a scheme to test the ulterior motives of his heirs but things go awry and his accomplice, caretaker James Hing (Benson Fong) ends up being accused of the man’s murder. Featured Feline: The caretaker’s cat is a beautiful […]
Famous Studios Starring: Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck, Mae Questel Directed by: I. Sparber Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Popeye (voiced by Jack Mercer) and Bluto (voiced by Jackson Beck) battle over the right to date Olive Oyl (voiced by Mae Questel) once again. This time a jealous Bluto […]
English Title: Diary of a Pregnant Woman Ciné Tamaris Starring: Dorothée Blanck, Antoine Bourseiller Directed by: Agnès Varda Synopsis: A compelling experimental film from the noted French director includes a mix of staged scenarios as well as documentary-style footage of locations and people on rue Mouffetard in Paris. Kitty Cameo: In a segment entitled “des amoureux,” a man and woman […]
Alternative Title: The Black Book Warner Bros. Starring: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Jess Barker Directed by: Anthony Mann Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: During the French Revolution Maximilian Robespierre (Richard Basehart) is astutely setting himself up as the future dictator of France through systematic executions of even his closest […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Robert Armstrong Directed by: John Farrow Synopsis: James ‘Red’ Tyler (Dick Foran) is a boasting ex-racketeer and politician who thinks fireman have a cushy job. He passes the fire fighter’s exam then irritates his old friend and rival Smokey (Robert Armstrong) who is his Captain. He also sets out to win […]
Jam Handy Organization Synopsis: In this film produced by Chevrolet, Bill Ryan is an assembly-line worker who lets the quality of his work slip while having a bad day. He later learns that quality of work matters when his son is injured in an accident. Purr Blur: Bill’s son stops at a building demolition site with his […]
First National Pictures Starring: Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy Synopsis: College botany student John Augustus Miller (Joe E. Brown) is a timid young man who writes love letters to a beauty queen winner (Dorothy Lee) bragging about how he is an athlete but never sends them. When one of the letters is […]