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 […]
Original Air Date: November 4, 1956 Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Jessica Tandy, Robert H. Harris Directed by: Robert Stevens Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a MAJOR spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: The scene is New York in 1910 and Albert Birch (Robert H. Harris) welcomes his former love Edwina (Jessica Tandy) back into his life after […]
Don Bluth Productions Starring: Scatman Crothers, Beah Richards, Sparky Marcus Directed by: Don Bluth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A mischievous farm kitten named Banjo (voiced by Sparky Marcus) continually gets into trouble at home. He decides to hitch a ride on a feed truck to the big […]
Grover-Jennings Production Synopsis: An educational film intending to teach young children how to act and how not to act around a variety of animals, both wild and domesticated. Kitty Cameo: In one segment a little boy is seen interacting with a beautiful Maine Coon cat. The cat allows the boy to approach. The cat also seems okay […]
English Title: Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) Executive Cine TV Starring: Lucio Fulci, David L. Thompson, Malisa Longo Directed by: Lucio Fulci Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A famous Italian horror film director (Lucio Fulci essentially playing himself) finds the lines between fantasy and reality blurring when […]
Lute Productions Starring: Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Robert Rockwell Directed by: Al Lewis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the long-running comedy radio and television series. Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) is an English teacher at Madison High School who has a crush on the Biology teacher Phillip […]
English Title: Orpheus Andre Paulve Film Starring: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares Directed by: Jean Cocteau Synopsis: A modern and surreal retelling of the Greek myth. Orphée (Jean Marais) is a poet struggling for new ideas and gets inspiration from a Princess (María Casares) dressed in black. The “Princess” turns out to have more than a passing interest […]