The Black Cat (1981)

Italian International Film Starring: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver Directed by: Lucio Fulci Synopsis: Robert Miles (Patrick Magee) is a psychic who experiments in recording the voices of the dead.  When photographer Jill Trevers (Mimsy Farmer) comes to the small British village where he lives, she becomes interested in his work, but a series of […]

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)

Warner Brothers / Seven Arts Starring: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten Directed by: Hy Averback Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Harold Fine (Peter Sellers) is a straight-laced lawyer in Los Angeles with a secretary turned fiancée named Joyce (Joyce Van Patten) and a brother […]

Cat Hotel (1951)

British Pathé Synopsis: Tibbles the Kitten goes to stay at the Belgrade Boarding Cattery. Reality Cats: A newsreel segment from British Pathé shows a mother and daughter bringing their kitten Tibbles to the Belgrade Boarding Cattery for a stay.  The admission procedure for the premises are shown and we see the cats being fed minced rabbit. Final […]

Penny Serenade (1941)

Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne Directed by: John Cromwell Synopsis: A tender, sweet slice-of-life film filled with both laughter and tears.  The story is told in flashback through the eyes of Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) who is about to divorce her husband, Roger Adams (Cary Grant.)  We learn of the many trials and tribulations […]

Caged (1950)

Warner Bros. Starring: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde Directed by: John Cromwell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A hard-biting drama about a nineteen-year-old girl named Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) who finds herself in prison after her young husband attempts to rob a gas station with […]

Peg o’ the Mounted (1924)

Century Film Starring: Baby Peggy (Diana Serra Carey), Bert Sterling, Jack Earle Directed by: Alfred J. Goulding Synopsis: Peg (Baby Peggy) is a tiny girl living in a remote cabin in the Great White North.  An injured Mountie (Bert Sterling) finds his way to her cabin and she helps him inside.  When he tells her he’s in pursuit […]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Robert Montgomery, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson Directed by: Alfred Hitchock Synopsis: An unusual directorial turn for Hitchcock is this comedy piece in which Mr. David Smith (Robert Montgomery) and Mrs. Ann Smith (Carole Lombard) find out that due to a technical legan snafu their marriage certificate is not really valid. This comes […]

The Wasp Woman (1959)

Film Group Feature Starring: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Michael Mark Directed by: Roger Corman, Jack Hill Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cosmetics queen named Janice Starlin (Susan Cabot) finds that her fading youth is not only hurting her personally but financially and so she turns to […]

The Goodies – “Kitten Kong”

Original Air Date: November 12, 1971 Starring: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie Directed by: Jim Franklin Synopsis: Bill (Bill Oddie) starts supplementing The Goodies income by treating a guinea pig that’s off its food, leading Graeme (Graeme Garden) to expand upon the idea and set up a complete Animal Clinic.  One of their patients is a tiny kitten […]

The AristoCats (1970)

Walt Disney Productions Starring: Eva Gabor, Phil Harris, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman Synopsis: Duchess (voiced by Eva Gabor) is a beautiful while Persian cat who lives with her three kittens, Berlioz, Toulouse and Marie, in the mansion of the wealthy and loving Madame Bonfamille (voiced by Hermione Baddeley.)  When Madame’s long-time butler Edgar (voiced […]