Pamela Kellino and James Mason: Actors Cats Have Known

Pamela Kellino and James Mason: Actors Cats Have Known

Actor James Mason and his wife, actress and author Pamela Kellino, were noted cat lovers and very public about their affection for felines. The newspapers often reported about the menagerie of cats which shared the Mason’s homes, first in Surrey, England and then in Beverly Hills. In 1949 they published a book entitled The Cats […]

I pugni in tasca (1965)

English Title: Fists in the Pocket Doria Starring: Lou Castel, Marino Masé, Paola Pitagora, Liliana Gerace Directed by: Marco Bellocchio Synopsis: Augusto (Marino Masé) is the oldest brother in an Italian family which suffers from a variety of disabilities.  The mother (Liliana Gerace) is blind and needs constant care.  The second oldest brother, Alessandro (Lou Castel) suffers from epilepsy […]

Cats Don’t Dance (1997)

Warner Bros. Starring: Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Ashley Peldon, Kathy Najimy Directed by: Mark Dindal Synopsis: Set in Hollywood of the 1930’s, Danny (voiced by Scott Bakula) is an aspiring song-and-dance cat from Kokomo who arrives on the scene with set plans of hitting it big in the movies.  He learns the hard way that there are firm […]

The Third Man (1949)

London Film Productions Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Alida Valli Directed by: Carol Reed Synopsis: A pulp fiction novelist named Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives in post-World War II Vienna expecting to meet up with an old friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job.  Instead he learns his friend is dead and he quickly learns that […]

Mister Ed – “The Horse and the Pussycat”

Original Air Date: October 31, 1965 Starring: Alan Young, Connie Hines, Hazel Shermet Directed by: Ira Stewart, Alan Young Synopsis: Carol (Connie Hines) promises to catsit for her friend Selma (Hazel Shermet) much to Wilbur’s (Alan Young) dismay.  But it’s Mister Ed who suffers from jealousy when Wilbur starts spending all of his time with the pedigree Siamese. Featured […]

Pygmalion (1938)

Gabriel Pascal Productions Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson Directed by: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard Synopsis: A wonderful film version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic play (written for the screen by Shaw himself) tells the story of phoentics expert Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) and the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) he bets he […]

Hausu (1977)

English Title: House Toho Company Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara, Yôko Minamida Directed by: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Synopsis: Oshare (Kimiko Ikegami) and her six schoolgirl friends decide to spend the summer at the quaint farmhouse owned by her Aunt (Yôko Minamida) but things quickly spiral strangely out of control as the girls are murdered one by […]

Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)

Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions Starring: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Bill Bixby, Kathryn Hays Directed by: Bernard McEveety Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jonas Trapp (Chuck Connors) marries the beautiful Jessie Larkin (Kathryn Hays) but feels stifled by a life of leisure living with Jessie’s wealthy aunt who doesn’t care […]

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Touchstone Pictures Starring: Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Raoul Bova Directed by: Audrey Wells Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular book by Frances Mayes. Frances (Diane Lane) is a writer living in San Francisco who suffers from a sudden and hurtful divorce.  Finding herself depressed and at […]

The Old Man and the Sea (1958)

Warner Bros. Starring: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos Directed by: John Sturges Cat Out of the Bag Alert: This review contains some spoilers for this movie. Synopsis: Based on the story by Ernest Hemingway, an old fisherman (Spencer Tracy) devotedly plies his trade day in and day out, but he is finding it increasingly harder to compete with the younger […]