Paramount Pictures Starring: Shirley Booth, Paul Ford, Anthony Perkins, Robert Morse Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Joseph Anthony Synopsis: Thornton Wilder’s play about matchmaker Dolly Levi (Shirley Booth) is brought to life in its originial non-musical version. Love is in the air as wealthy store-owner Horace Vandergelder (Paul Ford) takes Dolly up on her offer to introduce him to […]
Original Air Date: October 29, 1965 Starring: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Ted Bessell Directed by: Christian Nyby Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) defies Sgt. Carter’s (Frank Sutton) orders when he smuggles a cat aboard a naval vessel during manuevers. Cat Co-Star: Henrietta is an orange tabby […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Maurice Chevalier Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Synopsis: A rich, lush musical set in turn of the century Paris follows the story of a young girl named Gigi (Leslie Caron) who befriends a society playboy named Gaston (Louis Jourdan.) Their friendship evolves into something more as Gigi comes of age, but […]
MGM Studios Starring: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jamison Directed by: Roger Corman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A classic trilogy of terror based (somewhat loosely) on the short stories of Edgar Allen Poe. Includes the segments Morella, The Black Cat and The Facts in the Case of M. […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage covers auditions in London’s West End for a black cat to co-star in an unidentified stage play alongside human actors Jimmy Hanley, Grace Arnold and Hazel Court. Reality Cats: It’s a virtual sea of black cats in this open cat cattle call. The aspiring feline thespians are brought by their owners, beckoned […]
Vitaphone Corporation Narrator: Knox Manning Directed by: Richard L. Bare Synopsis: A Joe McDoakes short comedy about a man who believes he is allergic to everything. Purr Blur: In a segment called “Kachoo’s Who,” one of the allergy culprits is, of course, a cat. A man is seen sitting in a chair with a cat in his lap, which […]
Aurora Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi Directed by: Don Bluth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The dark and intense story of a field mouse named Mrs. Brisby (voiced by Elizabeth Hartman) who goes to great lengths to save the lives of her family from a farmer’s tractor. […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair Directed by: Charles Brabin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lawyer Jeff Keane (Lionel Barrymore) sets his sights on a Senate seat in order to replace a crooked incumbent. Once in Washington, he starts out living by his ideals but then […]
English Title: Cat Girl Kiki Video Audio Project (VAP) Starring: Teruaki Uotani, Yui Kano, Minami Aoyama Directed by: Akiyoshi Sugiura Synopsis: Yoshirou Takagi (Teruaki Uotani) is a reclusive male living a boring life when he happens to find a stray kitten in a cardboard box and brings it to his home. The next morning he awakens to find the […]
Starring: Tyler Directed by: Danny DeVito This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A dark comedy in which lawyer Gavin D’Amato (Danny DeVito) tells a prospective client the story of Oliver and Barbara Rose (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner), a man […]