Walt Disney Productions Starring: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, Michael McKean, Bess Armstrong Also Starring: Elvis Directed by: Bob Spiers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A remake of the 1965 original Disney film. In this version the maid of a wealthy couple (the husband is played by Dean Jones, […]
Argos Films Starring: Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich Directed by: Chris Marker Synopsis: A thought-provoking experimental film comprised almost entirely of still photographs which follows a post World War III prisoner, known only as The Man (Davos Hanich), who takes part in time-traveling experiments staged by his captors to the past and the future. Purr Blurs: When The […]
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Marlon Brandon, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb Directed by: Elia Kazan Synopsis: Terry Malloy (Marlon Brandon) is an ex-prizefighter working on the waterfront under the dockworkers’ union which is being exploited by the ruthless mob kingpin Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). Terry starts to question the mob’s stranglehold on him when […]
Original Air Date: April 6, 1966 Starring: Patty Duke, William Schallert, Jean Byron, Paul O’Keefe Directed by: Harry Falk Synopsis: An enterprising neighborhood kid (Clint Howard) sells three kittens to Patty (Patty Duke) and Ross (Paul O’Keefe) who hope they can turn a profit by selling them to someone else. Eventually the kittens become “lost” and “found” by different […]
Warner Bros. Directed by: Chuck Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Marc Anthony is a tough bulldog whose heart is won over by a homeless little kitten. He takes the kitten home and then scrambles to keep the precious bundle of fur hidden from his owner. Cartoon […]
Mack Sennett Comedies Starring: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, Madeline Hurlock Directed by: Del Lord Synopsis: A bumbling aspiring actor named Joe Magee (Ben Turpin) stumbles into doing a stunt for a movie being filmed. The director (Harry Gribbon) ends up casting him in the film only to find that Magee doesn’t take direction as well as they would […]
Also known as: Die! Die! My Darling! Columbia Pictures / Hammer Film Productions Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan Directed by: Silvio Narizzano Synopsis: Patricia Carroll (Stefanie Powers) has plans to marry her fiancé in London, but she feels compelled to pay a visit to the mother of her former fiancé who died in a tragic accident. Mrs. […]
Walt Disney Productions Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowell Also Starring: Syn Directed by: Robert Stevenson Synopsis: A bank teller (Grayson Hall) is kidnapped after a robbery and held hostage by the crooks (Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin.) She manages to slip her watch on the neck of D.C., a wandering neighborhood feline. When the cat’s […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson Directed by: Vincent Sherman Synopsis: Two sisters, Helen (Ida Lupino) and Katharine (Joan Leslie) have grown up poor in an industrial town. Helen, driven by ambition to improve their lives, pushes her talented sister to marry a song and dance man (Jack Carson) in order to get […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: The Ritz Brothers, Patsy Kelly, Anita Louise Directed by: Allan Dwan Synopsis: The wealthy Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) receives a threatening letter from a killer known as “The Gorilla.” He calls on the Acme Detective Agency (The Ritz Brothers) to protect him and scary hilarity ensues. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the […]