Original Air Date: October 6, 2013 Starring: Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick Directed by: Mark Waters Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Two sisters, Joanna (Julia Ormond) and Wendy (Mädchen Amick) are two witches who have had to deal with their individual family curses for centuries. Joanna is cursed to repeatedly bare […]
A Halas and Batchelor Production Starring: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham Directed by: Joy Batchelor and John Halas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The original animated version of George Orwell’s novel. The animals on the drunken and cruel Mr. Jones’ farm rise up against the man and create their […]
George Albert Smith Films Directed by: George Albert Smith Synopsis: A boy (Harold Smith) uses his grandmother’s magnifying glass to look at various objects, including a newspaper, a bird, grandma’s eye and a cat. Featured Feline: While the cat is not the star of this piece she is certainly a featured player (we deduce the cat is a […]
Embassy Pictures Starring: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Ron Howard, Joe Turkel, Beau Bridges Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Bert I. Gordon Synopsis: A gang of teenage delinquents who love to dance and cause trouble grow to enormous proportions thanks to the formula created by a brainy kid they call Genius (Ron Howard) and proceed to hold a small town […]
Walt Disney Pictures Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Ralph Waite, Robert Hays Directed by: David R. Ellis Synopsis: Chance, the young American Bulldog (voiced by Michael J. Fox), Shadow, the aging Golden Retriever (voiced by Ralph Waite) and Sassy, the sarcastic Himalayan (voiced by Sally Field) are back for this Disney sequel to Homeward Bound: The Incredible […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Synopsis: A stark biographical depiction of the life of painter Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) and his struggles with artistic passions and mental illness. Purr Blurs: In one scene, Paul Gaugin (Anthony Quinn) is going to visit Vincent and is walking down a street. He pauses […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Iris Mann Directed by: Norman Taurog Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: George (Cary Grant) and Anne Rose (Betsy Drake) are a couple with three children living happily in a home which is always open to wayward animals. When Anne visits an […]
Original Air Date: January 26, 1966 Starring: Irene Ryan, Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr. Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Joseph Depew Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Clampetts learn that a cat burglar is on the prowl in Beverly Hills. Elly May (Donna Douglas) starts bringing every cat she […]
Walt Disney Pictures Starring: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John McIntire, Michelle Stacy Directed by: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Art Stevens Synopsis: When a little girl named Penny (voiced by Michelle Stacy) is kidnapped, the Rescue Aid Society send two of their agents, Bernard (voiced by Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voiced by Eva Gabor) to her rescue. […]
Keystone Film Company Starring: Mabel Normand Directed by: Mack Sennett Synopsis: Mabel (Mabel Normand) leaves her pet canary and cat at home and her dog on the front step to watch. The dog hears the cat trying to get at the canary and races off to enlist the aid of some canine friends to save the bird. Cinema […]