by Ted Davis (with additional material by Linda Kay) English Title: This is Called Dawn Directed by: Luis Buñuel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Cruelty and grace exist side by side in the sweltering Mediterranean island where hardworking and idealistic Doctor Valerio (Georges Marchal) plies […]
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy Synopsis: Sheba Miller (Alice White) tires of her boring boyfriend Jack (William Bakewell) and starts hanging around with the more exciting Nickey (Chester Morris), not realizing what kind of business makes him so exciting. Purr Blur: In an establishing shot outside Sheba’s home, a car is turning a corner. What appears […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Anthony Pelissier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Giles Gordon (David Farrar), an ex-serviceman wounded and nearly blinded during WWII, recuperates in the south of France before resuming his law practice. He is attracted by shop assistant Alix Delaisse née Malinay […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 24, 1973 Directed by: Alan Wallis Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Professor Sir Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark) charges junior doctors Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) and Paul Collier (George Layton) with looking after his brown tabby cat, Thomas, while […]
Music Artist: Was (Not Was) Directed by: Christoph Simon Synopsis: The unforgettable music video for this Was (Not Was) song glorifying incarceration. Cartoon Cat (and Purr Blur!): The very first scene of this animated short is of a black cat chasing some mice. Final Mewsings: As much as cats are shown in jail on film […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: William Castle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Recently widowed, newly wealthy Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck) indulges in regular bouts of titanic and voluble eardrum-shattering screaming as she’s repeatedly haunted by the ghostly apparition of creepy and possessive late husband Howard […]
Music Artist: Band of Horses Directed by: Ben Fee Synopsis: The faces of the band’s members are superimposed on cats and dolls in a room full of kitties. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Numerous cats are featured in the video, many of them playing with balls of yarn and dolls. The band’s faces are sometimes superimposed […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: James Whale Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Long Island socialites Tony Milburn (Robert Young) and Carlota Milburn (Constance Cummings) celebrate their six month wedding anniversary by joining a similarly spoiled, entitled and tiresome group of unregenerate young couples in an […]
Directed by: Alfred Travers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Twin trapeze artists George and Jules de Lisle (both played impressively by Herbert Lom) are the targets of scam artist Mike Bergen (Terence de Marney) who sends his girlfriend Gloria (Phyllis Dixey) to woo Jules in […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Julien Duvivier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A rich widow is murdered in a provincial French town, and eccentric and unpopular Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon), a conspicuous loner, is suspected of the crime. The actual murderer, low-life habitual criminal Alfred […]