Directed by: Robert Deubel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on a short story by Mary Stolz. An elderly woman named Miss Mixter (Geraldine Page) raises an abandoned kitten and then supports him when he faces challenges as an older cat. Featured Feline: The cat, […]
Directed by: David Bowers and Sam Fell Synopsis: Roddy the rat (voiced by Hugh Jackman), the pampered pet of a rich girl, is flushed down the toilet by an intruding street rat named Sid (Shane Richie). Purr Blurs: During a frog’s back story, a photograph of several Royal pets include two Siamese cats and a […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of white kittens hanging out with baby chicks. Reality Cats: The description above really says it all. The first kitten is sitting in a top hat with a chick on the brim. Next two kittens sit with two chicks. And two chicks watch a kitten drink some milk. Oddly, there […]
Directed by: Margaret Thomson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of precocious children get into mischief when they manage to split the atom and then use the energy to make popcorn. Purr Blur: One of the boys tells the story of what happened the […]
Directed by: Dean Riesner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An all-animal cast comprised mostly of birds tells the story of a town called Chirpendale which is menaced by a dangerous crow. Kitty Cameos: When a circus comes to town, two of the cages include kittens. […]
Music Artist: Fat Boy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins Starring: Chandler, Sprocket and Pinto as “Fat Boy Slim” Directed by: Jan Loscheider Synopsis: The winner of the Fat Boy Slim Make a Music Video contest with an all-kitten cast in an updated version of the Steve Miller Band song. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The video begins […]
Directed by: Walter Lanz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this Bray Studios short, Dinky Doodle and his dog Weakheart sit with creator Walter Lanz to tune in to some fairy tale bed time stories on the radio. Cartoon Cat: Lanz takes the screen off […]
Original Air Date: October 28, 1984 Directed by: Jack Shea Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A blackout on Halloween night finds Edward (Joel Higgins) suggesting Rick (Ricky Schroder) and his friends tell ghost stories. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Edward begins the story with the boys Rick, […]
Synopsis: A Vitaphone short featuring oddities from across the United States. Kitty Cameo: One segment begins with a boy named Dickie McCollin of Salt Lake City holding a longhair tabby kitten in front of his face. This segues into a picture of a young lion named Rex. The boy, the son of lion tamer Ralph […]
Directed by: Dan Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After sinking numerous enemy ships, Popeye is granted a month’s furlough which he hopes to spend at Olive Oyl’s house. But she takes off and leaves him with his nephews who are practicing their home defense […]