Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dancer Kitty McNeil (Betty Hutton) reunites with her former dance partner Donald Elwood (Fred Astaire) after she has become a widow with a son. He helps her fight for the right to raise her child […]
Category Archives: Musical
Connie and Carla (2004)
Directed by: Michael Lembeck Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) are dinner theater performers who don’t hit their stride until they witness a crime and find cover performing their act as drag queens. Kitty Cameo: Near the end of […]
Any Rags (1932)
Directed by: Dave Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bimbo the Rag Man makes his musical rounds in Betty Boop’s neighborhood, collecting rags and trash for resale. Cartoon Cats: A woman is hanging her wash (along with several other odd items) on her clothesline. She […]
Big Fella (1937)
Directed by: J. Elder Wills This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe (Paul Robeson) is an amiable Marseille dock worker who is recruited by the police to help a wealthy English couple locate their missing son. Cat Burglar […]
Glee – “Pot o’ Gold”
Original Air Date: November 1, 2011 Starring: Aragon Directed by: Adam Shankman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Brittany (Heather Morris) thinks Irish exchange student Rory (Damian McGinty) is a leprechaun and promises him her “pot o’ gold” for three wishes. Kitty Cameo: After fulfilling her first […]
Absolute Beginners (1986)
Directed by: Julien Temple This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in London in the late 1950’s, this musical finds a photographer named Colin (Eddie O’Connell) trying to win the heart of fashion model Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit). Purr […]
The Man From Button Willow (1965)
Directed by: David Detiege Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Justin Eagle (voiced by Dale Robertson) is a ranch owner in the old west who doubles as a government agent on the trail of a kidnapped Senator. Cartoon Cats: As Eagle is riding into a foggy […]
The King & I (1999)
Directed by: Richard Rich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This animated adaptation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical adds mystical elements and makes a villain out of The Kralahome (voiced by Ian Richardson). Cartoon Cat: When Anna (voiced by Miranda Richardson) is being introduced […]
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Directed by: Norman Jewison Synopsis: The story of Tevye (Topol), a Jewish milkman with five daughters living in a small village in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Purr Blur: A student named Perchik (Paul Michael Glaser) comes to the village and Tevye offers the hungry young man a piece of cheese. Perchik finally accepts it as a cat […]
Something to Sing About (1937)
Starring: Pinkie and Pal Directed by: Victor Schertzinger This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: New York bandleader Terry Rooney (James Cagney) goes to Hollywood for a screen test but has no clue how successful he actually becomes. Kitty Cameos […]