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 […]
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Live Fish by Air (1964)
British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage follows grass carp as they are caught by fishermen in Hong Kong then bagged live to be flown to England. Reality Cat: A tabby cat hangs around one of the boxes used to hold the fish. A solo shot of the cat licking its lips is then presented. The […]
Blood Orange (1953)
by Mark Murton Also Known As: Three Stops to Murder Directed by: Terence Fisher Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Discharged by his employer, a private eye, Tom Conway (Tom Conway) stays on the case of a jewel theft at a London fashion house after a […]
One Hour to Zero (1976)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Jeremy Summers Synopsis: Young Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend Paul finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Kitty Cameo: Steve and Paul are […]
Remember Last Night? (1935)
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 […]
The Millionaire – “Ralph the Cat”
Original Air Date: October 29, 1958 Starring: Elmer Directed by: John Peyser Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Millionaire Tipton sends a check to a spinster named Amanda Comfort (Loie Bridge) who recently set up a will stipulating that her nephew Freddie Howard (Del Moore) care […]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Directed by: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young man named Milo Thatch (voiced by Michael J. Fox) jumps at the chance to go on an expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis, a place which his grandfather firmly […]
One Track Mind (1962)
by Mark Murton Directed by: George Harrison Marks Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film. Synopsis: A young woman (Margaret Nolan in her film debut) returns home to her flat and proceeds to perform a striptease for an unseen audience. Kitty Cameos: The woman’s disrobing is interspersed with shots […]
Flic Story (1975)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Jacques Deray Synopsis: Fact-based French film depicting the 9-year hunt for ruthless gangster Emile Buisson after his escape from prison in 1947. Purr Blur: Bored and hungry on a fruitless night-time stakeout one of the cops takes out his frustration on a cat sat at his feet (occupied by something […]
The Missionary (1982)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Richard Loncraine Synopsis: In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) is recalled to England where his Bishop gives him his new assignment: to minister to London’s slum prostitutes. Kitty Cameo: The first “fallen woman” Fortescue approaches is the buxom Ada (Tricia […]