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 […]
Synopsis: A silent collection of “oddities” from around the world. Reality Cats: One segment focuses on a momma cat in Hanover, Germany, who is not only raising her own litter of kittens but some baby skunks. The mamma cat feeds the skunks alongside her own babies. Once outside, the baby skunks are shown following the […]
Original Air Date: May 19, 1979 Synopsis: The applications and laws governing electricity are demonstrated. Cartoon Cat: The workman who has been walking through the demonstrations (albeit absent-mindedly) has just combed a sheep to create static electricity. A cat approaches and rubs against the man who pets him as the narrator sings, “Stroking a cat […]
Pathétone Weekly Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows examples of a new high-speed camera which captures super slow motion. Reality Cats: Of course one of the demonstrations is of a cat turning in midair to land on its feet. At least in this experiment the cats are only dropped a short distance. The first is a bicolor […]
Original Air Date: February 2, 1974 Synopsis: A little boy goes to an action movie and learns all about verbs. Cartoon Cat: At the end of the short the boy runs home as the song draws to its conclusion. He dashes up the steps of a building where a cat is sleeping. The cat leaps […]
Directed by: Gary Goldsmith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An educational film about the difficulties and benefits of dealing with little siblings. Featured Feline: The film begins with a little boy named Allen playing with a small tabby cat named Tiger. Allen’s mother is trying […]
Synopsis: An Encyclopedia Britannica educational short about the human voice and how it works. Kitty Cameo: Several different animal voices are presented at the beginning of the film. While most of the film footage and sounds are unexceptional, the quick shot of a tabby kitten trying to climb a window screen, accompanied by the shortest, […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage explains how unattended dogs were rounded up in Slough, England. Reality Cat: After explaining that local dogs are being rounded up under a new leash law, the narrator adds that the local cats approve of the measure. A sign for The Cats’ Protection League “Cat Week” is shown. A white […]
Directed by: Mel Waskin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the Wonder World of Science educational films in which Wonder Cat asks questions about the Sun. Cartoon Cat: Wonder Cat is the featured character in these shorts who wonders aloud and is answered by an […]
Directed by: Frank Tashlin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A pampered pussycat named Rudolph takes advantage of the helpless canary birds his owner keeps buying. Cartoon Cat: Rudolph acts concerned when his owner (voiced by Bea Benaderet) finds her pet canary Dicky Bird missing. She doesn’t […]