British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of a cat hotel in Holyport, Berkshire, England. Reality Cats: Two little girls carry a large brown tabby cat to the hotel. The narrator explains the home, run by Mrs. Mollie Turney, is a place where people leave their pet cats when they go away for a short time, and […]
Directed by: Julia Gromskaya Synopsis: A woman at a window watches the world pass as she waits for her love. Cartoon Cat: As in many of Julia Gromskaya’s animated films a cat is present. The wind knocks over a bucket of milk which the cat laps. Later the cat is sitting beneath a lemon tree. […]
Also Known As: Pat the Cat Directed by: Timothy Armstrong Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Pat the cat struggles with substance addiction. Featured Feline: According to the narrator, actress Julie Harris, Pat is a brown tabby cat who lives down the street and is different. […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a kitten riding in a basket on a horse. Reality Cat: There is no real explanation of exactly why the kitten is riding in the basket, but the narrator says the kitten and horse are friends. The kitten’s basket is placed on the other side of the horse’s blinder, […]
Directed by: Friz Freleng Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sylvester the Cat and a kitten both seek shelter at Elmer Fudd’s house but when he announces he only plans to keep one of them Sylvester does everything he can to be chosen. Cartoon Cats: Sylvester […]
Directed by: George Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After several close calls, the Stork (voiced by Pinto Colvig) decides he’s not going to deliver any more babies during the duration of World War II. Cartoon Kittens: The opening placard includes the Stork and a […]
English Title: Tiger the Cat Directed by: Arnolds Burovs Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this Latvian short film a naughty little boy is shrunk in size and becomes threatened by the very cat he teased in a clever combination of live action footage and […]
Directed by: Robert Allen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A tabby cat is surprised when a basketful of kittens which look just like him is dropped on his doorstep. Cartoon Cats: The title card shows Butch the cat chipped out of wood with four kittens […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage on various subjects, including a cat “wrestling” with a goose, a woman cleaning windows, men stretching a cable across the Danube and men climbing across glaciers. Reality Cat: The opening segment was shot in Australia, although no real context is provided. The narrator says that wrestling season is now open […]
Directed by: Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter Synopsis: A group of women take a sleigh ride, are pelted by boys throwing snowballs, get stuck in a rut and then chase after men through the snow in this early Edison short. Purr Blur: As the sleighs are approaching a river, a black cat runs across […]