Gaumont British News Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows the latest fashions from America for women, cats and dogs. Reality Cats: After the segment showing off women’s fashions, the narrator explains that all this talk about fur is rather looked down on by those who wear their own fur coats and attend their own fashion shows, too. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Directed by: T.R. Thumwood Synopsis: A promotional film for the Austin engine shows them being installed in a yacht which then takes a pleasure cruise along the Cornish coast. Reality Cats: While touring Mevagissey, two longhair black cats are sitting on the narrow street where the women are walking. Purr Blurs: Earlier in Polperro a […]
Directed by: Tex Avery Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A classic animated short rich in word play finds a hip guy (voiced by John Brown) trying to communicate with Noah Webster (also John Brown) to get into heaven. Cartoon Cats: As the hipster explains his […]
Directed by: Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Snub Pollard plays a hired hand on a ranch in the cold north who helps thwart a thief trying to steal the property for its oil reserves. Kitty Cameos: Early in the film Snub is […]
Directed by: Jim Duffy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the children’s book, a boy tries to find help for his dying turtle, Boxer. Cartoon Cats: The boy first asks help from his cat Tabby. Tabby seems interested but obviously can’t do anything. The […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A silent filmed experiment from the University of Rochester shows several cats used in the study of learned token-reward habits. Reality Cats: The tests involve placing the cat subjects into a lighted box with a window so they can be […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows cats in competition at the cat show in Olympia, London. Reality Cats: Several breeds of cats are featured in this segment, starting with some Siamese kittens. Next a couple of Turkish Vans are shown. A Blue Persian is combed by one of the judges. Abyssinian kittens are mentioned as […]