Directed by: Robert McKimson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dodsworth the cat (voiced by Sheldon Leonard) is too lazy to catch a woodpecker by himself, so he enlists the aid of an eager kitten (voiced by Mel Blanc) to get the bird. Cartoon Cats: This […]
Directed by: Michael Govier, Will McCormack Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Oscar nominated animated short about a married couple who are torn apart after an unspeakable tragedy. Cartoon Cat: The couple are left heartbroken and disconnected after the death of their teenage daughter. The family […]
Directed by: Charles Nichols Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Minnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto which causes him humiliation, especially at the paws of Figaro the kitten. Cartoon Cat: At the beginning of the short, Pluto and Figaro are watching Minnie knit, trying to […]
Directed by: Eric Sykes Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two workmen find themselves a plank short from finishing a floor and set out on a quest to find one and get it back to the construction site. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The opening credits are […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Coronet Instructional Film about a boy named Jimmy who visits a farm and thinks about all the ways animals help humans. Featured Feline: Jimmy is walking to his grandfather’s farm when he finds a lost tuxedo kitten in the grass. […]
Directed by: Steven Clay Hunter Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young man named Greg (voiced by Kyle McDaniel) prepares for a big move to the city but feels guilty about a secret he’s been keeping from his parents. Cartoon Cat: At the beginning of […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of dogs at the Metropolitan and Essex Dog Show followed by cats at the Crystal Cats Show both held at Olympia. Reality Cats: After the dogs are featured the cats are up. A girl is holding two longhair cats. Some Siamese kittens are in a cage looking at the camera. […]
Directed by: Roscoe Arbuckle Synopsis: Chaos ensues in a general store. This Arbuckle short is noteworthy for including the first screen appearance of Buster Keaton. Kitty Cameo: A regular Arbuckle co-star was Luke the Dog. Here he is first shown barking at a black cat which is arching its back and hissing in response. Final […]
Directed by: Sophie Kernbach Synopsis: Several cats with very different personalities appear at a cat casting call. Cartoon Cats: Four cats are featured in this very funny short film. The first is an anxious Sphynx named Larry who bumbles his way through the interview. The second is a stuck up starlet named Osiris Dior Sauvage […]
Directed by: Victor M. Gover Synopsis: A remake of the even shorter 1939 film is a morality tale against vivisection as a boy’s family dog almost accidentally ends up being one of his father’s test subjects. Kitty Cameo: Near the beginning of the film a woman in a lab coat is seen carrying an adorable […]