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 […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a religious service held especially for pets and their owners. Reality Cats: The annual open-air service, held in Putney by Reverend John Pearce-Higgins, brought out people and their various pets, including at least one tabby kitten and one black cat. Final Mewsings: Bless all the kitties and animals. To […]
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stan (Laurel) and Oliver (Hardy) try to care for an escaped goat named Penelope in their apartment without letting their landlord know. Purr Blur: At the beginning of the short, Penelope is tied up outside […]
Directed by: Nils Skapāns Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A playful kitten crawls into a bag which changes their whole life. Cartoon Cat: As the short begins, someone is dangling a bow tie on a string above a small black kitten with white paws. After […]
English Titles: Max Doesn’t Like Cats; Love Me, Love My Cat Directed by: Max Linder This review contains some slight and cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Max (Linder) is married to a woman (Lucy d’Orbel) who loves her cat even though […]
Synopsis: One of the Traveltalk series of travelogues, this one showing the splendor of Mexico City. Kitty Cameo: The narrator explains they are diverting from the history of the city to an amusing sideshow “staged by an odd trio of friendly enemies.” It is, in fact, a dog who carries a white cat and a […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows houses being blown up instead of demolished to test the sturdiness of basements in case of air raid attacks. Reality Cats: A couple of tabby cats with white markings are hanging around outside the building before the demolition. In a shot of one cat, the narrator suggests, “I wouldn’t […]
Directed by: Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When Olaf realizes that Elsa and Anna have no Christmas family traditions he sets out to find some for them. Cartoon Cats: Olaf visits the village and asks everyone what their holiday traditions are. […]
Directed by: Bert Felstead Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ginger Nutt the squirrel hosts a Christmas Circus featuring many animal performers. Cartoon Cat: Among the performers is Chester the Cat, who does a tightrope walking act. Chester spins up the pole and poses at the […]