British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage highlights Pet Day in Toronto, Canada, with a parade of animals and their owners. Reality Cats: Dogs are the focus of much of the newsreel segment, but a tabby cat dressed in knitted baby clothes apparently won first prize in the Toronto Humane Society Pet Parade. There is a […]
Directed by: Jerome Storm Synopsis: A baseball hopeful named Ben Harding (Charles Ray) is spotted by a major league team and given his shot. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Ben’s sweetheart is Mazie Palmer (Colleen Moore) who is first seen sitting on a bench with her brother (Jay Morley). She is holding a tabby kitten. When […]
Directed by: Alice Guy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A man named Fraunie (Fraunie Fraunholz) breaks his engagement to Marian (Marian Swayne) because of his financial ruin, leading her to come up with a clever way to make him marry her anyway. Kitty Cameo: When […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a woman who owns cats, dogs, a rat, a tortoise and a rabbit as pets. Reality Cats: In the opening scene a woman is holding three cats on her lap; a black one and two tuxedos, as well as a dog. The rabbit, rat and tortoise are all sitting […]
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gangster ‘Bull’ Weed (George Bancroft) is on top of the world until he suspects his right hand man Rolls Royce (Clive Brook) may be falling for his main moll Feathers (Evelyn Brent). Kitty Cameos: Near […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A silent examination of how children growing up with differing disciplines affects their adult years. Featured Feline: Only the first reel of this film exists but it features a rather prominent white kitten with black markings. Two mothers, each with […]
Directed by: Frank Lloyd Synopsis: Sir Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills) finds himself betrayed by his brother and sold into slavery but rallies back to return to the one he loves. Kitty Cameo: In Algiers, a harem wife named Fenzileh (Medea Radzina) plots with her son Marsak (William Collier Jr.) to keep her husband from buying […]
Directed by: Victor Fleming Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Daniel Brown (Douglas Fairbanks) is a superstitious, nervous man who is manipulated by Dr. Ulrich Metz (Herbert Grimwood), an unscrupulous psychiatrist. Kitty Cameos: Since Dr. Metz is literally trying to drive Daniel crazy, he exploits the […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage shows various baby animals interacting and just being cute. Reality Cats: There is no rhyme or reason to this clips in this collection, it’s just random shots of cute baby animals. First up is a mama cat with her kittens. The kittens are then seen lapping some milk from […]
Directed by: Chas. F. Reisner Synopsis: William Canfield (Ernest Torrence), a tough steamboat captain, is disappointed when his son, William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton) arrives looking anything but manly. Kitty Cameo: Junior wants to sneak out to see his girl one night and is trying to get off the steamboat without being seen. He moves […]