English Title: Cosmic Journey Directed by: Vasily Zhuravlyov Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A futuristic Soviet space program finds Professor Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh (Sergey Komarov) attempting to be the first man on the moon. Featured Feline: During the course of the film it is explained […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Snap the Gingerbread Man meets up with a witch and her black cat. Cartoon Cat: The black cat appears from a hole inside the witch’s tree and spies Snap standing outside. The cat loves gingerbread and bites Snap’s leg. Snap […]
Directed by: Paul Leni Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Murder and mysterious goings-on in a dilapidated Broadway theater. Kitty Cameo: Well into the film a trap door is discovered after the murdered thespian’s monocle is found. When the door is opened, a pair of glowing […]
Directed by: Lois Weber Synopsis: Eva Mayer (Mary MacLaren) works all day on her feet to support her poor family and is finally driven to desperation to buy a new pair of shoes Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Eva returns to the apartment building where her family lives. As she is walking upstairs she […]
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 […]