A detailed look into the career of cat actor Waldo Kitty written by Linda Kay.
Waldo Kitty: Star of Saturday Morning and Prime Time
Category Archives: Special Features
Pugilistic Pussycats – The History of Boxing Cats, Part One
Part One of our Special Feature on the history of Boxing Cats covers the battle between three British Music Hall cat acts, their rivalry and the heartbreaking tragedy that befell one of these acts. By Linda Kay.
Pepper the Cat – The Spice of the Sennett Comedies
Our Special Feature on the first celebrity film feline takes a detailed look at Pepper, the Mack Sennett cat comedienne.
Monty’s Gang
Behind the Scenes of the TV movie Strays Debuting on the USA Network on December 18, 1991, Strays featured two notable cat actors of the time, plus a bevy of supporting cats and a human cast which played well off both each other and the premise. Starring as the chief cat, the blue British Shorthair […]
Ritz Blitz Goldwyn with Kits
Behind the Scenes of The Goldwyn Follies When Samuel Goldwyn set out to make an all-star musical extravaganza it’s doubtful he expected it would lead to a furry invasion of his studio. But after The Ritz Brothers decided to spice up their number Here Pussy, Pussy with an extraordinary number of felines, things got a […]
A Most Unusual Cat Movie
Behind the Scenes of The Three Lives of Thomasina Disney movies starring animals were certainly nothing new in the early 1960’s. But the same couldn’t be said of Disney movies starring cats. Cats in Disney movies, both live action and animation, were usually relegated to sidekick status or, even worse, cast as villains. While Disney […]
Calling All Black Cats!
Black Cat Contests and Auditions Any cat lover cruising the internet for stories about cats, especially black cats, will likely have come across the now-famous Life Magazine photo shoot referred to as “Black Cat Audition” in which black cats and their owners line sidewalks in the hopes of being discovered for the impending horror film […]
The Discovery of a Cross-Eyed Calico
How a Female Cat Named Elmer Became a Television Star Across America young actors dream about being discovered by Hollywood, looking forward to the day they would travel sometimes thousands of miles to Tinseltown to launch their careers. For Elmer, that thought probably never crossed his, or rather her, mind. So how exactly did a […]
Skipper: To Cast or Not to Cast
The Breakthrough Cat Role That Never Happened On Cinema Cats we obviously focus on the cats of the silver screen. But sometimes a juicy cat role comes along that shows promise but never becomes a reality. This happened when film director Maxwell Shane set out to make a film version of the John Jennings book […]
So Ends the Cat’s Career
The Cat That Almost Co-Starred in So Ends Our Night Some cats are destined for film stardom. For others, fame is fleeting. And for still others a life before the cameras is just not meant to be. Such is the case of a tabby who apparently vanished from a shoot and likewise vanished from the […]