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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
There have been many movies involving cat attacks in which a subject finds themselves on the wrong side of flying fur and threatening claws. And there are have many movies about cats taking revenge on abusive or evil people. But The Uncanny stands alone as one of the most extensive examples of cat-centric revenge ever […]
Behind the Scenes of The Richest Cat in the World Among the long list of cat actors who made their mark on the big (or even small) screen, a special place must be held for the talented flame-point Siamese thespian named Palmer who starred in The Disney Sunday Movie: The Richest Cat in the World. […]
There is a special place in the hearts of movie lovers and cat fanciers alike for the Disney films which feature cats. True they are not as numerous as Disney dog pictures, but there are several. And among them The Cat From Outer Space rates pretty high; maybe not for its plot or kooky special […]
Or, to be more specific, how a cat named Reggie played a cat named Goose, who used to be called Chewie and is actually a Flerken, stole the film Captain Marvel. But let’s start at the beginning, which would be the Marvel comic books. In the original Captain Marvel comics (NOT to be confused with […]
Behind the Scenes of The Shadow of the Cat Movies with Featured Felines are obviously some of our favorites. We love it when cats get more screen time (although to be honest, even the most cat-centric film usually only includes so many minutes of actual cat-on-screen time). Unfortunately the more a cat is scripted to […]
If you are fortunate enough to have watched the sadly overlooked Malpaso film The Stars Fell on Henrietta, you were treated to some wonderful performances by actors Robert Duvall and Aiden Quinn as well as actress Frances Fisher. But the performance that probably grabbed your attention the most was that of a leading cat named […]
Who doesn’t love the 1942 romantic film Random Harvest about love that is challenged by war and lost memories? Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson on screen brought us to tears. What could have made this movie better? How about a cat? Was there supposed to be a cat in the movie? We recently saw a […]