Kitty Cleans Up (1949)

Key Productions Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An educational film in which a little girl named Helen prepares to take her pet cat Kitty to school for a pet show but first has to go through her morning hygiene and nutrition routine. Featured Feline: The incredibly patient […]

Murder Most Foul (1964)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Stella Tanner Directed by: George Pollock Synopsis: Agatha Christie’s sleuth Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) joins a theatrical company to get to the truth behind a murder mystery for which she has acted as a juror. Kitty Cameo: During the course of her investigation, Miss Marple rooms at a boarding house where […]

Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)

English Title: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . and Spring Korea Pictures Starring: Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim Directed by: Ki-duk Kim Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Beautifully filmed story about a monk who lives in a temple on a lake in the middle of the Korean […]

Stage Fright (1923)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Mickey Daniels, Joe Cobb, Charles Stevenson Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: The parents of the Our Gang kids are conned by a man into putting on a school play to raise money, so the kids are pushed into performing a theatrical show about Ancient Rome. Purr Blur: This silent short begins with the Our […]

She Caught on Quick (1940)

Jam Handy Organization Narrated by: Walter O’Keefe Synopsis: A woman worries about having company over when her furniture looks so terrible.  She visits a Singer center, learns to sew and transforms her house like magic! Commercial Cat: In the very beginning of this short film commercial, the announcer Walter “O’Keefe says he’s turning the microphone over to the […]

Frasier – “The Placeholder”

Original Air Date: October 14, 2003 Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce Directed by: Sheldon Epps Synopsis: Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) finds himself being a fifth wheel as the only single person in his family, so he agrees to a blind date arranged by Roz (Peri Gilpin) only to have someone better come along mid-date. Featured Feline: Frasier explains […]

Policy and Pie (1918)

International Film Service Directed by: Gregory La Cava Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A short animated film featuring the characters from The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Rudolph Dirks.  Der Captain presents Mama with the gift of a life insurance policy and she plans to reward him […]

A Quiet Street (1922)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Jackie Condon, Gabe Saienz, Mickey Daniels Directed by: Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara Synopsis: When a policeman’s family moves into the neighborhood the Gang have a row with his son Banter (Gabe Saienz).  After a fight they believe the entire police force is out to get them but the cops are actually searching for […]

Where Danger Lives (1950)

RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains Directed by: John Farrow Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) is a young doctor who falls in love with a suicidal patient named Margo (Faith Domergue) not realizing all of the dark baggage which is […]

The Italian Job (1969)

Oakhurst Productions Starring: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Tony Beckley Directed by: Chris Noonan Synopsis: A comedic heist film in which an ex-con named Charlie (Michael Caine) takes on an elaborate plan for a gold heist on the streets of Italy, enlisting the aid of several masterminds and three Mini Coopers. Kitty Cameos: In one scene Charlie and Freddie (Tony […]