Walt Disney Productions Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowell Also Starring: Syn Directed by: Robert Stevenson Synopsis: A bank teller (Grayson Hall) is kidnapped after a robbery and held hostage by the crooks (Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin.) She manages to slip her watch on the neck of D.C., a wandering neighborhood feline. When the cat’s […]
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The Hard Way (1943)
Warner Bros. Starring: Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson Directed by: Vincent Sherman Synopsis: Two sisters, Helen (Ida Lupino) and Katharine (Joan Leslie) have grown up poor in an industrial town. Helen, driven by ambition to improve their lives, pushes her talented sister to marry a song and dance man (Jack Carson) in order to get […]
The Gorilla (1939)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: The Ritz Brothers, Patsy Kelly, Anita Louise Directed by: Allan Dwan Synopsis: The wealthy Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) receives a threatening letter from a killer known as “The Gorilla.” He calls on the Acme Detective Agency (The Ritz Brothers) to protect him and scary hilarity ensues. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the […]
Witches of East End – “Pilot”
Original Air Date: October 6, 2013 Starring: Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick Directed by: Mark Waters Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Two sisters, Joanna (Julia Ormond) and Wendy (Mädchen Amick) are two witches who have had to deal with their individual family curses for centuries. Joanna is cursed to repeatedly bare […]
Animal Farm (1954)
A Halas and Batchelor Production Starring: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham Directed by: Joy Batchelor and John Halas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The original animated version of George Orwell’s novel. The animals on the drunken and cruel Mr. Jones’ farm rise up against the man and create their […]
Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900)
George Albert Smith Films Directed by: George Albert Smith Synopsis: A boy (Harold Smith) uses his grandmother’s magnifying glass to look at various objects, including a newspaper, a bird, grandma’s eye and a cat. Featured Feline: While the cat is not the star of this piece she is certainly a featured player (we deduce the cat is a […]
Village of the Giants (1965)
Embassy Pictures Starring: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Ron Howard, Joe Turkel, Beau Bridges Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Bert I. Gordon Synopsis: A gang of teenage delinquents who love to dance and cause trouble grow to enormous proportions thanks to the formula created by a brainy kid they call Genius (Ron Howard) and proceed to hold a small town […]
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
Walt Disney Pictures Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Ralph Waite, Robert Hays Directed by: David R. Ellis Synopsis: Chance, the young American Bulldog (voiced by Michael J. Fox), Shadow, the aging Golden Retriever (voiced by Ralph Waite) and Sassy, the sarcastic Himalayan (voiced by Sally Field) are back for this Disney sequel to Homeward Bound: The Incredible […]
Lust for Life (1956)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Synopsis: A stark biographical depiction of the life of painter Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) and his struggles with artistic passions and mental illness. Purr Blurs: In one scene, Paul Gaugin (Anthony Quinn) is going to visit Vincent and is walking down a street. He pauses […]
Room For One More (1952)
Warner Bros. Starring: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Iris Mann Directed by: Norman Taurog Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: George (Cary Grant) and Anne Rose (Betsy Drake) are a couple with three children living happily in a home which is always open to wayward animals. When Anne visits an […]