Paramount Pictures Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Synopsis: Based on the popular novel by Mario Puzo. Aging New York mafia boss Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) deals with a changing world in which the ways of the old country are no longer being respected. He hopes to pass off his […]
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Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Rex Harrison, Anthony Newley, Samantha Eggar, William Dix Directed by: Richard Fleischer Synopsis: The classic film version of Hugh Lofting’s stories about an English veterinarian named Dr. Dolittle (Rex Harrison) who can converse with animals, which causes him to come under fire from skeptics and naysayers, particularly the outspoken General Bellowes (Peter […]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
New Line Cinema Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen Directed by: Peter Jackson Synopsis: The first entry of the ambitious and epic film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) is entrusted with an important mission by Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) to destroy the one ring to rule […]
The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton’s) (1894)
Edison Manufacturing Company Directed by: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise Synopsis: Two cats go paw to paw in a boxing ring in this very early Edison experimental film. Cinema Cats: Likely the first cat actors to ever appear on screen, the two cats “boxing” in this film were featured performers in Professor Welton’s vaudeville show, and the boxing […]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Hal Wallis Productions Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott Directed by: Lewis Milestone Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this movie! Synopsis: Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is a ruthless woman who marries her meek childhood friend, Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas) who happens to have witnessed a violent act […]
Now You See It (1947)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Narrator: Pete Smith Directed by: Richard L. Cassell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains minor spoilers for this short film! Synopsis: A Pete Smith Specialty, this short subject film explores the macro world by looking at tiny things such as a baby hummingbird, the workings of a watch and other insects and tiny […]
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
The Rank Organization Starring: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Jeffrey Directed by: Jack Couffer Synopsis: Londoner Graham Merill (Bill Travers) is intrigued by an otter he sees in a pet shop window and he adopts the animal. He soon realizes that a London apartment is not the ideal setting for his new pet, Mij, so he moves to […]
Murder! (1930)
British International Pictures Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: This early Hitchcock crime thriller begins with the murder of a young actress, supposedly at the hands of a fellow young actress (Norah Baring) with whom she was known to quarrel and who is found sitting next to the body with a bloody poker at […]
Friends – “The One With the Cat”
Original Air Date: October 2, 1997 Starring: Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry Directed by: Shelley Jensen Synopsis: In one plotline of the episode a cat wanders into Central Perk and climbs into Phoebe’s guitar case. Phoebe becomes convinced the cat is the reincarnation of her mother. But when Ross finds a flyer […]
Deception (1946)
Warner Bros. Starring: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains Directed by: Irving Rapper Synopsis: Musician Christine Radcliffe (Bette Davis) is ecstatic to find her former lover, celloist Karel Novak (Paul Henreid) safe and living in New York, having believed he was killed in a concentration camp during World War II. She marries him without revealing that her American […]