The Rink (1916)

Mutual Film Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James. T. Kelley Directed by: Charles Chaplin Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A waiter (Charlie Chaplin) serves patrons in a café and then flirts with a girl (Edna Purviance) in a roller skating rink. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of […]

88 Minutes (2007)

Millennium Films Starring: Al Pacino, Tammy Hui, Vicky Huang Directed by: Jon Avnet Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Forensic psychologist Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) receives a phone call saying he only has 88 minutes to live on the day a man he helped to convict is to be […]

Trap Happy Porky (1945)

Warner Bros. Starring: Mel Blanc Directed by: Charles M. Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Porky Pig deals with a mouse problem by using a cat and then has to deal with a cat problem. Cartoon Cats: After Porky unsuccessfully tries to trap the mice which are running rampant […]

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)

Mary Pickford Company Starring: Mary Pickford, William Scott, Kate Price Directed by: Marshall A. Neilan Synopsis: Amarilly Jenkins (Mary Pickford) is a girl from a poor Irish family who falls in the company of a society ne’er-do-well (Norman Kerry) which may ruin her long-standing relationship with her beau Terry (William Scott). Kitty Cameos: In one scene the Jenkins family […]

Nice Girl? (1941)

Universal Pictures Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Robert Benchley Directed by: William A. Seiter Synopsis: Jane Dana (Deanna Durbin) is tired of her good girl image and so she flirts with a business associate of her father’s, inadvertently causing a small town scandal. Purr Blur: In the scene in which Jane is first introduced she is singing while preparing […]

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

Bronco Productions Starring: Michael Angarano, Mike White Directed by: Jared Hess Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Benjamin Purvis (Michael Angarano) is an aspiring science fiction writer who becomes disillusioned when his work is optioned for a poor movie adaptation as well as stolen by a noted sci-fi author. […]

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott Directed by: Tom Holland Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Rita Rizzoli (Whoopi Goldberg) is a resourceful narcotics detective investigating the release of a deadly batch of cocaine known as “Fatal Beauty” which has hit the streets of L.A. Kitty Cameo: Rita owns […]

The Wild, Wild West – “The Night of the Wolf”

Original Air Date: March 31, 1967 Starring: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin Directed by: Charles Rondeau Synopsis: James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) try to protect a man who is to be crowned king from a villainous enemy whose mystique involves werewolves. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the episode James enters an abandoned general store. He calls […]

King-Size Canary (1947)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Pinto Colvig, Frank Graham Directed by: Tex Avery Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A starving cat (voiced by Pinto Colvig) resorts to a plant growth liquid to try to grow a canary to a satisfying size but things quickly get out of control. Cartoon Cat: This […]

The Clown’s Little Brother (1920)

J.R. Bray Studios Directed by: Dave Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this short from the Out of the Inkwell series, Koko the Clown’s little brother comes to visit and shows up his older sibling, doing better and fancier tricks and tumbles. Kitty Cameo: As is usual […]