by Linda Kay

Directed by: Erle C. Kenton

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Clothing model Gay Holloway (Helen Twelvetrees) gets caught up with the slimy Kirk Underwood, Jr. (Bruce Cabot), even though he is known to be engaged to the wealthy Julia Thorndyke (Adrienne Ames), all of which leads to tragedy.

Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): In order to convince Gay that he is sincere in his intentions towards her, Kirk buys and furnishes an oceanside cottage. Skipping the bedroom, they inspect the nursery where a bassinet has been set up. Kirk says he wants to introduce Gay to the rest of the family and walks her over to find five kittens inside (three gray ones are clear to see while the ginger and black kittens keep mostly hidden from the camera).

Kirk says the kittens are all hers and Gay asks, “Where’s the mother?” “Oh, she’s probably out looking for the father,” Kirk explains, adding that the letch probably ran off with a Persian hussy. “They’ll do it every time,” Gay sighs.

Kirk reaches down and picks up the calico mama cat, placing her in the bassinet with the kittens before leading Gay from the room. Sadly the cats do not appear again.

According to one tiny blurb in the May 29, 1933 edition of The Los Angeles Times, Helen Twelvetrees loaned her Persian cat and six kittens to Paramount for use in the film, although both the breed and the count appear to be incorrect.

Final Mewsings: It takes one catty letch to know another!

Many thanks to Wahrhaftig for letting us know about the cats in this film.

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