Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Lady with Red Hair poster

Warner Bros.
Starring:
 Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains
Directed by: Kurt Bernhardt

Synopsis: Biopic about Leslie Carter (Miriam Hopkins), a Chicago society woman who loses her son in a messy divorce and takes to the stage to raise the money to win him back.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In one quick scene, producer David Belasco (Claude Rains), is coaching Leslie and is drilling instructions into her head as she sits, hungry, at a table. He is eating a sandwich and he pours some milk into a saucer for a tabby kitten.

Lady with Red Hair - tabby kitten drinking milk being poured

Lady with Red Hair - tabby kitten drinking milk and David Belasco Claude Rains eating sandwich in front of Leslie Carter Miriam Hopkins

Leslie watches them eat as David makes her continue working through her hunger.

Lady with Red Hair - tabby kitten drinking milk in front of Leslie Carter Miriam Hopkins

Final Mewsings: Cat actors know all about motivation.


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