Mexican Spitfire’s Blessed Event (1943)

Directed by: Leslie Goodwins

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

Synopsis: Things gets confused when Carmelita Lindsay (Lupe Velez) sends a telegram about her ocelot having a kitten leads Dennis (Walter Reed) to believe she is the one having the baby.

Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Carmelita is in a hotel room with her maid Verbana (Marietta Canty) who shouts for her to hurry and come see. They gaze in wonder as under the table Carmelita’s ocelot is sitting with a kitten.

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event - ocelot with tabby kitten
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event - ocelot with tabby kitten

As much as we love ocelots (an awful lot!) we only write about domestic cats in this blog. But the kitten counts because it is clearly not an ocelot kitten but a tabby kitten!

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event - ocelot with tabby kitten
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event - Carmelita Lupe Velez and Verbana Marietta Canty looking at ocelot with tabby kitten animated gif

Final Mewsings: The father must have been one brave tabby!

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