One Track Mind (1962)

One Track Mind (1962)

by Mark Murton Directed by: George Harrison Marks Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film. Synopsis: A young woman (Margaret Nolan in her film debut) returns home to her flat and proceeds to perform a striptease for an unseen audience. Kitty Cameos: The woman’s disrobing is interspersed with shots […]

The Missionary (1982)

The Missionary (1982)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Richard Loncraine Synopsis: In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) is recalled to England where his Bishop gives him his new assignment: to minister to London’s slum prostitutes. Kitty Cameo: The first “fallen woman” Fortescue approaches is the buxom Ada (Tricia […]

Le capitaine Fracasse (1929)

Le capitaine Fracasse (1929)

English Title: Captain Fracasse Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Baron de Sigognac (Pierre Blanchar), a nobleman who has fallen upon hard times, joins a group of travelling performers and becomes Captain Fracasse, all for the love of a […]

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Directed by: Joe May Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) takes a formula to make him invisible so he can elude the police, but the side effect of the drug is madness. Kitty Cameo: Constable Briggs (Rex Evans) is on patrol when […]

One Foot in the Grave – “Love and Death”

One Foot in the Grave – “Love and Death”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 8, 1990 Studio Director: Sydney Lotterby Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Meldrews, Victor (Richard Wilson) and Margaret (Annette Crosbie), go to stay with their old friends the Bluetts, Vince (Stephen Lewis) and April (Georgina Hayle), in their dilapidated […]

Blank Space (2014)

Blank Space (2014)

Starring: Olivia Benson Music Artist: Taylor Swift Directed by: Joseph Kahn Synopsis: This music video finds a fashionably rich Taylor Swift exacting revenge on an unfaithful boyfriend (Sean O’Pry). Kitty Cameo: In the opening segment in Taylor’s character’s bedroom she is holding Olivia Benson, her beautiful white Scottish Fold kitty with tabby markings. Final Mewsings: […]

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Directed by: Stephanie Rothman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Susan (Sherry E. DeBoer) and Lee (Michael Blodgett) are a young couple who are invited to a desert retreat by a mysterious woman named Diane (Celeste Yarnall). And what they don’t know about Diane may hurt […]

Living Apart Together (1982)

Living Apart Together (1982)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Charles Gormley Synopsis: Singer / songwriter Ritchie Hannah (B.A. Robertson) returns to Glasgow to attend the funeral of a friend, just as his wife walks out on him and their children, setting him on a journey with his assistant to find her and bring her home. Kitty Cameo: Ritchie returns […]

Your Voice (1949)

Your Voice (1949)

Synopsis: An Encyclopedia Britannica educational short about the human voice and how it works. Kitty Cameo: Several different animal voices are presented at the beginning of the film. While most of the film footage and sounds are unexceptional, the quick shot of a tabby kitten trying to climb a window screen, accompanied by the shortest, […]

Spellbound (1981)

Spellbound (1981)

Music Artist: Siouxsie and the Banshees Directed by: Clive Richardson Synopsis: This music video finds the band running through the woods accompanied by overlaid imagery. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the promo, Siouxsie Sioux is crawling like a cat under video of a black cat walking. Later a black cat is seen falling in […]