Directed by: A. Edward Sutherland Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Elmer Prettywillie (W.C. Fields) runs the local drugstore where he deals with kooky customers and gets caught up in a real estate scam. Kitty Cameo: One sight gag has Elmer dusting bric-a-brac in the store. […]
English Title: The Little House in Kolomna Directed by: Pyotr Chardynin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin. A young woman Parasha (Sofya Goslavskaya) lives with her widowed mother (Praskovya Maksimova) and comes up with a clever way to see […]
Directed by: George Foster Platt Synopsis: A fascinating look at the life of Helen Keller (portrayed by herself in the last segment). Kitty Cameos: Helen as a child (Etna Ross) is pulled into a barn by her friend Martha Washington (Jenny Lind). They join two other friends in looking at a mama cat and her […]
English Title: Cosmic Journey Directed by: Vasily Zhuravlyov Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A futuristic Soviet space program finds Professor Pavel Ivanovich Sedikh (Sergey Komarov) attempting to be the first man on the moon. Featured Feline: During the course of the film it is explained […]
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Snap the Gingerbread Man meets up with a witch and her black cat. Cartoon Cat: The black cat appears from a hole inside the witch’s tree and spies Snap standing outside. The cat loves gingerbread and bites Snap’s leg. Snap […]
Directed by: Paul Leni Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Murder and mysterious goings-on in a dilapidated Broadway theater. Kitty Cameo: Well into the film a trap door is discovered after the murdered thespian’s monocle is found. When the door is opened, a pair of glowing […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage highlights Pet Day in Toronto, Canada, with a parade of animals and their owners. Reality Cats: Dogs are the focus of much of the newsreel segment, but a tabby cat dressed in knitted baby clothes apparently won first prize in the Toronto Humane Society Pet Parade. There is a […]
Directed by: Jerome Storm Synopsis: A baseball hopeful named Ben Harding (Charles Ray) is spotted by a major league team and given his shot. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Ben’s sweetheart is Mazie Palmer (Colleen Moore) who is first seen sitting on a bench with her brother (Jay Morley). She is holding a tabby kitten. When […]
Directed by: Alice Guy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A man named Fraunie (Fraunie Fraunholz) breaks his engagement to Marian (Marian Swayne) because of his financial ruin, leading her to come up with a clever way to make him marry her anyway. Kitty Cameo: When […]
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gangster ‘Bull’ Weed (George Bancroft) is on top of the world until he suspects his right hand man Rolls Royce (Clive Brook) may be falling for his main moll Feathers (Evelyn Brent). Kitty Cameos: Near […]