There's That Woman Again (1938)

Directed by: Alexander Hall

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

Synopsis: A sequel to the film There’s Always a Woman. Sally Reardon (Virginia Bruce) once again meddles in her husband Bill’s (Melvyn Douglas) detective work with predictably silly results.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the middle of the film Sally becomes convinced that if she breaks into the jewelry store and steals something it will help to prove a man’s innocence. As she works to get the delivery door open to the store, a gray and white cat watches her.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat by wall

Having opened the door, Sally takes a look around to make sure no one is watching. The cat slips past her feet and walks into the store, causing Sally to look scared since she isn’t aware of what the sensation was.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat moving past Sally Virginia Bruce to enter jewelry store

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat moving past Sally Virginia Bruce to enter jewelry store animated gif

Inside the store, Sally struggles to steal a necklace from a case. The gray and white cat sees a mouse running across the floor and takes chase (the mouse is actually pulled along the floor with a string . . . hopefully it is a fake mouse in the wide shot). Once again Sally is confused about what is happening.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat crouched on floor

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat running after mouse past Sally Virginia Bruce

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat running after mouse past Sally Virginia Bruce animated gif

The mouse then climbs into a suit of armor (in actuality the mouse is pulled out of the foot of the armor by a string and the film is run in reverse). The cat looks up and down the armor.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat looking at suit of armor

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat looking up at suit of armor

Finally the cat jumps up into the open visor of the suit of armor. For this shot the cat was obviously attached to a harness and first pulled out of the armor and lowered to the ground. The footage is then reversed to make it appear the cat is making the high jump.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat about to jump up suit of armor

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat jumping up into suit of armor with harness visible

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat jumping up into suit of armor with harness visible animated gif

A quick cut to the cat climbing into the visor makes the effect work well. The visor then snaps shut.

There's That Woman Again - back end of gray and white tuxedo cat climbing into suit of armor

Sally is startled when the head on the suit of armor starts to jump and then spin. A pair of glowing cat eyes can barely be seen inside the visor.

There's That Woman Again - glowiong cat's eyes visible behind visor of suit of armor

The head then falls off the suit of armor, making Sally jump and move away. The cat then appears and walks by casually. Sally sees the cat and sighs.

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat jumping down from suit of armor

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat walking away after jumping down from suit of armor

There's That Woman Again - gray and white tuxedo cat jumping down from suit of armor and scaring Sally Virginia Bruce animated gif

Sally then moves to leave the store but unfortunately she manages to step on the cat’s tail. His quiet cry scares her and sends her running. Fortunately for this scene it is clear the actress’ foot is not pressed down hard on the cat’s tail.