Week-end at the Waldorf (1945)

Weekend at the Waldorf poster

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Starring:
 Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner
Directed by: Robert Z. Leonard

Synopsis: Interwoven stories of several people are told over the course of a weekend at the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan.

Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of Sunday a black cat is seen trying to get in through the front doors of the hotel.

Weekend at the Waldorf - black cat trying to get into Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Weekend at the Waldorf - black cat trying to get into Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

The narrator, Robert Benchley explains, “And the Waldorf cat can be just a philanderous as a cat in a motel. And just as hungry. Though he should have gone to the service entrance.”

Weekend at the Waldorf - black cat trying to get into Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Weekend at the Waldorf - black cat trying to get into Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Weekend at the Waldorf - black cat trying to get into Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Final Mewsings: It’s a shame they didn’t tell the cat’s story!

Many thanks to Ted Davis for letting us know about the cat in this film!


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