The 1958 film Bell, Book and Candle, which is a reference to the ceremony of excommunication, begins with “Ring the bell, open the book, light the candle,” and ends with “Ring the bell, close the book, quench the candle.” The film features Pyewacket a Siamese and familiar of the lead female character Gillian Holroyd played […]
Cats in Film – A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
January 15, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The 2016 film A Street Cat Named Bob recounts the life of James Bowen as a recovering heroin addict. While trying to wean himself off drugs, James tries to make a go of performing in Covent Garden by playing his guitar for passersby. Not very successful, he lives from hand to mouth until the ginger […]
Cats in Film — Nine Lives (2016)
November 20, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Nine Lives (2016) is a family film that tells the tale of a billionaire Tom Brand, played by Kevin Spacey, who becomes trapped in the body of a very fluffy cat in order to teach him a lesson of not being a self-absorbed, bad-tempered, bad father. For his daughter’s 11th birthday, Brand buys his daughter […]
Cats in Film — The Cat’s Eye (1985, Stephen King)
May 1, 2015 By 1 Comment
Stephen King’s (a well-known cat lover) 1985 comedy horror The Cat’s Eye is comprised of three stories: Quitters Inc., The Ledge and “General”. The only thing the three stories have in common is a travelling tabby tom cat. The first story, Quitters Inc. opens with the tabby tom trying to escape a gangling St. Bernard. […]
Cats in Film – Rhubarb (1951, American)
October 10, 2014 By 8 Comments
In the 1951 film Rhubarb starring Ray Milland and featuring a very young Leonard Nemoy a millionaire baseball team owner takes a liking to a dog chasing cat†who is named Rhubarb after the slang term for an on field fight or argument. The eccentric owner then dies and leaves the team to the cat. His daughter files […]
Cats in 20th Century History (Part 6 – Felix the Cat)
August 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The cat we have all come to know as Felix first made his appearance as Master Tom in Feline Follies. Released just after WWI in 1919, and directed by Otto Messmer, the @4 minute short features the original Felix the Cat, here called Master Tom. Our hero cat is lured away from his duties of […]
Cats in Film – Shadow of the Cat (1961, British)
December 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
SHADOW OF THE CAT In the classic black and white horror film, Shadow of the Cat, Tabitha, the loyal cat, after witnessing her mistress’ brutal murder, plots her cat revenge on the conspirators. Tabitha later literally scares the woman’s husband to death after he tries to convince his niece that the cat and the will […]
