The Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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04.02.09
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This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result. She makes an imaginary friend though, her father's dead first wife Irena. At about the same time, she befriends Julia Farren, an aging reclusive actress who is alienated from her own daughter Barbara.
Movie Tagline:
The Black Menace Creeps Again !
Title: Curse Of The Cat People, The Release Date: March 02, 1944
Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Drama All Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Black and White Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 6.9 Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With C
MPAA Rating: Approved
Director(s):
Gunther von Fritsch
Robert Wise
Cast:
Simone Simon ...Ghost of Irena
Kent Smith ...Oliver 'Ollie' Reed
Jane Randolph ...Alice Reed
Ann Carter ...Amy Reed
Eve March ...Miss Callahan, Amy's teacher
Julia Dean ...Mrs. Julia Farren
Elizabeth Russell ...Barbara Farren
Erford Gage ...Police Captain
Sir Lancelot ...Edward, Reed's Butler / Cook
Charles Bates ...Jack
Linda Bieber ...Little Girl
Joel Davis ...Donald Miller
Gloria Donovan ...Little Girl
Edmund Glover ...Card Playing Guest
Nita Hunter ...Lois Huggins
Sarah Selby ...Miss Plumett, Caroler
Mel Sternlight ...State Trooper
Ginny Wren ...Little Girl
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Val Lewton
Writer(s):
DeWitt Bodeen
Composer(s):
Roy Webb
More Movie Taglines:
- The Black Menace Creeps Again !
- Strange, Forbidding, Thrilling
- A tender tale of terror!
Movie Trivia:
- The book titled "The Inner World of Childhood" mentioned by Miss Callahan, Amy's teacher, is a real work written by American psychologist Frances Wickes around 1930. It was admired greatly by Carl Jung, who wrote an introduction for it in 1931.
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The painting, featuring cats and a child, shown in the Reed's home and described as Irena's favorite piece of art, is the Goya work, "Don Manuel Osorio".
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Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) were re-used.
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According to the screenwriter DeWitt Bodeen, Val Lewton wanted to call this film "Amy and Her Friend". However, RKO executives insisted on using the "Cat People" name to attract fans of Cat People (1942), which had been an enormous box office success made with a very low budget.
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Robert Wise's first directorial screen credit, after he was called in to finish what was going to be short subject director Gunther von Fritsch's first feature film debut. Fritsch had fallen behind schedule and was replaced by Wise and the film was completed nine days behind schedule and over budget.
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Keywords:
Imaginary Friend, Sequel, Cat, Actress, Birthday Cake ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 7.9 out of 10.0 - 54 votes cast total
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