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Cat People (1942) was a Horror - Mystery Film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton.

SYNOPSIS

A young bride believes she is the victim of a curse that transforms her into a deadly panther. This is the first of several famous horror films produced by Val Lewton.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Cat People was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993.

Cat People BlogHub Articles:

Irene Dubrovna in "Cat People" (1942)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 10, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

The Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting the Blogathon and the Beast blog event this week. This theme gives us bloggers a chance to write about a film character who has a beast within themselves. All of us have a sleeping beast within who, hopefully, never awakens in our lifetime. As the old sa... Read full article

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Cat People (1942)

By Carol Martinheira on Oct 9, 2022 From The Old Hollywood Garden

ONE MOVIE, THREE QUOTES: Cat People (1942) On October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 By CarolIn Uncategorized Image from Pinterest Horror Month is here! About three years ago, I wrote a piece about Cat People (1942) and why I think Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) is such a gr... Read full article

The Curse of The Cat People (1944): The Oddest of Horror Sequels

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 30, 2019 From 4 Star Films

The Curse of the Cat People feels like entering a storybook only to find ourselves in Tarry Town near Sleepy Hollow. Fittingly, we are placed with a group of kindergarteners who have come with their teacher to frolic and enjoy a field trip to the place brought to life in the tall tales of Washington... Read full article

The sad reality of Cat People (1942)

By Carol Martinheira on Oct 22, 2019 From The Old Hollywood Garden

The sad reality of Cat People (1942) On October 22, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized Last year’s Horror Month DOUBLE BILL focused on the similarities between The Invisible Man (1933, dir. James Whale) and The Wolfman (1941, dir. George Waggner). If one wanted to str... Read full article

Cat People (1942)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 12, 2017 From 4 Star Films

Cat People has one of those sensationalized B-picture premises and there are moments when its meager aspects let slip that this is a low-budget effort, but within those restrictions, it moves with a certain purpose and chilliness. It’s true that producer Val Lewton had a B-movie renaissance go... Read full article

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Cat People Quotes:

The Commodore: Look at that woman over there.
Doc Carver: Looks just like a cat.
Irena Dubrovna: I like the dark. It's friendly.
Irena Dubrovna: Oh, it's alright. It's just that cats don't seem to like me.
Irena Dubrovna: Oh, you can tell Alice anything, she's such a good egg she can understand anything
Oliver 'Ollie' Reed: There are some things a woman doesn't want other women to understand.
Irena Dubrovna: Will you have tea with me in my apartment?
Oliver 'Ollie' Reed: You make everything so simple!
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Cat People Facts
Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons were re-used.
Val Lewton reportedly sought Simone Simon for this film after seeing her performance in All That Money Can Buy.
Original trade reviews appeared Friday the 13 November 1942.
The film was such a hit at the box office, the releases of the next two Lewton films (I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man) were delayed.
Supervisor Lou L. Ostrow was so dissatisfied with the style of the movie he wanted to replace director Jacques Tourneur after four days of filming. Producer Val Lewton got studio head Charles Koerner to reinstate Tourneur, and when Ostrow insisted on the panther appearing in the drafting room sequence, Lewton had Tourneur use low lighting putting the panther in the shadows.
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