The Curse of the Cat People(1944).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. Written byKen Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>... Synopsis The Curse of the Cat People(1944)
Movie Title: The Curse of the Cat People(1944)
Run Time: 70 min
Rating: 6.9 / 10
Genres: Drama |Family
Release Date: 14 October 1944 (Mexico)
Director: Gunther von Fritsch,Robert Wise
Writer: DeWitt Bodeen... and other credits
Actor: Simone Simon,Kent Smith,Jane Randolph
but then that should really be no surprise considering who's involved here..Val Lewton, Robert Wise and returning star Simone Simon here in a much different albeit the same role as in CAT PEOPLE. Ann Carter as Amy is absolutely phenomenal in this film as well.
This celebration of the strength of a child's imagination is a joy to watch as it is in essence her imagination which gives her strength and courage and in the end will even her tormented and worried father , still terribly haunted by the events in CAT PEOPLE, need it?
While this is in part a sequel to CAT PEOPLE, it's relation to that film is mild at best. No this is a journey into the fantastic through the eyes of one very imaginative yet very lonely child. Beautiful and moving.
