Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year Universal 1946: THE CAT CREEPS & SHE-WOLF OF LONDON

Published: May 31, 2024, 4:29 a.m.

For this Universal 1946 episode, we chose a B-movie double bill,\xa0The Cat Creeps\xa0(directed by Erle C. Kenton, best known for Island of Lost Souls) and\xa0She-Wolf\xa0of London\xa0(directed by Jean Yarbrough, Abbott and Costello specialist), hoping for hidden gems. But did we find any? And in the Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, our Powell and Pressburger retrospective viewing continues with\xa0Black Narcissus\xa0and Michael Powell's notorious investigation of cinema, voyeurism, and violence,\xa0Peeping Tom.

Time Codes:

\xa00h 00m 30s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE CAT CREEPS [dir. Erle C. Kenton]

0h 12m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHE-WOLF OF LONDON [dir. Jean Yarbrough]

0h 26m 03s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto \u2013 Black Narcissus (1947) by Powell and Pressburger and Peeping Tom (1960) by Michael Powell

Studio Film Capsules provided by The Universal Story by Clive Hirschhorn

Additional studio information from: The Hollywood Story by Joe W. Finler \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

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