Auditions for a Black Cat

Would you take your cat to a Hollywood audition?  Sounds like an interesting afternoon.

 

I saw these people putting leashes on their cats and taking them to an audition... that left me in awe, shock, bewilderment, and utterly amused.  I wonder what the requirements were? Hmmmmm... must be black, cat, cooperative?

Take a look....

           

Awesome...right?     They all are like....actually leashed. 

That must have gone over well with the cats.

          

Ah- ha!  Vincent Price....it must have been an audition for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat". V. Price and Edgar Allan Poe - what a great combination. Used to love these movies - Tales of Terror, House of Usher, The Raven... 

    

Why couldn't he just walk on the pavement like everybody else? 

Well, that's a cat for you.

       

Who brought a baby cat? We specifically said no baby cats Ma'am.....

         

Let's get this over with Lady.....

   

Holy Toledo! This woman's eyebrows are scarier than the Vincent Price Movies....

   

Um...what is happening here? I don't think I want to know...

       

There is about to be drama here, I can just tell....

    

This whole shot is awesome - the kid, his boots and vest, the cat, the guy with a cigarette, the woman with the crutches....you couldn't script this shot.

I just thought this was a fitting post as we approach Halloween...

also I do love Black Cats...the best!

Photos courtesy:

{photos LIFE archive - Hollywood audition for Black Cat, 1961}

Enjoy,

Denise ❤