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The Cat's Meow  (12A)   110 mins

"The Whisper Told Most Often..."

"A Triangle...A Murder...A Secret...Don't Tell"

A deeply satisfying drama based on the true life 1924 scandal when famed film director Thomas Ince was mysteriously shot dead on William Randolph Hearst's yacht.  Peter Bogdanovich directs a very impressive cast which includes Edward Herrman as Hearst and Kirsten Dunst as his paramour Marion Davies.  Eddie Izzard is a wonderful Charlie Chaplin and our own Joanna Lumley plays scandalous novelist Elinor Glyn.  Jennifer Tilley is excellent as Louella Parsons.  No-one has ever before dared to try to get to the bottom of this mystery, effectively covered up by a Hollywood terrified of controversy.  The film is the best recreation of the 1920s since The Great Gatsby and has something of that novel's longing for a lost, doomed era.  The Cat's Meow was made as long ago as 2001 and has mysteriously suffered poor and sporadic release.  Maybe the ghost of W R Hearst is still pulling strings...

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Last modified: 20-Jun-2008

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