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Torchy's Kitty Coup

Torchy's Kitty Coup

1933Short⏱️ 21m
ShortComedy
4.7
IMDB Rating
9 votes

Torchy's boss' wife is throwing a society cat show with one problem: her women's group has no cats. Torchy is enlisted to find cats, and proves quite adept at that task.

Director
C.C. Burr
Writers
Sewell Ford, George Jeske
Stars
Ray Cooke, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Breese
Release Date
January 22, 1933
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ray Cooke
Ray Cooke
as Torchy
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
as Office Manager
Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese
as Edward (Hickory) Ellins
Marion Shockley
Marion Shockley
as Vee Ellins
Dot Farley
Dot Farley
as Aunt Zenobia
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Adeline Ashbury
as Vee's Girl Friend
Charles K. French
Charles K. French
as Physician
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Sequoian Quartette
as Vocal Quartette
Alexander Pollard
Alexander Pollard
as Martin - the Butler

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
C.C. Burr Productions

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Not especially funny, but enjoyable.
by planktonrules2022-05-07
5/10

""Torchy's Kitty Coup" is one of about a dozen Torchy films Ray Cooke made in the early 1930s. These films are about an office boy named 'Torchy' and in each episode he works hard to make good. The films I've seen have all been enjoyable but not exactly laugh riots either....and "Torchy's Kitty Coup" is below average for the series. In this episode, the boss' wife is throwing a combination society party and cat shows but, oddly, she has no cats and expects her husband and his employees to supply them. So, much of the film shows Torchy and his i..."

📖 Synopsis

Torchy's boss' wife is throwing a society cat show with one problem: her women's group has no cats. Torchy is enlisted to find cats, and proves quite adept at that task.