Our Miss Brooks 2

Cigarettes, cats, and a brunette in bed. Yeah, I know it's a fire hazard, but life doesn't get much better than this. Here's Hazel Brooks photographed by Life magazine's Peter Stackpole.

Our Miss Brooks 1

Me Against Them Again

Last time I mentioned Me Against Them, the site blew up
for about three weeks. I don't think those two events were
linked. Anyway, it's back up and better than ever. It's got
sarcasm and cats and wit and coffee and girls and bitter
humor. What's not to like?

Cat Walks

Irena goes hunting, while Alice leaves work.

In Cat People (1942), Irena ascends the stairway
set from The Magnificent Ambersons (also 1942).

Seminal images, indeed.

Faster Pussycat

Cat Girl #5

The Dog Days of Summer

Pictures of starlets with cats are relatively hard
to find. Pictures of actresses with dogs, however,
are dime-a-dozen. There are even coffee table
picture books about Hollywood stars and their
damn dogs. I mean, you can't swing a dead cat
without hitting a photo of a movie star's dog on
eBay. I think, back in the day, when dogs were
"man's best friend" and much more popular as
pets, such cute-puppy pictures were common.
I don't know. Tuesday Weld (above) could be
cuddling a dead skunk, and it would look cute.

Some Multipurpose Starlet Pictures

Groups and Damp.

Cats and Harems.

Damp and Telephones and Mirrors.

Girl-Girl and Guns.

Raccoons and Pearls and Smokers.

KITTIES!!!

(This post is for Frank, Jesse, and Ellie, who fill

my home with fur and my catboxes with turds.)

BIG Kitties!

Cat Girl #4

And, finally, a really, really cool kitty. . .