Pets in Golden Era movies

[MissMittens]

Post 'em if you got 'em!

I'll kick things off. Here's arguably Hollywood's most famous cat, Orangey, who starred in Rhubarb (1951) at the "tail" of the era, alongside Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, and Gene Lockhart

 

[MissMittens]

Of course, doggiekind also desevres a mention, so her'es one of the most famous - Toto from Wizard of Oz (1939)

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's a delightfully baroque silent romance from 1927 called "When A Man Loves," starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, in which Barrymore fends off his enemies all the while holding and protecting Dolores's beloved pet cat "Fifi."

"First rule, you helots. Laugh at me all you want, but never, ever laugh at my cat."

 

[HanauMan]

One of my favourite Bogie films is High Sierra and it has Roy (Bogart) being adopted by a dog which is, in turn, the cause of Roy getting shot dead at the end of the film.

 

[Haversack]

Then there is Asta.

 

[MissMittens]

There's a delightfully baroque silent romance from 1927 called "When A Man Loves," starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello, in which Barrymore fends off his enemies all the while holding and protecting Dolores's beloved pet cat "Fifi."

"First rule, you helots. Laugh at me all you want, but never, ever laugh at my cat."

I can't believe I forgot about this! I had an actual print of this some years ago, but it became badly vinegared (is that even a word?) from decades of poor storage, and deterioration of the acetate before I acquired it

 

[MissMittens]

Petey, the inspiration for the Target brand doggo, from Our Gang

 

[MissMittens]

There's also the original Rin Tin Tin, 1920's

 

[2jakes]

Cheetah!

Dang it... how I envied that chimp!

 

[2jakes]

HARVEY

My favorite Pooka!

 

[MissMittens]

HARVEY
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A favorite!

LOL!!! Forgot that was Jimmy Stewart :lol:

 

[2jakes]

“Two’s company and three’s a crowd...so beat it buster!”.
-- BABY

This is what I would've told Cary so that I could be alone with Kate in that grand Woody station wagon riding around the beautiful country roads and
stopping for a picnic along the way.

This without a doubt is my favorite “fruitcake” movie!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Katherine "if you think I'm really fifteen years old, I've got a basket of kittens to sell you" Hepburn in "Little Women."

 

[Fading Fast]

This is Bobby who has a modest but critical role in one of the best ghost movies of all time, 1944's "The Uninvited."


Not sure if he/she has a character name (think so, but can't remember it), but this cute cat also gets involved in the ghost action:

 

[MissMittens]

Another one of Orangey, this time in Breakfast at Tiffany's

 

[2jakes]

MGM's favorite pet, Leo.

There have been several over the years.

And you know you are getting old if you remember Leo in
black & white in theaters.
Congratulations if you can recall when Leo was silent in
movie houses.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Scraps and friend, "A Dog's Life."

 

[2jakes]

Lassie with a lovely Liz Taylor.

 

[Bugguy]

Anyone remember Topper (1953-54) Neil was the St. Bernard that tried to save the Kerbys' in the avalanche. Now all are ghosts in their house that was bought by the Toppers.