Black Cat Fever

Black Cat auditions in Hollywood from Life Magazine; 1961

152 cats auditioned for the role of the black cat in the 1962 film Tales of Terror for the short based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat.

Of course you can't have any good black cat judging contest without Peter Lorre and Vincent Price!


Source: Time

Foreign Beauties #2 - Karen Verne

""How do you do?" from Sweden, we have this blond vision, Karen Verne, definitely a Hollywood prospect." (Film Fun, 1941)

I couldn't find anything about a Karen Verne from Sweden. The only actress I found named Karen Verne, was born in Berlin, Germany and married to Peter Lorre at one point in time. Many sources say that Karen's German heritage was disguised because of her debut during World War II. Perhaps they said she was from Sweden.