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Black And White | Sex Transformation
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Best DVD Collection | 2006
Outstanding Classic DVD | 2005
Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form | 1943
Budget 134,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,000,000 USD
The horror movie technique of slowly building tension to a jarring shock which turns out to be something completely harmless and benign became known as a "Lewton bus" after a famous scene in this movie created by producer Val Lewton. The technique is also referred to as a "cat scare," as off-screen noises are often revealed to be a startled harmless cat.
The film was in theaters for so long that critics who had originally bashed the film were able to see it again and many rewrote their reviews with a more positive spin.
Because of the incredibly tight budget, sets from Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) were re-used.
When "The Cat Woman" (played, uncredited, by Elizabeth Russell) speaks to Irina in Serbian and calls her "my sister," Russell's dialogue is dubbed by Simone Simon.
The suits at RKO were reportedly dubious about the finished film. It was too subtle and possibly not overt enough to compete with Universal's brand of horror.
"Irena Dubrovna: I like the dark. It's friendly."
"Mrs. Plunkett: You can fool everybody, but landie, dearie me, you can't fool a cat. They seem to know who's not right, if you know what I mean."
