Black Cat Audition
There were three parts to the 1962 film “Tales of Terror” that were adapted from a story from Edgar Allan Poe. One of those stories was called “The Black Cat.” So naturally, Hollywood needed black cats for the movie, so an audition was held on the sidewalk in the 600 block of N. Bronson Avenue in Hollywood. Over 100 black cats were lined up after cat owners read in the newspaper that an audition was being held for “a sagacious black cat.” Ironically, there were all sorts of cats at the audition including gray and even a white cat.