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Susan Herbert studied at the Ruskin School of Art. Having worked and painted for the English National Opera and the Theatre Royal, she now specializes in limited-edition prints of theatrical animals and exhibits frequently. She lives in England.

A gallery of cats painted as movie stars, full of charm and humor.

Susan Herbert's innovative and witty feline renderings of cats in human situations, from Shakespearean drama to masterpieces of Western art, have won her a large and admiring public. Now she draws on her lifelong fascination with the movies to give us a series of scenes from classic films—all with cats playing the leading roles.

Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, she presents an irresistible array of well-known characters, from the silent films of the 1920s through big-budget musicals and the lure of the Wild West to contemporary hit films. Here are flirting, dancing, detecting, and menacing cats: a beguiling flower seller in Covent Garden, a seductive older woman and a young graduate, a hard-boiled private eye with a falcon…. 57 illustrations, 27 in color.