| Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat’s Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect in 1924, for one notorious weekend on board William Randolph Hearst’s Luxury yacht. The guests include movie mogul Thomas Ince, who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership with Hearst, and Charlie Chaplin who has much more mischievous ‘Recreational’ motives for being onboard. A stylish and sardonically funny exposé of corrupt Tinseltown values, this darkly comic morality play is laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily heating tensions. |
