Anna Lucasta 1958  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., Frederick O'Neal, Henry Scott, Rex Ingram, Georgia Burke, James Edwards, Rosetta LeNoire, Isabel Cooley, Alvin Childress
Eartha Kitt takes on the role of prostitute Anna Lucasta who is kicked out of her home and then exploited by her family. This remake of the 1949 film features an all-Black cast, which is consistent with how playwright Philip Yordan wrote his controversial 1944 Broadway production.
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Boomerang 1992  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Martin Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Melvin Van Peebles, Chris Rock, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lela Rochon, John Witherspoon, Bebe Drake, John Canada Terrell
Marcus (Eddie Murphy) is an executive who thrives on attention from women, but he often treats them with indifference. Now, his new boss is a beautiful woman (Robin Givens) who treats him the way he has been treating the opposite sex, and the tables are turned.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2000  G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Mark Dindal
Cast: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Eli Russell Linnetz, Kellyann Kelso, John Fiedler, Tom Jones, Patti Deutsch, Stephen J. Anderson, Rodger Bumpass
In this good Disney comedy, scheming ex-administrator Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) turns the Emperor Kuzco (voice of David Spade) into a talking llama. Now, with the help of the llama herder, Pacha (voice of John Goodman), Kuzco tries to find his way back to the palace.
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The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove 2005 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Kronk's New Groove
Director: Saul Andrew Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney, John Fiedler, Eli Russell Linnetz, Jessie Flower, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Patti Deutsch
In this follow-up to "The Emperor's New Groove," Kronk (voice of Patrick Warburton) is now the owner of a restaurant that has not yet established a large clientele. One day, Kronk receives a llama-gram announcing his father's upcoming visit. The news sets Kronk and partner Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) into action to make the restaurant appear successful. In the process, a massive cheese explosion erupts in the kitchen, but Kronk's friends come to his aid, and he learns the lesson to be "True to his Groove."
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Erik the Viking 1989 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Terry Jones
Cast: Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, Antony Sher, Freddie Jones, John Gordon Sinclair, Tsutomu Sekine, Gary Cady, Tim McInnerny, Samantha Bond
Eric (Tim Robbins) is tired of the Age of Ragnarok with its raping and pillaging. To find an alternative, he sets off on a journey to the end of the world accompanied by an unlikely bunch of groupies.
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Ernest Scared Stupid 1991  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John R. Cherry III
Cast: Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Jonas Moscartolo, Shay Astar, Bill Byrge, Richard Woolf, Nick Victory, Alec Klapper, Michael Montgomery, Daniel Butler
Here we go again with number four in the "Ernest" series. They just keep on coming. This time lame-brained Ernest (Jim Varney) accidentally frees a terrible troll from its tomb.
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Fatal Instinct 1993 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, Tony Randall, Eartha Kitt
This had the possibility of being a good satire on the film world, but, while it does have very funny moments, it is not one of Reiner's best efforts.
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Friday Foster 1975 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Arthur Marks
Cast: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Eartha Kitt, Jim Backus, Scatman Crothers, Carl Weathers, Ted Lange, Tierre Turner, Paul Benjamin, Jason Bernard, Ed Cambridge, Julius Harris, Rosalind Miles
As in the comic strip, our heroine Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is a fashion photographer who leads a double life in her fight for truth and justice. This time, she hears about an assassination conspiracy originating in Washington, D.C., and heads there with private detective Colt Hawkins (Yaphet Kotto) to track down the conspirators.
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Harriet the Spy 1996 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Vanessa Lee Chester, J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Joy, Eartha Kitt, Charlotte Sullivan, Gregory Smith, Teisha Kim, Cecilley Carroll, Nina Shock, Conor Devitt, Alisha Morrison, Nancy Beatty, Sally Cahill
Based on Louise Fitzhugh's children's book, this is the story of Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg), a 13-year-old girl who prowls her neighborhood spying on its happenings and making entries in her notebook. When her notebook is discovered, Harriet must pay the consequences.
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 1998  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Aris Iliopulos
Cast: Billy Zane, Abraham Benrubi, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Mark Boone Junior, Tippi Hedren, Eartha Kitt, Ann Magnuson, Andrew McCarthy, Will Patton
This homage to Ed Wood Jr. is based on one of his scripts. While originally written for a silent movie, the music and sound effects take over to replace Wood's usual bad dialogue. The result is the same!
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The Mark of the Hawk 1957  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Accused
Shaka Zulu
Director: Michael Audley
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Juano Hernandez, Sidney Poitier, John McIntire, Helen Horton, Marne Maitland, Gerard Heinz, Bill Nagy, Earl Cameron, Patrick Allen, Clifton Macklin, Ewen Solon, Lockwood West, Philip Vickers, Francis Matthews
Obam (Sidney Poitier) returns to his colonial African country where he tries to enact peaceful means for racial equality. Beset by many problems, he must choose between continuation of his peaceful approach or violence. His wife Renee (Eartha Kitt) and missionary Bruce Craig (John McIntire) come to his aid, but is it too late?
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The Pink Chiquitas 1987  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Anthony Currie
Cast: Frank Stallone, John Hemphill, Don Lake, Bruce Pirrie, Elizabeth Edwards, Claudia Udy, Laura Robinson, Cindy Valentine, Gerald Isaac, Eartha Kitt, T.J. Scott
A pink meteorite lands in a small town and turns the town's women into pink chiquitas who are lusty nymphomaniacs. Private detective Clip Bacardi (Frank Stallone) investigates.
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Standard Time 2002 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Anything But Love
Director: Robert Cary
Cast: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Ilana Levine, Victor Argo, Eartha Kitt, Alix Korey, Sean Arbuckle, Michael J. Burg, Josh Stamberg, Peter Appel, Bart DeFinna
This tribute to Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s features Isabel Rose in the role of down-on-her-luck cabaret singer Billy Golden. She is torn between the affections of her piano teacher and those of a very successful lawyer who can offer Billy financial support but lacks appreciation for her world of music. Guess who wins!
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| 1. Anna Lucasta (1958)
2. Boomerang (1992)
3. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
4. The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005)
aka: Kronk's New Groove
5. Erik the Viking (1989)
6. Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
7. Fatal Instinct (1993)
8. Friday Foster (1975)
9. Harriet the Spy (1996)
10. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
11. The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
aka: Accused
aka: Shaka Zulu
12. New Faces (1954)
13. The Pink Chiquitas (1987)
14. Standard Time (2002)
aka: Anything But Love
15. Unzipped (1995)
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