Cat People

The RKO trademark FADES OFF, leaving a black screen, in the center of which are two slits of pale light. These move closer until we see that they are a pair of cat's eyes.Over these mysteriously blinking lights the title is SUPERIMPOSED. DISSOLVE A misty OUT-OF-FOCUS SHOT of a black panther pacing behind cage bars.Over this come the production credits. A pale fog rises over the shot of the black panther, and over it Is SUPERIMPOSED the following quotation: EVEN AS FOG CONTINUES TO LIE IN THE VALLEYS, SO DOES ANCIENT SIN CLING TO THE LOW PLACES, THE DEPRESSIONS IN THE WORLD CONSCIOUSNESS. SIGMUND FREUD EXT. ZOO PROMENADE - PARK - AFTERNOON As the last word of the quotation FADES from the screen, the fog clears, the caged leopard comes into full focus, and we see that it is an actual leopard behind actual bars.Over the scene is the wheezy music of the Triumphal March from "Aida," as played on a hand, organ. This is playing in the distance, and we do not see the organ-grinder until later. The CAMERA DRAWS BACK to show a young artist sitting before the cage on a campstool with a drawing portfolio in her hand. She is presumably sketching the panther, although her drawing is not shown, and we do not see the features of the girl's face.The girl picks up the drawing and holds it off, weighing its values. It evidently does not meet with her approval, for she wads the drawing Into a ball and turns to look for a place to throw the waste paper. We see her face.