Playing with Gasoline, The Vitagraph Cat

Playing with Gasoline, The Vitagraph Cat

It is often stated that the first feline star of the silent silver screen was Pepper, the Maltese cat who featured prominently in promotions for Mack Sennett studios and starred in numerous shorts and features. While Pepper was undoubtedly the first true cinema cat celebrity, there were cats who made their mark on screen and in the press for other studios. One such cat was Gasoline, who for a while was dubbed the “Vitagraph Cat.” Now bear in min…