<B>A gallery of cats painted as movie stars, full of charm and humor.</B><br/><br/>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 filmsall with cats playing the leading roles.<br/><br/>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.