Confirmed: Isis was NOT Victoria Vetri

[Maurice]

So, speaking of Isis and why they would hire Ms. Tatro, I went to the scripts. Interestingly she appears to have been a late addition. There's no such character/cat mentioned in the early drafts, but in the final draft there's this.

Roberta trails her words as she sees:
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165 ROBERTA’S P.O.V. – ACROSS ROOM 165

A beautiful woman, black hair, sleek black dress, and
jeweled choker necklace, entering the room. She has almost a
feline grace as she sits on the couch, curling her legs up
under her.

SEVEN’S VOICE​

Living here will be no threat to your
20th Century moral code, Miss
Lincoln...
​

So, the screen directions called for her to come into the shot and curl up her legs as she seats herself, so they probably hired Tatro as a dancer and contortionist to be able to evoke these graceful feline movements. It's possible this action was filmed and only the shots of her seated remain, but minus film frames that's unprovable.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I told my off-board friend about Isis being identified. When he read that April Tatro was a contortionist, he said they should have had her lift her leg up over her head and lick it like a cat. But I think NBC would have said no to that shot.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

So, the screen directions called for her to come into the shot and curl up her legs as she seats herself, so they probably hired Tatro as a dancer and contortionist to be able to evoke these graceful feline movements. It's possible this action was filmed and only the shots of her seated remain, but minus film frames that's unprovable.

I wonder if Roddenberry sold off the film clips to a fan in the 70s.

 

[johnnybear]

People have asked why April Tatro didn't come forward earlier but maybe she didn't know she was lost!
JB

 

[Mytran]

In her interview with Larry Nemecek she said she's not really that much into scifi, let alone Star Trek circles!

 

[Forbin]

I'll have to check my box of Lincoln Enterprises film frames to see if she's there!

 

[johnnybear]

Roberta Lincoln?
JB

 

[Maurice]

Finally listened to the interview and she did indeed walk in and out, so there was a bit of business we never saw.

 

[johnnybear]

That cat they used for Isis was a beauty! In that picture where she is sitting on Robert Lansing's shoulder she looks so intelligent!
JB

 

[Maurice]

That cat they used for Isis was a beauty! In that picture where she is sitting on Robert Lansing's shoulder she looks so intelligent!
JB

I believe there were several cats. Usually you have at least two in case one gets sick or won't perform.

 

[Christopher]

I believe there were several cats. Usually you have at least two in case one gets sick or won't perform.

The saying I've heard is, if you need a cat in a film to do six different things, you need six identical cats.

 

[Redfern]

I read "somewhere" that two cats were employed for this episode, one of them actually male.

Suddenly I'm thinking of those stock shots of the Enterprise, intercutting between the 2nd pilot version with "vents" at the rear of the nacelles and "balls" upon the production era model. Funny that it might be applicable here!

 

[scotpens]

I read "somewhere" that two cats were employed for this episode, one of them actually male.

I recall reading that they used three black cats. The "hero" cat -- the one that got the most screen time -- had apparently taken a liking to Robert Lansing, so they used that one a lot.

 

[Phaser Two]

I recall reading that they used three black cats. The "hero" cat -- the one that got the most screen time -- had apparently taken a liking to Robert Lansing, so they used that one a lot.

That's what I remember as well but I don't recall the source.

 

[Forbin]

I believe it was an article in the SKG* Magazine

(*Screen Kitteh's Guild)

 

[johnnybear]

Cats can purr better than Tribbles!
JB

 

[Turtletrekker]

Fake Isis meets real Isis as Victoria Vetri meets April Tatro and multiverses collide! (Will probably need Facebook access.)


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