Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees is a character in T. S. Eliot's poetry book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and its stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical "Cats". He is an important primary character, and one of the most popular of the show. He is also sometimes named Quaxo. Mistoffelees' name derives from the demon Mephistopheles. However, the character is not sinister as the name implies, and instead is described by Eliot as being "the original conjuring cat", who is "always deceiving you into believing that he's only hunting for mice" — a mysterious quiet and small black feline
They Knew What They Wanted (film) in the role. Years later, in 1956, Frank Loesser turned the play into a semi-operatic musical entitled "The Most Happy Fella". This was not filmed, but was videotaped in 1980 and shown on PBS. They Knew What They Wanted (film) They Knew What They Wanted is a 1940 film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Robert Ardrey, and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton and William Gargan. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winning play "They Knew What They Wanted" by Sidney Howard. For his performance Gargan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. When visiting