There is a story the much used Hollywood "angry cat" sound effect was the result of a particularly cruel Foley artist torturing a studio moggie for hours to try and get it to screech for the 1934 horror film The Black Cat.
The cat would not make any noise, other than angry growled threats of revenge.
The Foley artist gave up, and thrust the cat out of the studio office. He experimented with making the cat noises himself, but failed miserably .
So crossed the room to open the window for a breath of air, at which point the cat leaps back in and with a cry of vengeance is mine in cat, attacked his tormentor.
Luckily the recorder was still running and gave Hollywood it's feline version of the Wilhelm Scream'