Krazy Kat filmography

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After George Herriman conceived the Krazy Kat comic strip in 1913, the title character began appearing in animated shorts three years later. From 1916 to 1940, Krazy Kat was featured in 240 films.[1] The following is a list of the cartoons released theatrically, separated by studio.

Krazy Kat (Genderless)

International Film Service

The title card of this 1916 silent short read "Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial. Krazy Kat - Bugologist. A Cartoon By George Herriman. Animated by Frank Moser. Copyright 1916 by Animated Film Services Inc." Length 3m24s, 416 kbit/s
Another of the Hearst-Vitagraph Krazy Kat animated shorts.
Another of the Hearst-Vitagraph Krazy Kat animated shorts.
No. Title Release date
1 Introducing Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse February 18, 1916
2 Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Believe in Signs February 21, 1916
3 Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse Discuss the Letter 'G' February 25, 1916
4 Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing February 29, 1916
5 Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse: A Duet, He Made Me Love Him March 3, 1916
6 Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Their One-Act Tragedy: "The Tail of the Nude Tail" March 6, 1916
7 Krazy Kat, Bugologist March 14, 1916
8 Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus March 17, 1916[2]
9 Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse March 21, 1916
10 Krazy Kat Invalid March 27, 1916
11 Krazy Kat at the Switchboard April 3, 1916
12 A Tale That is Knot April 14, 1916
13 Krazy Kat the Hero April 14, 1916
14 Krazy Kat to the Rescue April 14, 1916
15 Krazy Kat at Looney Park June 17, 1916
16 A Sad Awakening June 20, 1916[3]
17 A Tempest in a Paint Pot July 3, 1916
18 A Grid-Iron Hero October 9, 1916
19 The Missing One November 27, 1916
20 Krazy Kat Takes Little Katrina For an Airing December 23, 1916
21 Throwing the Bull February 4, 1917
22 Roses and Thorns March 11, 1917
23 Robbers and Thieves April 12, 1917
24 The Cook April 29, 1917
25 Moving Day May 27, 1917
26 All Is Not Gold That Glitters June 24, 1917
27 A Krazy Katastrophe (final Krazy Kat theatrical short in World War I) August 5, 1917

Bray Productions

No. Title Release date
28 The Great Cheese Robbery* January 16, 1920
29 Love's Labor Lost* January 30, 1920
30 The Best Mouse Loses* March 3, 1920
31 Kats Is Kats* June 4, 1920
32 The Chinese Honeymoon July 3, 1920
33 A Family Affair October 25, 1920
34 The Hinges on the Bar Room Door January 8, 1921
35 The Awful Spook January 21, 1921
36 How I Became Krazy January 26, 1921
37 The Wireless Wire-Walkers* February 26, 1921

* Directed by Vernon Stallings

Krazy Kat (male)

Winkler Pictures

In the first two cartoon series', Krazy was depicted as a genderless feline, similar to the comic strip. From here onward, Krazy is portrayed as a male cat. These were produced by Bill Nolan’s studio.

No. Title Release date Note
38 Hot Dogs October 1, 1925
39 The Smoke Eater October 15, 1925
40 A Uke-Calamity November 1, 1925
41 Bokays and Brickbatz November 15, 1925
42 The Hair Raiser November 15, 1925
43 The Flight That Failed November 15, 1925
44 The New Champ November 30, 1925
45 Jams and Gems December 1, 1925 Often mis-cited as "James and Gems".
46 Monkey Business December 15, 1925
47 Pie-Eyed Pie 1925 May be a variant title for Monkey Business; listed in Motion Picture News but no other trade papers.
48 Battling For Barleycorn January 1, 1926
49 A Punctured Romance January 15, 1926 Often mis-cited as "A Pickled Romance" or "A Picked Romance"; New York State and Pathé ("Eve's Film Review") records establish actual title.
50 The Ghost Fakir February 1, 1926
51 Puss and Boots February 15, 1926
52 Sucker Game February 15, 1926
53 Back To Backing March 1, 1926 Sometimes cited as "Back to Batching".
54 Double Crossed March 15, 1926
55 Scents and Nonsense April 1, 1926
56 Feather Pushers April 15, 1926
57 Cops the Suey May 1, 1926 Often mis-cited as "Cops Suey".
58 In the Movies August 15, 1926

R-C Pictures/Winkler Pictures

Shorts begin to be outsourced to Ben Harrison and Manny Gould’s studio.[4]

No. Title Release date Note
59 The Chicken Chaser September 2, 1926
60 East Is Best September 22, 1926
61 Jimmy's Whiskers October 1, 1926 Sometimes cited as "Jiminy Whiskers".
62 Shore Enough October 11, 1926
63 Watery Gravy October 15, 1926
64 Mouse Trapped October 15, 1926 Home movie title "Krazy Kat's Mouse Trap"; commonly circulating in a version (erroneously) retitled as Bokays and Brickbatz, in fact a different cartoon.
65 Farmyard Frolic 1926 Home movie title "A Barnyard Frolic"; UK release as a two-part serial, with second half titled "The Frolics That Finished" (this part commonly circulated).
66 Fowl Play 1926
67 The Pole-Lander 1926 UK release as a two-part serial, with titles "Searching for Santa!" (this part commonly circulated) and "Santa Claws Our Pet".
68 Teeth for Two 1926
69 Cheese It November 8, 1926
70 Dots and Dashes November 22, 1926
71 Gold Struck December 6, 1926
72 The Wrong Queue December 20, 1926
73 Horse Play January 3, 1927
74 Busy Birds January 17, 1927
75 Sharps and Flats January 31, 1927
76 Kiss Crossed February 14, 1927
77 A Fool's Errand February 28, 1927
78 Stomach Trouble March 14, 1927
79 The Rug Fiend March 28, 1927
80 Hire a Hall April 11, 1927
81 Don Go On April 23, 1927
82 Burnt Up May 9, 1927
83 Night Owl May 23, 1927
84 On the Trail June 6, 1927
85 Passing the Hat June 20, 1927
86 Best Wishes July 4, 1927
87 Black and White July 10, 1927
88 Wild Rivals July 18, 1927
89 Bee Cause August 15, 1927
90 Skinny August 29, 1927

Paramount-Famous/Winkler Pictures

Ben Harrison and Manny Gould’s studio began making Krazy Kat’s for Mintz by March of 1927 and by the time they switched distributors to Paramount they completely took over from Bill Nolan.[5]

No. Title Release date Note
91 Sealing Whacks August 1, 1927
92 Tired Wheels August 13, 1927
93 Web Feet August 27, 1927
94 School Daze September 10, 1927
95 Rail Rode September 24, 1927
96 Aero Nuts October 8, 1927
97 Topsy Turvy October 22, 1927
98 Pie Curs November 5, 1927
99 For Crime's Sake November 19, 1927
100 Milk Made December 3, 1927
101 The Stork Exchange December 17, 1927
102 Grid Ironed December 31, 1927
103 Pig Styles January 14, 1928
104 Shadow Theory January 28, 1928
105 Ice Boxed February 11, 1928
106 A Hunger Stroke February 25, 1928
107 Wired and Fired March 10, 1928
108 Love Sunk March 24, 1928
109 Tong Tied April 7, 1928
110 A Bum Steer April 21, 1928
111 Gold Bricks May 5, 1928
112 The Long Count May 19, 1928
113 The Patent Medicine Kid June 2, 1928
114 Stage Coached June 16, 1928
115 The Rain Dropper June 30, 1928
116 A Companionate Mirage July 14, 1928
117 News Reeling August 4, 1928
118 Baby Feud August 16, 1928
119 Sea Sword September 5, 1928
120 The Show Vote September 15, 1928
121 The Phantom Trail September 29, 1928
122 Come Easy, Go Slow October 15, 1928
123 Beaches and Scream October 29, 1928
124 Nicked Nags November 9, 1928
125 Liar Bird November 23, 1928
126 Still Waters December 7, 1928
127 Night Owls December 22, 1928
128 Cow Belles January 5, 1929
129 Hospitalities January 18, 1929
130 Reduced Weights February 1, 1929
131 Flying Yeast February 15, 1929
132 Vanishing Screams March 1, 1929
133 A Joint Affair March 15, 1929
134 Sheep Skinned March 19, 1929
135 The Lone Shark April 13, 1929 First short with synchronised sound.[6]
136 Torrid Toreadors April 27, 1929
137 Golf Socks May 11, 1929
138 Petting Larceny May 25, 1929
139 Hat Aches June 8, 1929
140 Fur Peace June 22, 1929
141 Auto Suggestion July 6, 1929
142 Sleepy Holler July 20, 1929

Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems

By this period, the Krazy Kat shorts started using sound. Ben Harrison and Manny Gould helmed the series together until they briefly split for the 1931-1932 season. After Columbia Pictures decided to decrease Gould’s and Harrison’s (and Sid Marcus’ and Dick Huemer’s) wages on account that their cartoons were unprofitable, they left the studio and their crew took over. All would return (except for Huemer who went to Disney).[7] Allen Rose would be given the series in 1936 as Harrison and Gould focused on the Color Rhapsodies. Due to waning popularity, the Krazy Kat series ended in 1939, but he would appear in two more shorts in the Fables and Phantasies series.

No. Title Release date Director Notes
143 Ratskin August 15, 1929 Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
144 Canned Music September 12, 1929 Lost cartoon.
145 Port Whines October 10, 1929
146 Sole Mates November 7, 1929 Lost cartoon.
147 Farm Relief December 30, 1929
148 The Kat's Meow January 2, 1930
149 Spookeasy January 30, 1930 Lost cartoon.
150 Slow Beau February 27, 1930
151 Desert Sunk March 27, 1930 Lost cartoon.
152 An Old Flame April 24, 1930 Lost cartoon.
153 Alaskan Knights May 23, 1930
154 Jazz Rhythm June 19, 1930
155 Honolulu Wiles July 17, 1930
156 Cinderella August 14, 1930 Lost cartoon.
157 The Bandmaster September 8, 1930
158 The Apache Kid October 9, 1930
159 Lambs Will Gamble November 1, 1930
160 The Little Trail December 3, 1930
161 Taken for a Ride January 3, 1931
162 Rodeo Dough February 13, 1931
163 Swiss Movements April 4, 1931
164 Disarmament Conference April 27, 1931
165 Soda Poppa May 29, 1931
166 The Stork Market July 11, 1931
167 Svengarlic August 3, 1931
168 Weenie Roast September 14, 1931
169 Bars and Stripes October 15, 1931 Manny Gould
170 Hash House Blues November 2, 1931
171 The Restless Sax December 1, 1931
172 Piano Mover January 4, 1932 Ben Harrison
173 Love Krazy January 30, 1932 Manny Gould
174 Hollywood Goes Krazy February 13, 1932
175 What a Knight March 14, 1932
176 Soldier Old Man April 2, 1932
177 The Birth of Jazz April 13, 1932 Ben Harrison
178 The Ritzy Hotel May 9, 1932 Manny Gould
179 Hic-Cups the Champ May 28, 1932
180 The Paper Hanger June 21, 1932 Ben Harrison
181 Light house Keeping August 15, 1932
182 Seeing Stars September 12, 1932 Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
183 Prosperity Blues October 8, 1932
184 The Crystal Gazabo November 7, 1932
185 The Minstrel Show November 21, 1932
186 Snow Time November 30, 1932
187 Wedding Bells January 10, 1933
188 The Medicine Show February 7, 1933
189 Wooden Shoes February 25, 1933
190 Bunnies and Bonnets March 29, 1933
191 The Broadway Malady April 18, 1933
192 Russian Dressing May 1, 1933
193 House Cleaning June 1, 1933 Rudy Zamora
194 Antique Antics June 14, 1933 Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
195 Out of the Ether September 5, 1933
196 Whacks Museum September 29, 1933 Harry Love and Al Eugster
197 Krazy Spooks October 13, 1933 Rudy Zamora and Harry Love
198 Stage Krazy November 13, 1933
199 The Bill Poster November 24, 1933 Harry Love
200 Curio Shop December 15, 1933
201 The Autograph Hunter January 5, 1934
202 Southern Exposure February 5, 1934 Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
203 Tom Thumb February 16, 1934 Harry Love
204 Cinder Alley March 9, 1934
205 Bowery Daze March 30, 1934
206 Busy Bus April 20, 1934 Allen Rose
207 The Masquerade Party May 11, 1934 Harry Love
208 The Trapeze Artist September 1, 1934 Sid Marcus
209 The Katnips of 1940 October 12, 1934 Ben Harrison
210 Krazy's Waterloo November 16, 1934
211 Goofy Gondolas December 21, 1934
212 The Bird Man February 1, 1935
213 The Hotcha Melody March 15, 1935
214 Peace Conference April 26, 1935
215 The King's Jester May 20, 1935
216 Garden Gaieties August 1, 1935
217 A Happy Family September 27, 1935
218 Kannibal Kapers December 27, 1935
219 The Bird Stuffer February 1, 1936 Sid Marcus
220 L'il Ainjil March 19, 1936 Ben Harrison Sole attempt by Screen Gems to reflect the original comic series.
221 Highway Snobbery August 9, 1936 Allen Rose
222 Krazy's Newsreel October 24, 1936
223 The Merry Cafe December 26, 1936
224 The Lyin' Hunter February 12, 1937
225 Krazy's Race of Time May 6, 1937
226 The Masque Raid June 25, 1937
227 Railroad Rhythm November 20, 1937
228 The Sad Little Guinea Pigs [8] February 22, 1938 Ben Harrison
229 The Auto Clinic March 4, 1938 Allen Rose
230 The Little Buckaroo April 11, 1938
231 Krazy Magic May 20, 1938
232 Travel Squawks July 4, 1938
233 Gym Jams September 9, 1938
234 Hot Dogs on Ice October 21, 1938
235 The Lone Mountie December 10, 1938
236 Krazy's Bear Tale January 27, 1939
237 Golf Chumps April 6, 1939
238 Krazy's Shoe Shop May 12, 1939 Final Krazy Kat short in the series.
239 The Little Lost Sheep October 2, 1939 First Fables short, and the only Krazy Kat short to be a part of the Fables series.
240 The Mouse Exterminator January 26, 1940 The only Krazy Kat theatrical short in the Phantasy series and the final appearance of Krazy Kat in a theatrical cartoon.

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 34–35, 97–98. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ American Memory Collection (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress). (2010, August 31). Library of Congress. Retrieved April 26, 2013, Archived on March 1, 2005
  3. ^ Motion Picture News, July 1, 1916. Retrieved February 4, 2021, https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpicturenew133unse_1461
  4. ^ "The (Annotated) Handwritten Notes of Ben Harrison |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  5. ^ "The (Annotated) Handwritten Notes of Ben Harrison |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  6. ^ "The (Annotated) Handwritten Notes of Ben Harrison |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  7. ^ "The (Annotated) Handwritten Notes of Ben Harrison |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  8. ^ Lewis, Charles E. (1939). Showmen's trade review. MBRS Library of Congress. [New York, etc.] pp. 37, 81.
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