Krazy Kat filmography

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Advertisement (1916)

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 Nights	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
178	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.

External links

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