Seeing Stars (1932 film)

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Seeing Stars
Directed byBen Harrison
Manny Gould
Story byBen Harrison
Produced by Charles Mintz
Music byJoe de Nat
Animation byAllen Rose
Harry Love
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 12, 1932 (1932-09-12) [1]
Running time
7:19
Language English

Seeing Stars is a 1932 short animated film distributed by Columbia Pictures, and features Krazy Kat. [2] Different from most shorts of the series, the cartoon features celebrities in their animated forms.

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Plot

At a music hall, a trio of singers perform by their microphones while an orchestra behind them plays. Enjoying their act are guests who dance on a square similar to a boxing ring. When the musicians stop to play another song, the square carrying some of the guests gets moved out and replaced by another one.

A stuttering announcer, (Roscoe Ates), introduces the special guest of the event, none other than Krazy Kat. To entertain the crowd in attendance, Krazy plays some short tunes on a piano. The piano is carried to him by mice who look supisciously like miniature versions of Minnie Mouse. The first tune Krazy Kat plays is Merrily We Roll Along . After a first successful performance he is interrupted by Joe E. Brown's high-pitched yelping, but Krazy literally zips his mouth shut. As he continues playing, the Marx Brothers: [1] Groucho, Chico, Zeppo and Harpo pop out of the piano and shake hands with him before leaving on a tandem bicycle. Halfway Harpo hops off to run after a young woman. As she dashes into the kitchen, he follows her, but is kicked out by an African-American female cook.

When Krazy is about to continue playing his instrument, he is interrupted by a noise coming from one of the tables. At that table, Laurel and Hardy are eating peas and roast chicken. While Hardy is eating with ease, Laurel appears to be having difficulty. When he scoops up peas with a spoon, they often fall off and make a sound that's quite loud to some. [1] Bothered by this, Hardy provides assistance. Krazy then comes to their table and asks them to be as quiet as possible.

Thinking about having a little meal, Krazy sees a cross-eyed man (Ben Turpin) [1] eating spaghetti. Krazy comes to the man's table and decides to have a share of the food. While they eat, a waiter (Jimmy Durante) [1] carrying fruits in a bowl is passing by, and those nearby grab anything they can get. Krazy also tries to pick a fruit but mistakenly grabs the waiter's long nose instead, much to the latter's annoyance. In reply, the waiter mumbles a few words and splats the platter of spaghetti right on top of Krazy. As the cat is covered in spaghetti Harpo takes the opportunity to play him as a harp, before getting distracted again by a woman passing by. Krazy gets cleaned up by someone from another table who uses a seltzer bottle.

Still wandering the music hall, Krazy notices the orchestra is fast asleep. He then wakes them up with a gun, which wakes them up and motivates them to start playing again. Krazy starts dancing at the center of the floor, and all those he came across join him there. Some other stars hadn't appeared earlier, namely Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Marie Dressler, Tom Mix, Maurice Chevalier and Harold Lloyd. Watching from the tables, the audience enjoyed the celebration.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mitchell-Waite, Antony; Mitchell-Waite, Joanne (2013). Laurel & Hardy's Animated Antics A-Z (3rd ed.). Lulu.com. p. 37. ISBN   9781291619256.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . Checkmark Books. pp.  97-98. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Columbia Cartoons". the shorts development. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
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