Krazy Kat filmography

"Topsy Turvy (film)" redirects here. For the 1999 Mike Leigh film, see Topsy-Turvy.

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 231 films.^[1] The following is a list of the cartoons released theatrically, separated by studio.

Advertisement (1916)

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.

Title	Release date
Introducing Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse	February 18, 1916
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Believe in Signs	February 21, 1916
Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse Discuss the Letter 'G'	February 25, 1916
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing	February 29, 1916
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse: A Duet, He Made Me Love Him	March 3, 1916
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Their One-Act Tragedy: "The Tail of the Nude Tail"	March 6, 1916
Krazy Kat, Bugologist	March 14, 1916
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus	March 17, 1916[2]
Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse	March 21, 1916
Krazy Kat Invalid	March 27, 1916
Krazy Kat at the Switchboard	April 3, 1916
A Tale That is Knot	April 14, 1916
Krazy Kat the Hero	April 14, 1916
Krazy Kat to the Rescue	April 14, 1916
Krazy Kat at Looney Park	June 17, 1916
A Sad Awakening	June 20, 1916[3]
A Tempest in a Paint Pot	July 3, 1916
A Grid-Iron Hero	October 9, 1916
The Missing One	November 27, 1916
Krazy Kat Takes Little Katrina For an Airing	December 23, 1916
Throwing the Bull	February 4, 1917
Roses and Thorns	March 11, 1917
Robbers and Thieves	April 12, 1917
The Cook	April 29, 1917
Moving Day	May 27, 1917
All Is Not Gold That Glitters	June 24, 1917
A Krazy Katastrophe (final Krazy Kat theatrical short in World War I)	August 5, 1917

Bray Productions

Title	Release date
The Great Cheese Robbery*	January 16, 1920
Love's Labor Lost*	January 30, 1920
The Best Mouse Loses*	March 3, 1920
Kats Is Kats*	June 4, 1920
The Chinese Honeymoon	July 3, 1920
A Family Affair	October 25, 1920
The Hinges on the Bar Room Door	January 8, 1921
The Awful Spook	January 21, 1921
How I Became Krazy	January 26, 1921
The Wireless Wire-Walkers*	February 26, 1921

* Directed by Vernon Stallings

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.

Title	Release date	Note
Hot Dogs	October 1, 1925
The Smoke Eater	October 15, 1925
A Uke-Calamity	November 1, 1925
Bokays and Brickbatz	November 15, 1925
The Hair Raiser	November 15, 1925
The Flight That Failed	November 15, 1925
The New Champ	November 30, 1925
Jams and Gems	December 1, 1925	Often mis-cited as "James and Gems".
Monkey Business	December 15, 1925
Pie-Eyed Pie	1925	May be a variant title for Monkey Business; listed in Motion Picture News but no other trade papers.
Battling For Barleycorn	January 1, 1926
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.
The Ghost Fakir	February 1, 1926
Puss and Boots	February 15, 1926
Sucker Game	February 15, 1926
Back To Backing	March 1, 1926	Sometimes cited as "Back to Batching".
Double Crossed	March 15, 1926
Scents and Nonsense	April 1, 1926
Feather Pushers	April 15, 1926
Cops the Suey	May 1, 1926	Often mis-cited as "Cops Suey".
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]

Title	Release date	Note
The Chicken Chaser	September 2, 1926
East Is Best	September 22, 1926
Jimmy's Whiskers	October 1, 1926	Sometimes cited as "Jiminy Whiskers".
Shore Enough	October 11, 1926
Watery Gravy	October 15, 1926
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.
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).
Fowl Play	1926
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".
Teeth for Two	1926
Cheese It	November 8, 1926
Dots and Dashes	November 22, 1926
Gold Struck	December 6, 1926
The Wrong Queue	December 20, 1926
Horse Play	January 3, 1927
Busy Birds	January 17, 1927
Sharps and Flats	January 31, 1927
Kiss Crossed	February 14, 1927
A Fool's Errand	February 28, 1927
Stomach Trouble	March 14, 1927
The Rug Fiend	March 28, 1927
Hire a Hall	April 11, 1927
Don Go On	April 23, 1927
Burnt Up	May 9, 1927
Night Owl	May 23, 1927
On the Trail	June 6, 1927
Passing the Hat	June 20, 1927
Best Wishes	July 4, 1927
Black and White	July 10, 1927
Wild Rivals	July 18, 1927
Bee Cause	August 15, 1927
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]

Title	Release date	Note
Sealing Whacks	August 1, 1927
Tired Wheels	August 13, 1927
Web Feet	August 27, 1927
School Daze	September 10, 1927
Rail Rode	September 24, 1927
Aero Nuts	October 8, 1927
Topsy Turvy	October 22, 1927
Pie Curs	November 5, 1927
For Crime's Sake	November 19, 1927
Milk Made	December 3, 1927
The Stork Exchange	December 17, 1927
Grid Ironed	December 31, 1927
Pig Styles	January 14, 1928
Shadow Theory	January 28, 1928
Ice Boxed	February 11, 1928
A Hunger Stroke	February 25, 1928
Wired and Fired	March 10, 1928
Love Sunk	March 24, 1928
Tong Tied	April 7, 1928
A Bum Steer	April 21, 1928
Gold Bricks	May 5, 1928
The Long Count	May 19, 1928
The Patent Medicine Kid	June 2, 1928
Stage Coached	June 16, 1928
The Rain Dropper	June 30, 1928
A Companionate Mirage	July 14, 1928
News Reeling	August 4, 1928
Baby Feud	August 16, 1928
Sea Sword	September 5, 1928
The Show Vote	September 15, 1928
The Phantom Trail	September 29, 1928
Come Easy, Go Slow	October 15, 1928
Beaches and Scream	October 29, 1928
Nicked Nags	November 9, 1928
Liar Bird	November 23, 1928
Still Waters	December 7, 1928
Night Owls	December 22, 1928
Cow Belles	January 5, 1929
Hospitalities	January 18, 1929
Reduced Weights	February 1, 1929
Flying Yeast	February 15, 1929
Vanishing Screams	March 1, 1929
A Joint Affair	March 15, 1929
Sheep Skinned	March 19, 1929
The Lone Shark	April 13, 1929	First short with synchronised sound.[6]
Torrid Toreadors	April 27, 1929
Golf Socks	May 11, 1929
Petting Larceny	May 25, 1929
Hat Aches	June 8, 1929
Fur Peace	June 22, 1929
Auto Suggestion	July 6, 1929
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.

Title	Release date	Director	Notes
Ratskin	August 15, 1929	Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
Canned Music	September 12, 1929		Lost cartoon.
Port Whines	October 10, 1929
Sole Mates	November 7, 1929		Lost cartoon.
Farm Relief	December 30, 1929
The Kat's Meow	January 2, 1930
Spookeasy	January 30, 1930		Lost cartoon.
Slow Beau	February 27, 1930
Desert Sunk	March 27, 1930		Lost cartoon.
An Old Flame	April 24, 1930		Lost cartoon.
Alaskan Nights	May 23, 1930
Jazz Rhythm	June 19, 1930
Honolulu Wiles	July 17, 1930
Cinderella	August 14, 1930		Lost cartoon.
The Bandmaster	September 8, 1930
The Apache Kid	October 9, 1930
Lambs Will Gamble	November 1, 1930
The Little Trail	December 3, 1930
Taken for a Ride	January 3, 1931
Rodeo Dough	February 13, 1931
Swiss Movements	April 4, 1931
Disarmament Conference	April 27, 1931
Soda Poppa	May 29, 1931
The Stork Market	July 11, 1931
Svengarlic	August 3, 1931
Weenie Roast	September 14, 1931
Bars and Stripes	October 15, 1931	Manny Gould
Hash House Blues	November 2, 1931
The Restless Sax	December 1, 1931
Piano Mover	January 4, 1932	Ben Harrison
Love Krazy	January 30, 1932	Manny Gould
Hollywood Goes Krazy	February 13, 1932
What a Knight	March 14, 1932
Soldier Old Man	April 2, 1932
The Birth of Jazz	April 13, 1932	Ben Harrison
The Ritzy Hotel	May 9, 1932	Manny Gould
Hic-Cups the Champ	May 28, 1932
The Paper Hanger	June 21, 1932	Ben Harrison
Light house Keeping	August 15, 1932
Seeing Stars	September 12, 1932	Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
Prosperity Blues	October 8, 1932
The Crystal Gazabo	November 7, 1932
The Minstrel Show	November 21, 1932
Snow Time	November 30, 1932
Wedding Bells	January 10, 1933
The Medicine Show	February 7, 1933
Wooden Shoes	February 25, 1933
Bunnies and Bonnets	March 29, 1933
The Broadway Malady	April 18, 1933
Russian Dressing	May 1, 1933
House Cleaning	June 1, 1933	Rudy Zamora
Antique Antics	June 14, 1933	Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
Out of the Ether	September 5, 1933
Whacks Museum	September 29, 1933	Harry Love and Al Eugster
Krazy Spooks	October 13, 1933	Rudy Zamora and Harry Love
Stage Krazy	November 13, 1933
The Bill Poster	November 24, 1933	Harry Love
Curio Shop	December 15, 1933
The Autograph Hunter	January 5, 1934
Southern Exposure	February 5, 1934	Ben Harrison and Manny Gould
Tom Thumb	February 16, 1934	Harry Love
Cinder Alley	March 9, 1934
Bowery Daze	March 30, 1934
Busy Bus	April 20, 1934	Allen Rose
The Masquerade Party	May 11, 1934	Harry Love
The Trapeze Artist	September 1, 1934	Sid Marcus
The Katnips of 1940	October 12, 1934	Ben Harrison
Krazy's Waterloo	November 16, 1934
Goofy Gondolas	December 21, 1934
The Bird Man	February 1, 1935
The Hotcha Melody	March 15, 1935
Peace Conference	April 26, 1935
The King's Jester	May 20, 1935
Garden Gaieties	August 1, 1935
A Happy Family	September 27, 1935
Kannibal Kapers	December 27, 1935
The Bird Stuffer	February 1, 1936	Sid Marcus
L'il Ainjil	March 19, 1936	Ben Harrison	Sole attempt by Screen Gems to reflect the original comic series.
Highway Snobbery	August 9, 1936	Allen Rose
Krazy's Newsreel	October 24, 1936
The Merry Cafe	December 26, 1936
The Lyin' Hunter	February 12, 1937
Krazy's Race of Time	May 6, 1937
The Masque Raid	June 25, 1937
Railroad Rhythm	November 20, 1937
The Auto Clinic	March 4, 1938
The Little Buckaroo	April 11, 1938
Krazy Magic	May 20, 1938
Travel Squawks	July 4, 1938
Gym Jams	September 9, 1938
Hot Dogs on Ice	October 21, 1938
The Lone Mountie	December 10, 1938
Krazy's Bear Tale	January 27, 1939
Golf Chumps	April 6, 1939
Krazy's Shoe Shop	May 12, 1939		Final Krazy Kat short in the series.
The Little Lost Sheep	October 2, 1939		First Fables short, and the only Krazy Kat short to be a part of the Fables series.
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.