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. The following is a list of the cartoons released theatrically, separated by studio.
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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 NolanâÂÂs studio.
Shorts begin to be outsourced to Ben Harrison and Manny GouldâÂÂs studio.
Ben Harrison and Manny GouldâÂÂs studio began making Krazy KatâÂÂs for Mintz by March of 1927 and by the time they switched distributors to Paramount they completely took over from Bill Nolan.
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 GouldâÂÂs and HarrisonâÂÂs (and Sid Marcusâ and Dick HuemerâÂÂs) 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). 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.