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George Herriman George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Krazy Kat'' (1913–1944). More influential than popular, ''Krazy Kat'' had an appreciative audience ...

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Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

'' 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. The following is a list of the cartoons released theatrically, separated by studio.

International Film Service International Film Service (IFS) was an American animation studio created to exploit the popularity of the comic strips controlled by William Randolph Hearst. History In 1914, William Randolph Hearst expanded his International News Service wir ...

Bray Productions Bray Productions was a pioneering American animation studio that produced several popular cartoons during the years of World War I and the early interwar era, becoming a springboard for several key animators of the 20th century, including the ...

* Directed by Vernon Stallings

Winkler Pictures Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent ...

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.

R-C Pictures/Winkler Pictures

Paramount-Famous/Winkler Pictures

**Directed by Bill Nolan

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
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Screen Gems Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent ...

By this period, the Krazy Kat shorts started using sound. Every film here was directed by Manny Gould and Ben Harrison. Most of these shorts are available from various online sources. In 1931, Winkler Productions was renamed The Charles Mintz Studio and in 1933, The Charles Mintz Studio was renamed Screen Gems. Due to waning popularity, the Krazy Kat series ended, but he would appear in two more shorts in the Fables and

Phantasies ''Phantasies'' is the name of a series of animation, animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems#Animation studio: 1933–1948, Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. The series, featuring characters such as Willoughby Wre ...

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* {{Krazy Kat Film series introduced in 1916

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