''Ratskin'' is a 1929
animated
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cartoon released by
Columbia Pictures
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starring
Krazy Kat.
It is the first cartoon to be released by Columbia Pictures and the first ''Krazy Kat'' cartoon released with sound.
Plot
The short features Krazy Kat hunting for
turkey
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. He shoots with his
gun
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what he thinks is turkey, but turns out to be a
Native American instead. The Indian chases Krazy and gets caught. An anamorphic pole ties Krazy up, and the Indians light a fire below him. Krazy manages to escape from the Indians, but then the Indians start shooting
arrows at him. Krazy finds his gun and uses it as a
record player
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, and the Indians start dancing. A female Indian wants to kiss Krazy, but he hits her with his gun instead. All of the Indians get angry and try to get Krazy, but Krazy escapes from the crowd, dismantles his gun, and uses the Indians (now huddled in a circle, not realizing Krazy had escaped) as a record player.
Music
The music in the title sequence is called ''Me-Ow'', a 1918 composition by
Mel B. Kaufman. It would be used in some subsequent short films of the series until ''
Slow Beau''.
Availability
Ratskin has yet to be released on any home video format. It does however, circulate through a bootleg recording of an ASIFA screening, the only time the cartoon was publicly shown since its original release
See also
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Krazy Kat filmography
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. The following is a list of the cartoons rel ...
References
External links
Ratskinat the
Big Cartoon Database
The Big Cartoon DataBase (or BCDB for short) is an online database of information about animated cartoons, Feature film, animated feature films, Animated television series, animated television shows, and cartoon Short film, shorts.
The BCDB proj ...
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American black-and-white films
1929 films
Krazy Kat shorts
Columbia Pictures short films
Hunting in popular culture
1920s American animated films
1929 animated films
Columbia Pictures animated short films
American animated short films
Films about Native Americans
Screen Gems short films
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