Krazy Kat Finds His Voice 2013

2013 2013 2013 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toSHWJ0Nc-8/UiXhZDIq8tI/AAAAAAAAQPE/iWDuEUjDu3k/s1600/aaawatch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toSHWJ0Nc-8/UiXhZDIq8tI/AAAAAAAAQPE/iWDuEUjDu3k/s640/aaawatch2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Music Instruments Revolt in <em>Bars and Stripes</em> (1931)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9IzDMNNPLM/UiXhaWyYNVI/AAAAAAAAQPM/bQvIv0HFYaw/s1600/aaawatch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9IzDMNNPLM/UiXhaWyYNVI/AAAAAAAAQPM/bQvIv0HFYaw/s640/aaawatch3.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: white;">A very rare Krazy Kat cartoon that Charles Mintz did for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Columbia</st1:city></st1:place>release, being part of offerings in Thunderbean's <em>Attack Of The 30's Characters</em>DVD. Mintz was infamy behind Disney's loss of Oswald, and would stay with animation wherever deals could be cobbled, until his passing in 1940 (one IMDB commenter posted, <em>I hope he's in Hell!</em>). Mintz regarded cartoons as pure merchandise, so <em>Bars and Stripes</em> comes with low expectation, but what surprise to find it a sprightly reel with clever bits revolved round Krazy's duel with musical instruments he's made enemy of. Someone was really trying here, if not Mintz. Krazy Kat&nbsp;was by now&nbsp;just a brand name applied to a standard issue character, being in few ways adapted from the comic strip that still boasts a loyal cult. It paid to have a known from other media figure as stalking horse (or cat) for your cartoons; helped get bookings. I'm sad that old black-and-whites like this don't get TV exposure anymore; there are, after all, so <em>many </em>of them.</span></span><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toSHWJ0Nc-8/UiXhZDIq8tI/AAAAAAAAQPE/iWDuEUjDu3k/s1600/aaawatch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-toSHWJ0Nc-8/UiXhZDIq8tI/AAAAAAAAQPE/iWDuEUjDu3k/s640/aaawatch2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Music Instruments Revolt in <em>Bars and Stripes</em> (1931)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9IzDMNNPLM/UiXhaWyYNVI/AAAAAAAAQPM/bQvIv0HFYaw/s1600/aaawatch3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9IzDMNNPLM/UiXhaWyYNVI/AAAAAAAAQPM/bQvIv0HFYaw/s640/aaawatch3.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: white;">A very rare Krazy Kat cartoon that Charles Mintz did for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Columbia</st1:city></st1:place>release, being part of offerings in Thunderbean's <em>Attack Of The 30's Characters</em>DVD. Mintz was infamy behind Disney's loss of Oswald, and would stay with animation wherever deals could be cobbled, until his passing in 1940 (one IMDB commenter posted, <em>I hope he's in Hell!</em>). Mintz regarded cartoons as pure merchandise, so <em>Bars and Stripes</em> comes with low expectation, but what surprise to find it a sprightly reel with clever bits revolved round Krazy's duel with musical instruments he's made enemy of. Someone was really trying here, if not Mintz. Krazy Kat&nbsp;was by now&nbsp;just a brand name applied to a standard issue character, being in few ways adapted from the comic strip that still boasts a loyal cult. It paid to have a known from other media figure as stalking horse (or cat) for your cartoons; helped get bookings. I'm sad that old black-and-whites like this don't get TV exposure anymore; there are, after all, so <em>many </em>of them.</span></span><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>