The Apache Kid (1930 film)

The Apache Kid is a 1930 cartoon short distributed by Columbia Pictures and features Krazy Kat.[2] The film is the character's 149th film.

The Apache Kid
Krazy and the spaniel
Directed byBen Harrison
Manny Gould
Produced byCharles Mintz
Story byGeorge Herriman
Music byJoe de Nat
Animation byBen Harrison
Manny Gould
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Winkler Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
October 9, 1930[1]
Running time
6:37
LanguageEnglish

Plot

In a tavern, Krazy is playing the piano while his spaniel girlfriend is sitting on it and singing. After spending a few moments by that instrument, they stood up and do the Apache dance. Suddenly, a tiger came by and grabs the spaniel, taking her faraway. Though the kidnapper flees in a horse, Krazy still chooses to run after on foot.

Krazy follows the tiger's trail into a sewer. Little did he know that the tiger and the spaniel are in a secret lair, and the entrance to that place is already shut. Desperately wanting to be released and see her boyfriend again, the spaniel weeps in the couch. In this, the tiger decides to cheer her up with a song and dance. While the captor is trying to entertain, Krazy finds an opening to the secret lair and goes in. Krazy finally confronts the tiger, and the two guys decided to settle things in a knife battle. Following a number of exchanges, the tiger is knocked cold. Krazy and the spaniel are reunited.

Spaniel girlfriend

Krazy's spaniel girlfriend makes one of her earliest appearances in this short, therefore becoming one of the primary cast not originating from the comic strip. She would then replace Ignatz Mouse as Krazy's supporting character, and even appearing in the title cards from 1930 to 1933.

Availability
  • Columbia Cartoon Collection: Volume 1.[3]

References
  1. Bradley, Edwin M. (2005). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. p. 141. ISBN 9781476606842. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 97-98. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. "The Columbia Cartoons". the shorts development. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-06-17.


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