A short animated film featuring the comic strip character Krazy Kat, as well as some caricatures of well-known actors of the time. Here is the verified list of Hollywood actors portrayed in the cartoon in the order of their appearance (courtesy of film historian David Ezell): Ben Turpin, Krazy Kat imitates Charlie Chaplin and then Groucho Marx, Eddie Cantor (he says his signature line "whoopee!), Laurel and Hardy, then Charlie Chaplin "really" appears (throwing pies) and finally, Joe E Brown is seen with a golf club.
Manny Gould, George Herriman
United States
If you're into animation history or just like seeing old-school cartoon weirdness, Hollywood Goes Krazy is worth a look. If you need a coherent story or anything resembling logic, you will probably hate this with a burning passion. It’s really just a vehicle to show off how well the animators could draw famous people....
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Manny Gould
Hal Roach
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"If you're into animation history or just like seeing old-school cartoon weirdness, Hollywood Goes Krazy is worth a look. If you need a coherent story or anything resembling logic, you will probably hate this with a burning passion. It’s really just a vehicle to show off how well the animators could draw famous people. One minute Krazy Kat is doing a Chaplin bit, and the next, Eddie Cantor is yelling 'Whoopee!' for no reason at all. It’s frantic. The pacing is honestly all over the place. It fe..."
