Manning a lighthouse is just a music-filled dancing pleasure for Krazy, who engages with fish, birds and a seal in his day's duty. As he spies Kitty in a passing ship, the skies fill with black storm clouds, and a fierce barrage of wind, rain and lightning churns the sea until the ship is (literally) swallowed by a huge wave, leaving Kitty floating on a raft-like scrap of wood.
Ben Harrison, Manny Gould, George Herriman
United States
Is this worth watching today? Honestly, yeah, but only if you have six minutes to spare and you don't mind things getting a little weird. If you're a fan of those old-school cartoons where characters don't seem to have any bones, you'll love it. If you need a plot that actually follows the laws of physics, you're going...
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Manny Gould
Ralph Ince
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"Is this worth watching today? Honestly, yeah, but only if you have six minutes to spare and you don't mind things getting a little weird. If you're a fan of those old-school cartoons where characters don't seem to have any bones, you'll love it. If you need a plot that actually follows the laws of physics, you're going to hate every second of this. It's a Krazy Kat short from 1934. Back then, they didn't really care about 'story arcs' or 'character development.' They just wanted to see things b..."
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