Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing (1916)

Krazy Kat is romantically in love with Ignatz the mouse. He flies a plane to court the dangerous mouse. There is an ongoing routine of Ignatz throwing bricks at Krazy Kat. After an extended serenade, our hero ends up at the bottom of a pile of said bricks. This is basically a curiosity. We aren't let in on any of the motivations for the actions. I've never even been sure of the sexes of the pair. This is a presentation of the Library of Congress. It is in remarkable condition. Once again the stark nature of these cartoons allows the animators to focus on small parts of the setting. Ignatz, once again, is pretty much a line drawing.

Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing (1916) *** (out of 4) Silent animated short has Krazy Kat jumping into his plane and flying to his girlfriend's house but he has a surprise coming to him. This runs a very quick two-minutes so you can't expect too much of a story but the entire film is just a set up for the final act, which I found to be quite funny. The entire film has a cute element to it and I also found the animation to be quite nice. Those seeking a historic element will probably find this more entertaining than your normal animation fans but you can look at this and see a connection to future cat films like Felix and Tom and Jerry.

Since the previous reviewer summed up what happens in this 2-minute cartoon, I'll just mention that Krazy also has some kind of flying contraption which he uses to fly to where he mistakenly thinks is Ignatz' house and he takes a guitar where you see visual notes whenever he plays some music. And in many of the word balloons, many of the words end with "ink" like "darlink". Since Zsa Zsa Gabor speaks like that, I half wonder if she learned English after moving from Hungary with her sisters by seeing films like this! Nothing much more to say except this film has a primitive charm that could interest animation history buffs. If you are interested in seeing this, it's easily available on YouTube (at least it was when I found it there).

It really isn't fair to give these early animations ratings on IMDb because they are so different and so primitive. And you really can't blame them, as the medium was so new. Instead, I see them as important historical curios that should not be forgotten, though most modern audiences would probably be bored by them.This is a silent cartoon featuring Krazy Kat--who for some odd reason always seems to be in love with the mouse, Ignatz. Krazy Kat begins serenading Ignatz, but doesn't realize it's the wrong home. Ignatz sees what's happening and begins to pelt the cat with bricks. It's highly reminiscent of the much later Tom and Jerry or Itchy and Scratchy and gives us insight into the evolution of this dynamic.