Captain Grogg is Going Fishing

1921 Animation 7 minutes Directed by Victor Bergdahl

About Captain Grogg is Going Fishing

Captain Grogg sets out to fish. He goes over the side. He is hauled back at the last moment. The Swedish title is Kapten Grogg skall fiska, the twelfth cartoon about him and Kalle.

Cast & crew

More about Captain Grogg is Going Fishing

Victor Bergdahl directed it for Svenska Biografteatern, which also distributed it through Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå. Swedish Wikipedia's series table gives 1921 and 7 minutes, and counts it as the twelfth Grogg short, after Kapten Grogg bland andra konstiga kroppar and before Kapten Grogg har blivit fet (1922).

Themes

Making

This late Grogg is a single accident: the captain fishes, falls, and is saved. Bergdahl was still at Biografteatern, a year before he left the series for advertising cartoons.

Notes

  • The Swedish Film Database item number used by Wikipedia for this title is 15824.
  • Bergdahl's Grogg series ends the next year with Kapten Grogg har blivit fet, a 6-minute short.
  • Kalle is the cabin boy who has been in the series since the 1916 voyage.

Scenes

  • Grogg goes into the water from the fishing boat.
  • He is pulled out before the short ends.