Port Whines

1929 Animation 6 minutes

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About Port Whines

Krazy Kat mops a galleon deck and bumps the captain, who slips on a bar of soap, bounces off the rats' tails, and is thrown overboard. The crew dances. In the galley, fish jump out of the pan, and Krazy ties them to a mast, plays them like a bassoon, then turns their bones into a xylophone. He reels the captain back in on a hair from the chef's head, and the cartoon ends with the captain and the chef punching each other while Krazy grins.

More about Port Whines

Ben Harrison and Manny Gould directed. Charles Mintz produced it, and Columbia Pictures distributed the short on October 10, 1929. Harrison is credited with the story. Animators listed for the short include Allen Rose, Harry Love, Friz Freleng, and Art Davis.

Themes

  • a mop and a captain
  • fish that will not stay in the pan
  • the crew's dance
  • Krazy Kat
  • galleon
  • captain
  • chef
  • dancing fish
  • xylophone

Making

The short was made at the Charles Mintz studio after Mintz took the Krazy Kat series to Columbia.

Music

Joe de Nat composed the music.

Preservation

A copy is in Columbia Cartoon Collection: Volume 1.

Notes

  • It is counted as the 145th Krazy Kat cartoon.
  • Joe de Nat wrote the music.
  • Friz Freleng is among the animators credited on the short.
  • A print is included in Columbia Cartoon Collection: Volume 1.

Scenes

  • The captain slips on soap, bounces on the rats' tails, and flies off the ship.
  • Krazy pulls the fish bones into a xylophone and reels the captain in on the chef's hair.

Influenced by

  • George Herriman's Krazy Kat

Also available

  • Columbia Cartoon Collection: Volume 1