Alaskan Knights
{{short description|1930 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Alaskan Knights
| image =
| caption =
| director = Manny Gould
Ben Harrison
| story =
| animator = Manny Gould
Ben Harrison
| starring =
| music =
| producer = Charles Mintz
| studio = The Charles Mintz Studio
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1930|05|23}}{{cite book|last1=Bradley|first1=Edwin M.|title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931|date=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476606842|page=140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7vwCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA140|accessdate=January 20, 2016|language=en}}
| color_process = Black and white
| runtime = 6:57
| language = English
}}
Alaskan Knights, also known as Animal Rhythm is some reissues, is an animated cartoon by Columbia Pictures, part of the Krazy Kat series.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/96/mode/2up |pages=97–98}}
Plot
Traveling through the frosty landscape, Krazy rides on a sled pulled by a pack of huskies. At the end of his journey, he enters a saloon where he spends the rest of the film. The saloon is filled with dancing guests but Krazy stands by the counter.
Moments later, a beautiful female rat in a skirt and pumps shows up on the balcony before walking downstairs. She then approaches and selects Krazy to be her dance partner. They begin to strut their stuff.
After Krazy and the rat sat by a table where they each drank a mug of ale, and play a tune of "Oh! Susanna", the cat decides to have fun on his own. He then picks up a bow and comes to a table occupied by a sleeping hefty patron. Getting carried away, Krazy pulls one of the hefty patron's mustaches and rubs the bow on them as if they were violin strings. In no time, that patron wakes up annoyed and gives Krazy an intimidating gaze. But before an attack could be delivered, Krazy takes his mustache and pricks his would-be-attacker who then explodes. In this, a group of smaller and harmless versions of the patron appeared and started dancing merrily. Krazy and the rat went on to join the celebration.
Reception
Miscellany
- Though Krazy's date in the short is a rat, her clothes suggests she is a prototype for the spaniel who would appear later in the same year.
- The short is available in the Columbia Cartoon Collection: Volume 1.{{cite web|url=http://theshortsdepartment.webs.com/columbiacartoons.htm|title=The Columbia Cartoons|accessdate=June 17, 2012|publisher=the shorts development|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423182518/http://theshortsdepartment.webs.com/columbiacartoons.htm|archivedate=April 23, 2012}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0149612}}
- [https://archive.today/20141113035253/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1026-Alaskan-Knights Alaskan Knights] at the Big Cartoon Database
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Category:1930 animated short films
Category:Columbia Pictures short films
Category:1930s American animated films
Category:American animated short films
Category:Animated films set in Alaska
Category:Animated films about mice
Category:Columbia Pictures animated short films
Category:Screen Gems short films
Category:American animated black-and-white films
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