Now presenting - the original Scrappy titles!
Like the Krazy Kats, getting a copy of a Scrappy cartoon with its original titles is very rare among the collectors' and traders' circuits, so I can only come up with four examples of original titles taken from my own collection.
The first set comes from the earliest Scrappy cartoon I have in its original condition -
The Beer Parade (released 4th March 1933). Apologies for the silhouettes partly-obscuring the bottom-edge, as these shots were taken from a screening:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-fcn9HKgm7vfKQ5d9DbbmyyhK1F5kJ2obSIwuf1Nuhtt-ytJaIVnQGG3Tzwqi8HSZR-wY3O72zJcNGkmR6_o1vgOSemAqModN9fcBZ5VsHqy8BTFL-fYkHO-neKlLgLUBUKt/s320/columbiascrappy1.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRDU5XNKwwN6PIj9ZEJmTW1oKjJs-ndL7qYpGDwq1zN85j402dbIJgXrPoJ3qncLK4h3F3lJvh1sF9vJjAz41s17lPvJjNg-KAZ0LFWG30rPwlrEv0V5qBx5JPGNKRxLUN3XV/s320/columbiascrappy2.jpg)
And, of course, the endcap:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGlWQZXzj3ECnpDUsUZDD-VNPx96u9-DYB37Dfh0fpqIHotACoiLzmge7ckAfZgazT3KkWrJAcvZKmhMgfCRXuNIkTzNxeGgJu8cmAp35eYtJjW4uUi6aRWXBhg2SMEmdmH0d/s320/columbiascrappy3.jpg)
Many of you who have read Leonard Maltin's book "Of Mice & Magic" will recognise the opening title below. This one is taken from
I Want To Be An Actress (18th July 1937):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi519FO1Jmlc2RFILh7C-BOwbxCaDh2TtKUt-eBBVSjcDITulagRiHY8J3ztOiA2SKN-EfX7U9cI5CW5izbycF1QW6YxYFc7n6u6bEkwaL_IvZMTwxvMXUhG6Z2PySTuiWoCldj/s320/columbiascrappy4.jpg)
The closing title card:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL3Je6HBlQdMKxX-FgIbVTuMuEFBvVx3fl8dK38M5w7Xw4HZ8-L-9nV-KshmoamwIVDzC6rIbl1d04myhyphenhyphenisvXXN0NuQCIc00n_n3wvsLQiJm1HSQGydMLhZeZW6oHoAFCcQX/s320/columbiascrappy5.jpg)
Towards the end of 1939, the Scrappy (and Krazy Kat) cartoons were becoming out-of-favour with the cinema-going public (when you consider that the majority of these cartoons were directed by Allen Rose, can you really blame them?), and so were replaced by B&W one-shot series
Phantasies (that title always make me thinks of "phantoms", for some reason) and
Fables. But Scrappy wasn't going without a fight, and so did star in a handful of Phantasies/Fables up until his swan-song cartoon
The Little Theatre in 1941. The opening title below is taken from
Man of Tin (23rd February 1940), where it indicates that this Phantasy features Scrappy:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFOKUwx5ciXXIGhBpmjGL0el4Y8fB3-WgKSooE2-S-JZ08x-Q2yLQuV7vfrrKlCPj50Tw7M_mm9VxGcB1j-wtn86ipuEUool1uVOlAkkmP52RSSJrysZDxVcB_fiyOHedYirA/s320/columbiascrappy6.jpg)
As I've mentioned before, I don't have many of these cartoons with their original titles, but I do have this particular gem: the screenshots below are taken from
Scrappy's Boy Scouts (2nd January 1936), where a special set of titles were made. You can just make out silhouettes of Scrappy and his gang marching on the background (apologies if these aren't in good-enough quality):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbKWG0YjGG4aBWgzGl59uxp6cyNVAFJtZEk_PskMDnQiIyukJxd1BOJ8aCQtL5r-YknEbUYev0FbSIHQM07xcUwA-jxAkumWrlG7DYRJq3FGq_EMyD65fE8IEL6y0_Fr2NiPZ/s320/columbiascrappy7.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bRrVmA8G1n3fEuI1pPB_yyT1k9cAYwsZknAQlxlpBnQ5zfa4558pCXMGHbQGTwOh7U6-R6LbpfeK-Yi_k2tCa0mJtEhHRye5t4IIDvQOv-ayOtbrFfj7xky5uuZCzPTxgVqt/s320/columbiascrappy8.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9xh2B4kC2JCIpJ9RtHzUbFUlLXVpGT0U7YL1qC0A7KVhMw6nNlrHhTXF7YtXz4i4nlU1gUdEayziYTAASSSVlR2Aphu_JDr5B41EpqPy4pR5dxhV0Nsh18fHP2nwWu3HnByF/s320/columbiascrappy9.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5nhFyxp8ruuVO6-Rbpk5cLpb4y79yyvD7Lz-kCpJb9oCJOhHkCp6_pW3DyjgQtybnv0tze03x_ycMneTbnUfDo2nrxLjp1ZjOSu95d4wHguyFM_mCsh_QtJ4UwbAJugaTVv8/s320/columbiascrappy10.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXaG7-rYVSjgHSh9g__mE89CC5gce_oHay0euJxA3vefaI3xA7OpFuDTSIseWjQ_fd0EReQCr7gEQfzSNJeu5UH7t3qLcsiSYCcJ2nxiZ53U9L9xxbOOn8_AjxWcnInj14bku/s320/columbiascrappy11.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KFJEowfm9PlfIDWrk6Gm7KDB4lR_1jLXkfs69wKYCnCcBDXvLpAUlPovOHNZa3wlLVO3zql-doOiIo2khpS34_8xhi68M1dNgVPd17IyV1incoAjylr6VXIRmNvwE28s0ll9/s320/columbiascrappy12.jpg)
And below is the endcap, which is initially superimposed on the animation:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnVlySGSHNzQYwFm6qvIMA5gmB21ccgq320plhqTbdonn4lBDR2rhBVPamJ5hDdnMpxFAUlCpiPXR_cdBo0RhnP945tjMXRkRPieYqbPWEJlcrQaOgWrSBBhwCurlOFe-uGfg/s320/columbiascrappy14.jpg)
The
Color Rhapsody titles will follow very shortly. Stay Tooned!
7 comments:
I'm really enjoying these screen captures! Thanks for sharing...
No problem, Craig. More Columbia titles very soon!
I really like your blogs, BTW.
Hi
I came across a Scrappy short among my 16mm film collection. The title is "Soap Bubbles" I can not find any information regarding this cartoon. Can you help?
Thanks
Hi
In the same batch I found
Donald's Exit
Busting Bubbles
Mickeys Turkey
Mickeys Marathon
All are silent Disney cartoons.
Any information would be helpful.
Thanks
Jonathon,
I can't find "Soap Bubbles" in the Columbia fimography. Methinks it's a home-movie title. Can you provide story info, so I can work out the original title?
Hi
I didn't mention that it is a dual perf 16mm silent film. The story line from what I remember is scrappy trying to give his dog a bath in a wash tub outside. If this is not enough info, let me know and I will watch it again.
Thanks Jon
Scrappy is forgotten today because the Columbia cartoons Mr. Magoo is popular and Scrappy did not have the same appeal as Mr. Magoo.
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