THE CLASSIC FELIX ENCYCLOPEDIA
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THE CLASSIC FELIX ENCYCLOPEDIA
© 2007 DAVID GERSTEIN
Following is my ongoing master list of all the “classic” (pre-WWII) Felix the
Cat cartoons together with their survival status— home movie companies that
rereleased the films, archives that hold the films today, and private collectors
who presently maintain copies.
I’d like this master list to be as comprehensive as possible. This means
that I’m still looking for more complete data on archival holdings and private
collectors’ prints. For many of the extant titles I list below, I still lack such
information as library call numbers, film gauge and foot length.
This is a “living” and constantly updated document; so if you know of a
print that is not listed in the text below, please tell me so that I may add it in
the next update of this document. At present, films that still seem to be
entirely missing are marked in red. But as can be seen, quite a majority of the
series turn out still to be extant.
One special element of this project is to chart the development of Felix’s
co-stars. They were not always consistently named, so I have used the
recurring names from the later comic strips. This means Felix’s white furred
girlfriend is always Kitty; Felix’s kittens are Inky and Dinky (and occasionally
Winky); Felix’s parrot rival is Laura; and and Felix’s mouse enemy is Skiddoo.
This research project was inspired in 1992 by the published
filmographies of John Canemaker and the late Denis Gifford, on which the
two kindly permitted me to expand. I’ve since been grateful for the extensive
contributions of Jerry Beck, Howard Beckerman, Dave Butler, Colin and
Timothy Cowles, Cole and Mark Johnson, Mark Kausler, Ron Magliozzi, Joy
McIntire, Pietro Shakarian, Zoran Sinobad, and Tom Stathes.
You can be a contributor too. Contact me at
ramapith@mail.dk
1919 • PARAMOUNT PICTURES RELEASE
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FELINE FOLLIES (Nov. 9): Master Tom (Felix) is lured by a “meow” to the
home of Miss Kitty White. He makes a date with her, spruces up, and meets
her at “the trysting place”, the fence where he sings “I have nine lives to live”.
Felix doesn’t know that mice are raising Cain while he’s away from home,
and on his return he is ejected. Reapproaching Kitty he finds that she already
has a litter. Felix decides to commit suicide.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3860
Home movie versions:
Thunderbird Films
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Presenting Felix the Cat 1 (Bosko)
DVD:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
THE MUSICAL MEWS (Nov. 16)
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3861
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
THE ADVENTURES OF FELIX (Dec. 14)
Errors: The cartoon was copyrighted as “The Adventures of Fultz”, suggesting a
different name for the cat. Release data in Billboard shows that at least by the
time of release, the title cited Felix and the character was named as such.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3865
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
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(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
1920 • PARAMOUNT PICTURES RELEASE
A FROLIC WITH FELIX (Jan. 25)
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3871
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE BIG GAME HUNTER (Feb 22): Felix is begging a man for milk
when a woman hires him to de-mouse her house. Felix tries trapping Skiddoo
the mouse, spinning him dizzy on the Victrola, and finally chasing him round
the basement before a flask of booze turns cat and mouse into pals.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3875
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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WRECKING A ROMEO (March 7): Felix and Kitty (here called Nell) are country
lovers when a city slicker cat comes to town. Felix wins a swordfight with the
slicker, then saves his girl when the villain entraps her high on a cliffside.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3877
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE FOOD CONTROLLER (April 11): Felix fears he’ll starve when his
mistress goes on a diet. He fails at mooching frankfurters, catching birds, and
begging from a fisherman before finally catching a fish himself.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3882
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE PINCH HITTER (April 18): Felix’s human boy pal Willie Brown
(likely making his first appearance) hopes to escape piano practice to play
ball. Felix plays the piano in Willie’s stead till his mom catches on. Later, Mrs.
Brown demands Willie toss a cord of wood into the cellar, but Felix and
Willie trick a tramp into doing the job for them.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3883
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FOXY FELIX (May 16): Felix and a dog both belong to the same mistress. But
when she gives them a bone to share, Felix hogs it all and battle is joined.
Felix later declares an armistice, but only to let the dog’s guard down. Then
Felix again swipes the bone for himself.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3887
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
A HUNGRY HOODOO (June 6): Felix fears he’ll be unlucky on Friday the 13th,
but sets out to find a meal anyway. After trouble with a tramp and a Chinese
chef, Felix successfully steals a boy’s basket of fish. But he gets home to find
Kitty with a new litter of kittens—proving Felix unlucky after all.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3890
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
THE GREAT CHEESE ROBBERY (June 13): Rats in the barn have stolen Felix’s
beer stash. But Felix gets even, luring the rats into a trap with the promise of a
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cheese shop delivery. The climactic sequence was remade later on in Felix
Laughs Last (1923, c. f.)
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3891
Note: A Goldwyn-Bray Pictograph Krazy Kat cartoon titled The Great Cheese
Robbery was also released in 1920, but we can’t help that.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX AND THE FEED BAG (July 18): When Felix fails at a fishing expedition,
Kitty (here called Maria) asks him to scrape up dinner some other way. Felix
steals apples, knocks out a chicken and pilfers a pie, but unwittingly loses all
three items on his way home. Adding insult to injury, Kitty turns out to have
gone to a restaurant instead.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3896
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
NIFTY NURSE (Aug. 22): A father bugged by his pesky kid hires Felix to
babysit. Felix accidentally teaches the baby to smoke a pipe, the effects of
which knock the baby unconscious. Felix revives the kid with liquor, making
him drunk. Angry dad plans to spank the baby, but the now-rowdy baby
throws his pop out of the house.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3901
Home movie versions:
(none)
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VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
THE CIRCUS (Sept. 26): Felix is relaxing with his animal trainer master when a
mouse scares the trainer’s elephant away from the circus. Angry Felix first
gets even with the mouse, then recovers the elephant (from a hole in a tree!)
and rides him back to the circus.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3906
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, September 2, 1923
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 998.15): British Pathe print retitled “Felix Frolics at the Circus”
WPA (call number 446394): British Pathe print retitled “Felix Frolics at the
Circus”
Private collections:
No
MY HERO (Oct. 24)
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3910
Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) misdated this cartoon at Sept. 26.
Our updated information reflects firsthand inspection of actual Paramount
documents and film booking guides.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE LANDLORD (Nov. 21): When Felix is evicted by his landlord, he
decides to make money by becoming a landlord himself. He sets up two tents
in the forest and rents them to bears and a stork. But the bears have too many
cubs to fit in their tent, and the stork sublets his tent to a skunk.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3915
Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) misdated this cartoon at Aug. 29.
Our updated information reflects firsthand inspection of actual Paramount
documents and film booking guides.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX’S FISH STORY (Dec. 26): Fishing on the dock, Felix is pulled underwater
by a giant fish. He is rescued and brought aboard a ship, but the sailors
consider Felix bad luck. A storm washes Felix back into the sea, where he’s
pursued by a shark but manages to hide in a bottle.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3919
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
1921 • PARAMOUNT PICTURES RELEASE
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FELIX THE GAY DOG (Feb. 6): Felix longs to escape the wife and kid for a night
at the burlesque theatre. There he tries to pick up Kitty, burlesque girl dancer,
only to discover that she’s got an entire litter of children herself. Felix beats a
retreat and ends the night asleep against a lamppost.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3923
Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) misdated this cartoon at Oct. 30,
which was actually a rerelease date. Our updated information reflects
firsthand inspection of actual Paramount documents and film booking
guides.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
DOWN ON THE FARM (Feb. 13): In the hick town of Pepville, Felix chases
Skiddoo around a train depot and encounters a satchel of whiskey. Felix later
uses the whiskey to kill a flock of crows in a nearby farmer’s cornfield. Much
of the crow sequence was reused verbatim in Felix Finds A Way (1922, c. f.)
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3926
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE HYPNOTIST (March 20): Thrown out of the house by his wife,
destitute Felix becomes test subject for a human hypnotist. Felix uses
hypnotism himself to turn a pig into a corkscrew and make a fish terrorize
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the fish market. Felix tries to hypnotize his wife, too, but fails and is in for
another thrashing.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3931
Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) misdated this cartoon at March 13.
Our updated information reflects firsthand inspection of actual Paramount
documents and film booking guides.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FREE LUNCH (April 17): Deciding he’s hungry, Felix fails at catching a frog,
swiping a dog’s bone, and trapping a rabbit. He invades a house to steal food,
but finds the house is owned by a foodless, starving poet. In the end, Felix
successfully tricks a hound out of some sausages.
Released as a component of: Paramount Magazine #3935
Note: last Felix to be released as a Paramount Magazine segment
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX GOES ON STRIKE (May 15): When Felix’s owner demands that he spend
overtime chasing rats, Felix begins picketing the house. His owner gets a dog
to take Felix’s place, but Felix brings allies from “Cat’s Union Local 99” to
beat up the “strikebreaker.” In the end, Felix’s owner apologizes, the hatchet
is buried, and together they trick the rats into moving to a nearby shop.
Production number: 69-0
Release as a component of: Paramount Cartoons split-reel #3939
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Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX OUT OF LUCK (June 5): “I ain’t gotta home, a girl, nor a job. Life’s all
bunk!” Felix is about to commit suicide with a pistol, but shelves his plans
upon accidentally rescuing farmer’s daughter Kitty from drowning. All seems
well for awhile—until Felix loses Kitty to a big-city artist cat. Our hero
returns to his pistol, fires that suicidal shot... and misses.
Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) dated this cartoon at July 3, its
original intended release date. Our updated information reflects firsthand
inspection of actual Paramount documents and film booking guides.
Production number: 70-0
Released as a component of: Paramount Cartoons split-reel #3946
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M49230, 16mm safety film ca. 100 ft.; VA7077 M, videotape
copy. This could also be the 1924 cartoon of the same title and is identified as
such in their catalog; but the film print has an inventory card dated 1921,
suggesting the Paramount cartoon.)
Private collections:
No
THE LOVE PUNCH (July 3): On a picnic with Kitty, Felix flees from a bear,
leaving Kitty to be rescued by passing boxer Battling Thomas. When Kitty
spurns Felix later, Felix vows to kayo Thomas in the ring at Madison Square
Garden... with the help of a cat salesman and “Muck’s Marvelous Muscle
Maker,” a highly suspect elixir in a bottle.
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Errors: Earlier filmographies (including ours) dated this cartoon at June 5
(swapping dates with Felix Out of Luck, above), its original intended release
date. Our updated information reflects firsthand inspection of film booking
guides.
For many years my website (the “Classic Felix Page”) displayed a still said to be
from this film. It was actually from FELIX AT THE FAIR (1922, c. f.)
Production number: 73-0
Released as a component of: Paramount Cartoons split-reel #3942
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX LEFT AT HOME (July 17): Felix’s owners go out for the day, leaving Felix
a can of salmon. Alas, the fish in the can is alive and escapes into the bathtub.
As cats hate water, Felix and his unnamed brother must catch him without
getting wet—a plan that backhandedly leads to the two cats drinking Felix’s
master’s home brew.
Production number: 72-0
Released as a component of: Paramount Cartoons split-reel #3948
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT HITS THE NORTH POLE (date unknown)
Note: This title originates with WASH, where archival records at one point listed
the words ‘Paramount Magazine’ in connection with the film. It has yet to be
verified, however, that WASH’s holding is definitely a Paramount short (and
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not, for instance, Winkler’s later FELIX COMES BACK or FELIX PINCHES
THE POLE).
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
WASH (16mm archival positive, 82 ft.)
Private collections:
No
1922 • M. J. WINKLER RELEASE
FELIX SAVES THE DAY (Feb. 1): Felix acts as mascot for his friend Willie’s
baseball team, the Nifty Nine, as they practice for the big game against the
Tar Heels. When Willie knocks off a policeman’s hat with one ball, he is
thrown in prison. Felix takes over for Willie and hits a ball so high that it hits
Jupiter Pluvius in the clouds, who reacts by raining out the rest of the game.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7003 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7003 (200 ft.”Félix sauve la Journée”)
Kodascope 8mm #87003 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #853 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le chat joue au Base-ball/Felix Wins
a Baseball Match”)
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Presenting Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image Entertainment/Bosko Video)
Archived:
LOB
MTL
WASH (call number FEB 8612: 35mm)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #853)
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FELIX AT THE FAIR (March 1): At the fair, Felix is smitten by Marie, the
dancing cat and star performer, but gets in bad with Razoo the (AfricanAmerican) snake charmer. Later Felix convinces Marie to retire from show
business, marry him, and raise a litter of kittens (who are seen marching past
the camera as we iris out).
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #841 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat à la Fete du Village/Felix at
the Fair”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #841)
FELIX MAKES GOOD (April 1): Felix loses his tail while stealing some bones,
but gets a new tail in a shop. He gets adopted by a rich woman (live action
footage) and a new job as a mouser, but is nearly fired when the mice frame
him as a food robber.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7021 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87021 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #785/8508 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Victime d’une Erreur
judiciaire/Felix is Adopted”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #796 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat est défiguré/Felix Has an
Accident”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #801/8504 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat revient sur
l’Eau/Felix Has a Narrow Escape”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826 (300 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Is
Hungry”, containing #796 along with FELIX LOSES OUT extract #826, FELIX
REVOLTS extracts #896 and 897, FELIX GETS LEFT extract #870, and FELIX
LAUGHS LAST extract #3001).
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52163: 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft.)
Private collections:
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Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826, Pathescope 9.5mm #785,
796, 801)
FELIX ALL AT SEA (May 1): Dragged out to sea while fishing and tormented by
the briny fauna, Felix is picked up by a rum-running ship. He escapes in a
lifeboat with booze of his own, and bribes a coast guard man into letting him
free upon arrival at shore.
Note: The Pathescope reels said to be part of this film in Cowles Felix Catalogue
2001 turn out to be from FELIX ON THE TRAIL (c. f.)
Home movie versions:
Home Film Libraries 16mm (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (HFL 16mm excerpt)
FELIX IN LOVE (June 1): Serenader Felix is knocked off the fence with a magic
lamp while serenading Kitty. Felix decides that absence makes the heart grow
fonder, so utilizes the genie’s help to travel to Africa in the belief that this will
increase Kitty’s love for him. The journey turns out to have been a dream,
after which Felix and Kitty marry and (one year later) have a litter of kittens.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7006 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7006 “Félix amoreaux” (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87006 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #700 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #809/8502 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat cherche une Ame
Soeur”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #817 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat vit un Conte
fantastique/Felix the Cat and the Wonderful Lamp”, incorporating horned
hippo scene from FELIX ‘HYPS’ THE HIPPO—c. f.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
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Private collections:
Yes (original?, Pathescope 9.5mm #809, 817)
FELIX IN THE SWIM (July 1): Felix helps Willie avoid his piano lessons in favor
of swimming by convincing Skiddoo the mouse and his family to jump
around on the piano keys, which simulates the desired music.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7020 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7020 (200 ft. “Félix Nageur”)
Kodascope 8mm #87020 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7020 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76005 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87020 (50 ft.)
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (end of last scene missing, Bosko)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (end of last scene missing, Image/Bosko)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call number M52117: 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft.)
ROC
Private collections:
Yes (original, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7020, Cine-Kodagraph
shortened 8mm #87020, French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76005)
FELIX FINDS A WAY (Aug. 1): Felix is sent in a box as a gift to an impoverished
old country man, then tries to help him run his farm— milking a cow (and
putting the milk back in), being chased by bees, and finally using whiskey to
kill a flock of crows in the cornfield.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, August 19, 1923
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #835 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat n’a pas de Change/Felix
Strikes the Banana Slide”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #839 (90 ft. excerpt “Felix lé Chat chasse au Whisky/Felix on
the War-Path”).
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #835, 839)
FELIX GETS REVENGE (Sept. 1): Felix befriends a small boy, but the boy’s
father won’t let him keep Felix as a pet. Felix sneaks into the house several
times but is thrown out each time by dad, who finally fires a shotgun to drive
him off. Felix gets revenge, first by using “very old cheese” to lure mice into
the house, then by refusing to help daddy drive the mice away.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, August 26, 1923
Home movie versions:
Exclusive 16mm (50 ft. excerpt “New Idea”)
Kodascope 16mm #7028 (200 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #802 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Défenseur du Faible/Felix
the Protector”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #803 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat prend la Mouche”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #808/8506 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat n’aime pas ça”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 850.15— end sequence missing; this sequence is held separately
as part of THIS WAS YESTERDAY newsreel, call number 2869.05).
WPA (call number 279268— end sequence missing; this sequence is held
separately as part of THIS WAS YESTERDAY newsreel, call number 317331)
Private collections:
Yes (Exclusive 16mm, Kodascope 16mm #7028, Pathescope 9.5mm #802, 808)
FELIX WAKES UP (Sept. 15): After falling asleep on his way home from the
nightclub, Felix dreams of meeting a doctor who’s distributing a fantastic
youth tonic. Upon taking the tonic, Felix feels capable of anything and heads
to the jungle to capture a lion. He takes the worst of the encounter, which in
the end he awakens from.
Home movie versions:
Novelty 8mm (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #960 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat a le Sommeil agité”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #964 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Hercule malgré lui”)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50797: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #960)
FELIX MINDS THE KID (Oct. 1): Felix takes a babysitting job for a human
infant. When the child floats out of the house (don’t ask) and runs away to
join an orphanage, Felix has a tough time picking him out in the crowd.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, November 4, 1923
Home movie versions:
Home Film Libraries 16mm (200 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #833 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat n’a pas de Chance/Felix the
Nurse”)
Official 8mm, 16mm (“Felix Minds the Baby”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear: Official 16mm)
Presenting Felix the Cat 1 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton Silent Classics (Catcom, missing main titles)
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
MTL (Official 16mm)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official 16mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #833)
FELIX TURNS THE TIDE (Oct. 15): Felix joins the army when rats declare
war— and wins, when a troupe of living sausages helps him. But he returns
home to find his girlfriend married with a houseful of kitties.
Home movie versions:
Avo Film Super 8mm (200 ft. “Gatto Felix va alla guerra”)
Keystone Moviegraph 35mm (25 ft. excerpt “Felix Laughing It Off”)
Kodascope 16mm #7077 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7077 (200 ft. “Félix Veinard”)
French Kodascope 8mm #716 (100 ft.)
Fred Ladd colorization “The Inventor” (1973)
Official 16mm (250 ft.)
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Pathescope 9.5mm #866 (150 ft. full “Félix le Chat s’en va-t-en Guerre/StaffMajor Felix”)
VHS:
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
Presenting Felix the Cat 1 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
MTL
WASH (call number FEB 0489: 35mm 569 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Avo Film, Keystone Moviegraph 35mm, incomplete Kodascope
16mm #7077, Official 16mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #866)
FELIX FIFTY-FIFTY (Oct. 21): Felix agrees to split everything
has befriended. But when the tramp eats all of a found
revenge by framing the hobo as a crook.
Note: Date correction (from Oct. 22) by Cole Johnson, 2001
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, as-yet-undated, 1924
Home movie versions:
Collectors’ Club 8mm (150 ft. “Felix Finds a Friend”)
Kodascope 16mm #7078 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7078 (200 ft. “Félix pass un Contrat”)
Kodascope 8mm #87078 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #717 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #797 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat a
d’Estomac/Felix is Hungry”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #798 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat
Demonstrates the Law of Equality”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #799 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat chausse
Cat, the Puss for Boots”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
with a tramp he
meal, Felix gets
des Déceptions
se Venge/Felix
mieux/Felix the
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Yes (Collectors’ Club 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #797, 798, 799)
FELIX COMES BACK: Felix captures a butcher’s sausages even when they lead
him a merry chase. The butcher traps Felix and sends him far away to the
frozen Arctic, but fails to get rid of him, and he returns home in a cake of ice.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7022 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7022 (200 ft. “Félix de Retour”)
Kodascope 8mm #87022 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #703 (100 ft.)
Mountain Films Super 8mm (excerpt in 400 ft. compilation “The Adventures of
Felix the Cat”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #767 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat au Pole Nord”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Kodascope 16mm #7022, Mountain Films Super 8mm, Pathescope
9.5mm #767)
FELIX ON THE TRAIL (Nov. 1): Felix gets in bad with some Kentucky
bootleggers, mixing up booze underground in an enormous metal keg. The
bootleggers try to shoot Felix, then sic their guard bear on him— a mistake as
Felix ultimately turns the bear against its masters.
Note: The synopsis for, and Pathescope reels that comprise this film are
erroneously assigned in the Felix Catalogue 2001 to FELIX ALL AT SEA (c. f.)
Home movie versions:
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm, number unknown (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #993/10381 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat et les
Alcooliques/Felix, the Foe, and the Stuff That Cheers”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #997 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat n’a pas fait sa Nuit”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
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Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened, Pathescope #997, 10381)
FELIX LENDS A HAND (Nov. 15): Armed with a carpet that flies when he says
“kosher,” Felix wings it to Egypt to rescue the fat girlfriend of his Arab rugsalesman friend. He duels with a mouse in the tent of the girl’s sheik captor
but finally learns the girl is too heavy for the carpet to carry her.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7019 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7019 (200 ft. “Félix porte Secours”)
Kodascope 8mm #87019 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #702 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7019 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76005 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87019 (50 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #771 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat et la belle Fatma/Felix and
the Beautiful Fatma”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #772 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat et la Souris/Felix and the
Mouse”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #S 549 (300 ft. notched compilation retitled “Felix
Knight Errant”, containing #771 and 772).
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat 1 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LON
Private collections:
Yes (original, French Kodascope 8mm #702, Pathescope 9.5mm #771, 772)
FELIX GETS LEFT (Dec. 1): Felix’s mistress leaves him a note encouraging him
to find food himself today. Felix is unable to milk a cow, then drinks a baby’s
milk bottle after a lengthy, unsuccessful Skiddoo chase. Felix does save the
mouse from drowning in a liquor basin, though, and makes him promise to
return as later Felix’s supper course—a promise Skiddoo breaks.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7029 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87029 (100 ft.)
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Pathescope 9.5mm #870 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat est un Naif/Felix is
Fooled”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826 (300 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Is
Hungry”, containing #870 plus FELIX LOSES OUT extract #826, FELIX
MAKES GOOD extract #796, FELIX REVOLTS extracts #896 and 897, and
FELIX LAUGHS LAST extract #3001).
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M43226: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #870, Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826)
FELIX IN THE BONE AGE (Dec. 15): Felix longs to devour the huge prehistoric
bones in a museum, and is transported back in time. A cavewoman asks her
beau to catch her a catskin coat, and the burly lug does his best to lay his
unshaven hands on Felix. Felix also fights against a big ape with the help of
various monkeys.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7030 (200 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #709 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat au Muséum/Felix at the
Museum), #768/8512 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat chez les Singes/Felix the
Cat in Monkeyland”).
Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “Monkey Business”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 8 (Loonic Video; uses Novelty Kitty Kat “Monkey
Business” as source)
Presenting Felix the Cat 1 (Bosko Video; fragmentary copy)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko; fragmentary copy)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M50721 and M50722: 16mm safety prints both ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Kodascope 16mm #7030, Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #709,
768, 8512)
1923 • M. J. WINKLER RELEASE
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FELIX THE GHOST BREAKER (Jan. 1): Felix follows a ghost from a graveyard
to a farmhouse, where the farmer and then a police squad are terrorized. Felix
is unfazed by the ghost, suspecting (correctly) that the phantom is actually a
real-estate shark hoping to lower the building’s property value. With the aid
of a mule, Felix “exorcises” the scheming shyster.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
LOB
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX WINS OUT (Jan. 15): Felix joins the circus and helps the Fat Lady slim
down so she can date the Skeleton Man. When this causes the ringmaster to
fire Felix, the cat purposely lets his entire menagerie loose.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7076 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7076 (200 ft. “Félix au Cirque”)
Kodascope 8mm #87076 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #715 (100 ft.)
Mountain Films Super 8mm (included in 400 ft. compilation “The Adventures of
Felix the Cat”)
Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm (two 100 ft. excerpts: “The Circus” and “The Fighting
Fleas”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video)
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video).
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
FTC
LA (call numbers M50563, 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft; and M52122, 16mm
safety print ca. 275 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Mountain Films Super 8mm, Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm)
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FELIX TRIES FOR TREASURE (April 15): Felix and Sammy Johnsin discover a
map to Pirate Queen Lizzie Tish’s pearl treasure. But upon travelling under
water, they’re cheated out of the hoard by a loan shark.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7024 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7024 (200 ft. “Félix court après la Fortune”)
Kodascope 8mm #87024 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #704 (100 ft.)
Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “The Loan Shark”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call number M43370): Kodascope 16mm #7024
Private collections:
Yes (original minus final scenes, Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm)
FELIX REVOLTS (May 1): Upon finding that the city fathers consider cats a
nuisance, Felix arranges a feline strike. When fish-stores are emptied by
marauding cats and rodents take the town by storm, Felix and his brethren
are given the recognition they deserve.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, February 3, 1924 (loose adaptation but including the strike)
Home movie versions:
Brumberger Whimseyland Kitty Kat 8mm (25 ft. excerpt)
Carnival Kitty Kat 8mm (25 ft. excerpt)
Kodascope 16mm #7075 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7075 (200 ft. “Félix se révolte”)
French Kodascope 8mm #714 (100 ft.)
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Mountain Films Super 8mm (included in 400 ft. compilation “The Adventures of
Felix the Cat”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #887 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat soulève le Peuple/Felix
Leads a Revolution”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #896 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat encaisse mal/Felix the Cat
Fares Badly”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #897 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat ne digère pas la
Moutarde/Felix Has a ‘Piping-Hot’ Time”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826 (300 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Is
Hungry”, containing #896 and 897 plus FELIX LOSES OUT extract #826,
FELIX MAKES GOOD extract #796, FELIX GETS LEFT extract #870, and
FELIX LAUGHS LAST extract #3001).
Uncertain distributor 16mm: “Ghosts”
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
Felix the Cat Frolics #2 (Festival Films)
Felix the Cat Sound and Silent (Video Yesteryear)
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M42241, 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft; and VA11320 M,
videotape copy): “Ghosts”
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Brumberger, Carnival, Mountain Films Super 8mm, Pathescope
9.5mm #887, 896, 897, Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 26)
FELIX CALMS HIS CONSCIENCE (May 15): Felix finds Kitty’s affections lured
away by a Bowery rival. He manages to get the rival tied in a sack with plans
to be thrown in the river, but Felix’s conscience haunts him until he averts the
murder.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #3004/8526/10401 (120 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat connait le
Remords/Felix Develops a Conscience”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #M 5016 (200 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Falls in
Love”, containing #3004/8526/10401 plus FELIX LOSES OUT extracts #826
and 830).
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #3004, Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #M 5016)
FELIX THE GLOBE TROTTER (June 1): Felix’s tough mistress kills a boxing
kangaroo in a fairground competition, and the kangaroo’s owner makes a
deal with Felix to go to Australia and bring back a replacement. The owner
tries to stiff Felix of the payment on his return, but Felix produces small roos
from the big one’s pouch and collects in full.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #3005/8518/10388 (120 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat chasse le
Kangourou/Felix Does a Deal in Kangaroos”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #3005)
FELIX GETS BROADCASTED (June 15): A fisherman whom Felix has been
bothering throws Felix onto some electrical wires. The cat is sent by radio
waves to ancient Egypt, where he finds no end of trouble.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7063 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7063 (200 ft. “Félix Voyage par sans Fil”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7063 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76002 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87063 (50 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #78001 (50 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #984/8525/10383 (120 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat au Fil de
l’Onde”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #988/10396 (90 ft./60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat fait son petit
Jonas/Felix Plays the Jonah”).
VHS:
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
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DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M49230, Cine-Kodagaph shortened 16mm #7063; M50776,
16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.; and VA7077 M, video copy of Cine-Kodagraph)
LON (527 ft., apparently complete 35mm)
OTTA
ROC
WASH (call number VBF 0390)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7063, Cine-Kodagraph
shortened 8mm #87063, Pathescope 9.5mm #984, 988)
FELIX STRIKES IT RICH (July 1): Felix is running a dance contest for hens,
getting himself in bad with a farmer when an egg quota isn’t met. The farmer
forces Felix to dig his own grave, but in doing so, he strikes oil.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7079 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7079 (200 ft. “Félix Roi du Pétrole”)
Kodascope 8mm #87079 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #718 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #963 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat conduit le Bal/Felix Opens
a Dancing Academy”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #978/8516/10380 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat,
Prospecteur/Felix Turns Prospector”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call number M50615: 16mm safety print ca. 275 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original?, Kodascope 16mm #7079, Pathescope 9.5mm #963, 978)
FELIX IN HOLLYWOOD (July 15): Felix helps his actor owner get to
Hollywood. The cat auditions for a film job himself, but must perform
celebrity impressions and save Douglas Fairbanks from huge Jersey skeeters
before he gets “one of those long-term contracts.”
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7033 (200 ft.)
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French Kodascope 16mm #7033 (200 ft. “Félix à la Cité des Films”)
Kodascope 8mm #87033 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #707 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7033 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #87033 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #76007 (50 ft.)
Novascope 9.5mm #C.1064 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #940 (90 ft./60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat fait du Cinema/Felix
on the Films”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #954 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Providence des
Cordonniers/Felix Boosts the Shoe Trade”)
Uncertain distributor: “Felix Meets the Stars”
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision),
Felix the Cat Frolics #1 (Festival Films)
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video)
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko)
Archived:
BUY
HUNT (length unknown)
LOB (French Kodascope 16mm #7033)
LA (call numbers M50523, 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft; VA9955 M, videotape
copy): shrunken and splicey copy
MTL
NY
ROC
RIO
Private collections:
Yes (original, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7033, Cine-Kodagraph
shortened 8mm #87033, Novascope 9.5mm #C.1064, Pathescope 9.5mm #940,
954)
FELIX IN FAIRYLAND (Aug. 1): Felix saves the life of a fairy stuck to flypaper
and gets his wish to travel to Fairyland. There he outwits the giant from “Jack
in the Beanstalk” and gives his castle to the Old Woman in the Shoe.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7034 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7034 (200 ft. “Félix au Royaume des Fées”)
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Kodascope 8mm #87034 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #708 (100 ft.)
Niles 8mm (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #3006/10389 (90 ft./60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Vainqueuer
de l’Ogre/Felix the Giant Killer”)
VHS:
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video)
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M15483 and M25560, 16mm safety prints ca. 400 ft; M42287,
16mm safety print ca. 300 ft; M25942 and VA1505 M, videotape copies)
LOB
Private collections:
Yes (original, Niles 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #10389)
FELIX LAUGHS LAST (Aug. 15): The mice are abusing Felix. They steal a
sausage dinner from Felix’s boss while he’s saying grace, and Felix takes the
blame. Then, when Felix tries to help a neighbor carry a sack of grain, the
mice slit the sack so the grain drops out. But Felix finally gets even, luring the
mice into a trap with the promise of a cheese shop delivery.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #924 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat dans sa Candeur
naïve/Simple Felix”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #928 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat danse devant le Buffet”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #3001 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Chasseur astucieux/Felix
the Crafty Huntsman”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826 (300 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Is
Hungry”, containing #3001 plus FELIX LOSES OUT extract #826, FELIX
MAKES GOOD extract #796, FELIX REVOLTS extracts #896 and 897, and
FELIX GETS LEFT extract #870).
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #928, 3001; Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826)
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FELIX AND THE RADIO
Note: Evidence of existence is film booking journal clipping in Winkler
scrapbooks, MOMA, New York.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX FILLS A SHORTAGE (Nov. 15): Felix hears of a banana shortage, so
figures he’ll make big money travelling to Banana Island and boating some
home. On the island, he’s chased by a cannibal chef, but finally tricks the
native into supplying him with the desired fruit.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #949/8509/10390 (120 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat chasse la
Banane/Felix Becomes a Banana Trader”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #949)
FELIX THE GOAT-GETTER (Dec. 1): Felix is a bad influence on little Willie,
tempting him to smoke his father’s pipe, then juggling stolen doughnuts from
a plate. Felix redeems himself in Wilie’s eyes by doing a dishwashing job for
him and then manipulating a goat to butt a carpet, thus beating it and saving
Willie from his chores.
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Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #923 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat fait joujou”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #934/8505 (30 or 60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat n’est pas
sérieux”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #941 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat bat le Tapis”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #948 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Fumiste en tous Genres”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #953 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Plongeur”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M43393: 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft): replacement title “Felix
the Go-Getter”— or is this a different film?
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #941)
FELIX GOES A-HUNTING (Dec. 15): Felix and his owner go hunting rabbits to
make the lady of the house a fur coat. They accidentally round up a bear and
lead it back to the house, where the missus is waiting for her gift.
Home movie versions:
Collectors’ Club 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix the Hunter”)
Kodascope 16mm #7067 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7067 (200 ft. “Félix part à la Chasse”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7067 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76004 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87067 (50 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #78003 (50 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #895 (120 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Chasseur sachant
chasser”)
Unknown source Super 8mm (complete)
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
Archived:
HUNT (“Felix the Hunter”)
LA (call number M15178: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
WASH (call number FAB 0576: Kodascope 16mm #7067)
Private collections:
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Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87067 and 16mm #7067, Collectors’ Club
8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #895, unknown source Super 8mm)
1924 • M. J. WINKLER RELEASE
FELIX OUT OF LUCK (Jan. 1): Felix lets Skiddoo go free, and refuses to beg for
food from a butcher, believing that he has a hefty feast waiting for him at
home. But it isn’t so. Now Felix tries and fails to catch Skiddoo. He is rebuffed
by both a fisherman and a fish. He climbs a washline to siphon milk from a
bottle, but is knocked to the ground. Finally he steals meat from a lion’s cage
and takes the lot, along with his lumps
Home movie versions:
Collectors’ Club 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Wants His Supper”)
Kodascope 16mm #7062 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7062 (200 ft. “Félix n’a pas de Chance”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7062 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76003 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87062 (50 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #78000 (50 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #898 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat sauvé des Eaux/Felix and
the Fish”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #899 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat et le Pot au Lait”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #915 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat manqué sa Souris/Felix
Misses His Mouse”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #935 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat déjeune en Ville”)
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko: Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call numbers M50574, 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft., and M51128, 16mm
safety print ca. 400 ft.)
LON
ROC
RIO
Private collections:
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Yes (original, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7062; Cine-Kodagraph
shortened 8mm #87062; Collectors’ Club 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #898, 915,
935)
FELIX LOSES OUT (Jan. 15): Felix tries to compete with his rival’s motor scooter
by building a soapbox derby to impress Kitty. Felix’s car is powered by
Skiddoo running on a belt inside and the rival lets him out, embarrassing
Felix in the end.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #826/8511 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat a des Peines de
Coeur/Felix the Unsuccessful Rival”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #830 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, la Belle et la Bete/Felix, the
Beauty and the Beast”)
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #M 5016 (200 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Falls in
Love”, containing #826, 830, and FELIX CALMS HIS CONSCIENCE extract
from #3004).
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826 (300 ft. compilation retitled “Felix Is
Hungry”, containing #826 along with FELIX MAKES GOOD extract #796,
FELIX REVOLTS extracts #896 and 897, FELIX GETS LEFT extract #870, and
FELIX LAUGHS LAST extract #3001).
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #826, 830; Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #M 5016;
Pathescope 9.5mm Super Reel #SB 826)
FELIX ‘HYPS’ THE HIPPO (Feb. 1): Felix uses his newfound powers of hypnosis
to cause trouble until, by subduing an escaped horned white hippopotamus,
they help to make him into a celebrity.
Note: John Canemaker’s filmography erroneously lists this cartoon as “Felix Hits
the Hipps”.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7071 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7071 (200 ft. “Félix hypnotise l’Hippopotame”)
Kodascope 8mm #87071 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7071 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76008 (100 ft.)
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Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87071 (50 ft.)
Novascope 9.5mm #C.1063
Pathescope 9.5mm #773/8517 (120 ft. excerpt “Felix the Mesmerist”/”Félix le
Chat, Médium”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #817 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat vit un Conte
fantastique/Felix the Cat and the Wonderful Lamp”; horned hippo sequence
only is taken from this film, with the rest of the reel extracted from FELIX IN
LOVE—c. f.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50643): Kodascope 16mm #7071
LON
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #773)
FELIX CROSSES THE CROOKS (Feb. 15): Felix helps a cop catch a bank robber
by hiding in a money sack and leading the robber on a chase. Felix next
catches a second crook who is stealing sponges from a drygoods store. By
using an elephant to squirt water on the crook’s clothes, he makes the
sponges inside swell up, turning the man into a sphere.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #859 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat né malin/Felix the Bold”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #861 (90 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat, Détective par Pitié/Felix
Nabs a Nabber”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown, cited as “part two”)
LA (call number M52119: 16mm safety print ca. 275 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #859, 861)
FELIX TRIES TO REST (Feb. 29): Felix tries to nap in a watchdog’s kennel while
the dog is away chasing a tramp. But Felix ends up victimized by the tramp,
kicked skyward by a donkey, carried tail-first by a bird, and falling to earth to
land on a hog.
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Home movie versions:
Home Film Libraries 16mm (100 ft. excerpt)
Pathescope 9.5mm #847 (30 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat fait la Sieste”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #858/8503 (60 ft. excerpt “Félix le Chat trouve un
Appartement/Felix House Hunting”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #847, 858)
FELIX DOUBLES FOR DARWIN (March 15): A scientist wants to learn whether
“man comes after monkey” on the family tree. To help him find out, Felix
travels to Ape Town, where he asks some apes if humans are their relatives.
Looking over the photos of humans that Felix has brought with him, the apes
are insulted and chase Felix home. It turns out that “monkeys come after
man” in the end.
Home movie versions:
Home Film Libraries 16mm (300 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
BUY
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call number M51106: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX FINDS OUT (April 1) Felix’s owner Willie can’t figure out why the moon
shines, so Felix goes in search of the answer. After various adventures, Felix
finds the “moonshine” that bootleggers have brewed and staggers home
drunk for the closer.
Note: Though John Canemaker finds booking date April 1, earliest release date
found by Cole Johnson is November 1.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7073 (200 ft.)
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French Kodascope 16mm #7073 (200 ft. “Félix a trouvé”)
French Kodascope 8mm #712 (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
BUY
LA (call number M52188: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
ROC
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX CASHES IN
Note: Evidence of existence is film booking journal clipping in Winkler
scrapbooks, MOMA, New York.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX FAIRY TALES
Note: Evidence of existence is film booking journal clipping in Winkler
scrapbooks, MOMA, New York.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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FELIX PINCHES THE POLE (May 1): Felix uses pepper to make a man sneeze
his roast chicken out of his house— but a snake steals the chicken from Felix.
When a barber feeds Felix instead, he later volunteers to replace the barber’s
stolen pole. He heads north and, after some wild escapades, secures the
North Pole and brings it home.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7081 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7081 (200 ft. “Félix au Pole Nord”)
French Kodascope 8mm #720 (100 ft.)
Unknown distribution 8mm (150 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 854.04)
LA (call number M52253: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
WASH
WPA
Private collections:
Yes (original?, unknown distribution 8mm)
FELIX PUTS IT OVER (May 15): Felix, gang leader, woos Kitty, but looks
shabby in comparison with the Bronx leader of a rival feline gang. He wins
Kitty’s affection back at a dance, but then must rescue her when the rival
gang kidnaps her.
Home movie versions:
Ensign 16mm #M86 (250 ft.)
Home Film Libraries 16mm (300 ft.)
Exclusive Kat Kartoon 16mm (25 ft. excerpt “The Whole Show”)
Novelty Kitty Kat 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix the Hero”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
WASH (35mm nitrate, 525 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Ensign 16mm #M86, Exclusive Kat Kartoon)
A FRIEND IN NEED (June 1)
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Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX FINDS ‘EM FICKLE (June 15): Kitty tells Felix that if he loves her, he’ll
get her a flower from the summit of a huge mountain. Braving a bear, a huge
raven, human mountaineers and other dangers, Felix heads for the heights. In
the end, Felix brings down the flower he sought, only to discover Kitty really
wanted the one next to it!
Home movie versions:
Collectors’ Club 8mm (both 50 ft. excerpt and 150 ft. complete “Felix the
Mountaineer”)
Kodak Kodaplay 16mm (15 ft. excerpt “Felix Hangs On”)
Kodascope 16mm #7068 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7068 (200 ft. “Félix est éconduit”)
Kodascope 8mm #87068 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7068 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76006 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87068 (50 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #78004 (50 ft.)
Novelty 100 ft. 8mm
Vistapaks 8mm #FP6 (50 ft. “Felix Mountaineer”)
VHS:
Presenting Felix the Cat 2 (Bosko Video): Cine-Kodagraph
DVD:
Presenting Felix the Cat (Image/Bosko): Cine-Kodagraph
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LON (length unknown)
Private collections:
Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7068, Collectors’ Club both versions,
Kodaplay, Novelty, Vistapaks)
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FELIX BAFFLED BY BANJOS (June 15): Felix is sick of banjo playing in the
apartment above his home, so takes a vacation in the South Seas to heal his
ears. When the natives there are also banjo mad, Felix commits suicide to
escape, but even in heaven the angels are playing banjos.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX ALL BALLED UP (July 1): On the golf course, Felix’s owner brings along
a “club” that’s really Felix in disguise. Felix tries to teach his owner to play
golf, but loses the man’s only ball and is sent to recover it or die. Felix finally
satisfies his owner by discovering a nest where a bird has been hoarding lost
balls as eggs.
Home movie versions:
Atlas Super 8 (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Finds ‘Em Soft”)
Bergen 16mm (100 ft. excerpt)
Carnival Kitty Kat 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Balled Up”)
Kodascope 16mm #7066 (200 ft.; later prints retitled “Felix Foozled”)
French Kodascope 16mm #7066 (200 ft. “Félix Golfeur”)
French Kodascope 8mm #709 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7066 (later prints titled “Felix Foozled”) (100
ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87066 (later prints titled “Felix Foozled”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Atlas, Carnival, Kodascope 16mm #7066 with original title, Cine-Kodagraph
shortened 16mm #7066 and 8mm #87066, both retitled “Felix Foozled”)
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FELIX BRINGS HOME THE BACON (July 15): A girl cat spurns Felix for not
having the latest style— a bobbed tail. Felix gets a bird to clip his tail short
(by biting it) but then learns long tails are the rage again, so commits suicide
by jumping off a cliff. He cancels his plans, though, to save a bug from a frog.
The bug turns out to be a fairy who takes Felix to Fairyland. There Felix
outwits a witch to help keep Mother Hubbard’s cupboard full.
Note: Though John Canemaker finds booking date July 15, earliest release date
found by Cole Johnson is November 15. Cartoon’s second half bears obvious
similarities to FELIX IN FAIRYLAND (c. f.) but is composed of entirely new
material.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7064 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7064 (200 ft. “Félix rapporte à déjeuner”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7064 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76009 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87064 (50 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #78001 (50 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LON
NFM
Private collections:
Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7064, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm
#87064)
FELIX GOES WEST (August 1): After misadventures among an Indian tribe and
a chase with a bear, Felix is frightened by the wooden Chief outside a cigar
store.
Note: Cole Johnson date correction 2001
Home movie versions:
Novelty 8mm (100 ft.)
Thunderbird 16mm (262 ft.)
VHS:
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
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BUY
WASH (call number FAA 1915: Thunderbird 16mm)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Novelty 8mm)
FELIX MINDS HIS BUSINESS
Note: Evidence of existence is film booking journal clipping in Winkler
scrapbooks, MOMA, New York.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX GRABS HIS GRUB (probably September): Felix battles for his morning
meal by trying to steal milk, pursuing a chicken for her eggs, and fighting
with a turtle, an octopus, and a shark. Finally he settles for stealing and
devouring a fisherman’s lunch.
Note: My earlier summaries of this film have been inconsistent as to whether a
turtle appeared as one of Felix’s combatants. Thanks to Colin Cowles for
confirming that the turtle is definitely included.
Home movie versions:
Carnival Kitty Kat 8mm (100 ft. “Felix the Comeback”)
Collectors’ Club 8mm (150 ft. “Felix Attempts to Have Breakfast”)
Collectors’ Club Super 8mm (150 ft. “Felix Starts the Day Right”)
Kodascope 16mm #7080 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7080 (200 ft. “Félix en Maraude”)
Kodascope 8mm #87080 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #719 (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M51110: 16mm safety print, ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
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Yes (Kodascope 16mm #7080?, Carnival Kitty Kat 8mm, Collectors’ Club 8mm
and Super 8mm)
FELIX GOES HUNGRY (Dec. 1): A starving Felix must chase the mouse who
steals the money he received from pawning a stolen hatpin. In the end, the
money winds up with a tramp and Felix goes hungry.
Note: Though John Canemaker finds booking date Dec 1, earliest release date
found by Cole Johnson is December 15.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7074 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7074 (200 ft. “Félix se fait voler”)
French Kodascope 8mm #713 (100 ft.)
Uncertain distributor (“Felix Done Again”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON (“Felix Done Again”)
RIO
ROC
WASH (call number FEB 0447: 35mm 557 ft., lacking opening titles and
beginning of picture)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Kodascope 16mm #7074)
FELIX FINISHES FIRST (Dec. 15)
Note: Though John Canemaker finds booking date Dec. 15, Cole Johnson finds
earlier release date of Dec. 1st.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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1925 • M. J. WINKLER RELEASE
FELIX WINS AND LOSES (Jan. 1): Felix steals some sausages from a man’s
basket, then causes the pursuing man to slip on banana peels outside a shop.
The shopkeeper calls the police, but Felix “skates” away using peels as skates.
Later, Felix redeems himself by capturing an escaped bear and returning him
to a circus.
Home movie versions:
Cine-Kodagraph shortened, gauge and number unknown
Home Film Libraries 16mm #104 (300 ft.)
Novelty Kitty Kat 16mm (two 100 ft. excerpts, “Felix Feasts” and “Skinned
Alive”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52178: 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft. missing main titles)
LON
Private collections:
Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened, both Novelty 16mm excerpts)
FELIX ALL PUZZLED (Jan. 15): To help his master solve a crossword puzzle—
”seven-letter word found chiefly in Russia”—Felix travels there by mule kick.
A peasant mistakes Felix for a bomb; then revolutionaries mistake Felix for a
spy. Felix escapes with the help of a goat, then by disguising himself as a
cactus, only to find he’s taken the revolutionaries’ plans, and now sentries are
on his trail. In the end Felix says his trip to Russia was nothing but “trouble”
…that being the puzzle’s seven-letter word.
Home movie versions:
Collectors’ Club 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Takes a Trip”)
Kodascope 16mm #7069 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7069 (200 ft. “Félix fait des Mots Croisés”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7069 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76001 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87069 (50 ft.)
VHS:
Before Walt (Inkwell Images Ink.): Cine-Kodagraph (on older VHS), complete
(on modern DVD)
Felix the Cat and Other 1920s Rarities (Snappy Video): Cine-Kodagraph
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Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven): Cine-Kodagraph
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment): Cine-Kodagraph
Archived:
BUY (Cine-Kodagraph shortened)
LON (2 copies, one as “Felix Goes to Russia”)
OTTA
RIO
WASH (call number FEB 7806: 35mm 760 ft. “Unid. Atkinson No. 06: Felix the
Cat”)
Private collections:
Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7069, Collectors’ Club 8mm)
FELIX FOLLOWS THE SWALLOWS (Feb. 1): It’s a cold winter and Felix is
bothered by a snowball-throwing boy and his snowdog. Hoping to go south
like the birds, Felix fashions wings and flies to the jungle, only to be chased
by cannibals, a monkey, and an elephant. In the end, returning home, Felix
shakes hands with a snowman: “it was too hot for me down there!”.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7065 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7065 (200 ft. “Félix suit les hirondelles au Pays du
Soleil”)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7065 (100 ft.)
French Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #76010 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87065 (50 ft.)
Novascope 9.5mm #C.1021
Stockwell Cine Short shortened 16mm (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LA (call number M50553): Kodascope 16mm #7065
LOB (last scene missing)
LON
MTL
RIO
WASH: 35mm nitrate (580 ft.)
Private collections:
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Yes (original, Stockwell Cine Short, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7065,
Novascope 9.5mm #C.1021)
FELIX RESTS IN PEACE (Feb. 15)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX GETS HIS FILL (Mar. 1): Felix, hungry as usual, hears from a café singer
and a billboard character that food is plentiful down south, and decides to hie
him thither. The Cotton Exchange pays for cotton in chicken dinners (!) so
Felix goes picking—getting in trouble when he mistakes an old man’s beard
for a cotton plant. The man pursues Felix but is attacked by an alligator; Felix
rescues the man and is rewarded with a feast.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7070 (200 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7070 (200 ft. “Félix fait le Plein”)
French Kodascope 8mm #710 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7070 (100 ft.)
Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm #87070 (50 ft.)
Novelty 100 ft. 8mm (shortened print) “Gratitude”
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50790: 16mm safety print, ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (Cine-Kodagraph shortened 16mm #7070, Cine-Kodagraph shortened 8mm
#7070, Novelty 100 ft. 8mm)
FELIX FULL O’ FIGHT (April 13): Kitty spurns Felix as a coward when he runs
from a bear. Felix decides to prove his bravery by going on a dangerous quest
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for treasure, but finds only a pirate’s bootleg hooch. Getting drunk on it, Felix
beats up an ape, then returns home to beat up his rival too.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7072 (250 ft.)
French Kodascope 16mm #7072 “Félix Batailleur” (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87072 (100 ft.)
French Kodascope 8mm #711 (100 ft.)
Novelty 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “Buried Treasure”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
LON
Private collections:
Yes (original version; Kodascope 16mm #7072, incomplete)
FELIX OUTWITS CUPID (April 27)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX MONKEYS WITH MAGIC (May 8): Felix’s master practices magic and
plays tricks on Felix. Felix dares his master to transform into a mouse, then
knocks him out and steals the book. On his own, Felix practices some tricks,
then tries to help an artist paint by magic. A painted bear chases Felix into the
painting, where he fights a lion, a stork, and a hippo with magic. He turns the
hippo into a car to drive home (somehow escaping the painting— it’s never
explained!), where his irate master reclaims the book, reassumes human form,
puts Felix under the spell and kicks him away.
Home movie versions:
Home Film Libraries 16mm (100 ft. excerpt)
Kodascope 16mm (200 ft.) [number as yet unknown]
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VHS:
(none)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment): Kodascope 16mm
Archived:
BUY
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
FELIX COPS THE PRIZE (May 25)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX GETS THE CAN (June 8): Felix is advised to travel north in search of
salmon. In Canada, the feline is shot at by bandit Dan McStew, is tricked by
the local fish, and winds up in a can along with them. Back home at a
restaurant, Felix emerges from the can and eats the salmon pictured on the
label.
Home movie versions:
Carnival Kitty Kat 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Free Lunch”)
Glenn Photo Supply 16mm (250 ft.)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
BUY
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, Carnival Kitty Kat, Glenn Photo Supply)
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FELIX DOPES IT OUT (Aug. 15): Felix travels to a cannibal island in search of a
legendary cure for red noses. His human hobo friend doesn’t like the cure
much at all— “keep on drinking and it’ll turn blue”!
Home movie versions:
Official Films 16mm (250 ft.)
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official)
1925 • EDUCATIONAL PICTURES RELEASE
FELIX THE CAT TRIFLES WITH TIME (Aug. 23): Father Time gives Felix a
chance to see if he prefers life in pre-history. But dinosaurs and a caveman
tailor give Felix quite a run for his money. In the end, Felix is glad to leave the
Stone Age and enjoy eating “the Garb-Age” back home.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX THE CAT BUSTS INTO BUSINESS (Sept. 6): Felix envies the money
made by a doctor, so swims across the ocean to work as a doctor for the
animals in Africa. But it’s hard to feed pills to giraffes, ostriches and
elephants, so Felix returns home and grumpily breaks the doctor’s window.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
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(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT TRIPS THRU TOYLAND (Sept. 20): Felix saves a doll from a
dog. The doll falls in love with her hero and takes him to Toyland, where he
must save her from the villainous Pierrot.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Forgotten Hollywood
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
ROC
Private collections:
Yes
FELIX THE CAT ON THE FARM (Oct. 4): Felix keeps his owner awake and is
punished by being sent to the farm. Farmer Cy is tough on Felix, but
mosquitoes are even tougher, chasing him into a cider mill. The skeeters
drink the cider themselves, then bite Felix and the farmer, making them
drunk and ending their feud.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, September 23 and 30, 1928 (loose adaptation)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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FELIX THE CAT ON THE JOB (Oct. 18): Felix stows away on a ship at sea and is
forced to swab the deck. He is blamed for causing a storm and thrown
overboard. On a nearby coast he uses a lighthouse beam to divert rats onto
the ship, getting his revenge on the skipper.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
FELIX THE CAT IN THE COLD RUSH (Nov. 1): Felix is accidentally locked in a
refrigerator, where he hallucinates that he is at the North Pole. In the end he
is rescued from the fridge in a block of ice and melted out on the stove.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip July 25 to August 13, 1927
Home movie versions:
Official 300 ft. 16mm
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M42236: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX THE CAT IN EATS ARE WEST (Nov. 15): Felix converts some flapjacks
into a trolley and then, an airplane, to pursue a Pony Express rider and
devour his sausage delivery. Upon landing in the Wild West, he meets the
cowboys who would have received the sausages. They angrily engage him in
some thrilling chases on horseback.
Home movie versions:
Uncertain distributor: “Felix With the Cowboys”
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 3 (Loonic Video)
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Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
Felix the Cat Sound and Silent (Video Yesteryear): excerpt “Felix With the
Cowboys”
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment): untitled print
Archived:
BUY (as “Felix Untitled”)
LA (call number M50617: 16mm safety print ca. 275 ft.)
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX THE CAT TRIES THE TRADES (Nov. 29): Job hunting Felix quits being
nursemaid to a squalling baby in favor of laying bricks. He provokes the
other workmen to go on strike and throw bricks at him. Felix grabs the flying
bricks and rapidly builds a wall, earning his boss’ acclaim.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT AT THE RAINBOW’S END (Dec. 13): After a rainstorm, Felix
follows the rainbow to a pot of gold. A witch steals the gold. But Felix does a
good deed and is given the use of Aladdin’s lamp to make the witch
disappear.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
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No
FELIX THE CAT KEPT ON WALKING (Dec. 27): Felix is thrown out of his
owners’ home for walking on the piano keys. He meets a poet writing the
maxim, “Roses are red; if you are blue, beyond the horizon lie riches for you.”
Felix walks across the ocean to England, where he is chased by customs
officials and escapes on a horse borrowed from a statue. Soccer players kick
Felix across France to Egypt. Later Felix re-encounters the poet and, having
found no riches, knocks him toward the horizon with a cane.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
ROC
Private collections:
No
1926 • EDUCATIONAL PICTURES RELEASE
FELIX THE CAT SPOTS THE SPOOK (Jan. 10): Sleepy Felix can’t sleep in a
bird’s nest or a pig pen, so tries a nearby house— whose mice object to the
intrusion. The mice disguise themselves as a ghost to scare Felix off. But Felix
discovers the ruse, kills the mice and is rewarded by the homeowner.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M52508, 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft., and VA11320 M,
videotape copy)
Private collections:
No
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FELIX THE CAT FLIRTS WITH FATE (Jan. 24): It seems everyone but Felix has
a girlfriend. Then Felix spots an alien girl on Mars and travels up to meet her
by rocket. At a Martian nightclub Felix introduces the Charleston, but it gets a
bad reaction from the aliens. A bouncer kicks Felix back to Earth.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
ROC
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT IN BLUNDERLAND (Feb. 7): A cop gives Felix directions to
Alice’s Wonderland. He follows Alice himself, but misses the train that she
takes—ending up in Blunderland instead. Felix angers Old King Cole and
fails to recover Bo Peep’s lost sheep. Returning home Felix snubs the cop.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M91327, 35mm polyester prsv. print ca. 759 ft.; M00823, 35mm
polyester prsv. dupe pic neg ca 1000 ft.; M52162, 16mm safety print ca. 325 ft.)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT FANS THE FLAMES (Feb. 21): Felix dreams that he’s in Hell,
pursued by the Devil and his minions. Upon awakening, he turns in a fire
alarm and saves his injured tail.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT LAUGHS IT OFF (March 7): Felix is worried that as a black
cat, he’s a jinx. He worries so much that he becomes thin and scrawny, so
must teach himself to laugh and grow fat. Later Felix teaches other animals
and people to laugh and grow fat as well.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50668: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (fragment only)
FELIX THE CAT WEATHERS THE WEATHER (March 21): After failing to take
his kittens on a picnic due to bad weather, Felix travels into the clouds to see
Jupiter Pluvius’ weather-making machine. He turns the machine to his own
benefit, punishing Jupiter in the process.
Note: Probably the first appearance of Felix’s kittens. Originally depicted as
sons and named Felix I, Felix II, and Felix III, they became nephews Tom,
Dick and Harry in 1930, and finally Inky, Dinky, and Winky— with
usually just two depicted at a time, rather than all three at once.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, 18 as-yet-undated strips, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52068: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
Private collections:
No
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FELIX THE CAT USES HIS HEAD (April 4): Felix finds a quarter and, when a
kosher deli is closed for St. Patrick’s Day, instead buys a tin of live fish—who
unfortunately escape before being eaten. Felix next lassos a man’s chicken
dinner, but loses it out of reach on a far island across a pond. By allowing a
hen to pull and stretch his tail, Felix makes it long enough to reach the dinner.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52157: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT MISSES THE CUE (April 18): Would-be goldfish thief Felix
hides in a laundry basket. Pursued by Chinese laundrymen, the cat tunnels
through the earth and ends up in China itself. Felix steals a basket of food and
tries to escape with a skyrocket, then with vehicles made of coolies’ hats and
umbrellas.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT BRAVES THE BRINY (May 2): Felix hears an old sailor’s plan
to recover a sunken treasure by submarine. Felix builds his own submarine to
get to the treasure first, but ends up fighting with sharks and then with the
arriving sailors’ diver.
Home movie versions:
Fred Ladd colorization “Sunken Treasure” (1971)
Screen Attractions 8mm (100 ft.)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Congress Video Group): Fred Ladd colorization
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Fred Ladd colorization, Screen Attractions 8mm)
A TALE OF TWO KITTIES (May 16): Felix is unable to see Kitty when he visits
her after curfew— and wishes he were in the big city, where curfews
wouldn’t be a problem. Traveling there, he meets a city girl who robs him
and dumps him… precipitating his return to the country.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT SCOOTS THROUGH SCOTLAND (May 30): Accidentally
sent by crate to Scotland, Felix meets Angus, the thrifty golf player. Felix
offers Angus his tail to use as a golf club but Angus also takes his nose to use
as a ball! Later, another Scot threatens to drown Felix in the river, but Felix’s
piteous meows in reaction are mistaken for bagpipe music, leading to his
winning a piping contest.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, 12 as-yet-undated strips, 1927 (loose adaptation retitled “The
Spendthrift”, focusing only on Felix’s meeting with Angus— who is given the
new name Sandy Hook)
Home movie versions:
Exclusive 16mm (50 ft. excerpt)
Fred Ladd colorization “Scoots Through Scotland” (i. e. Felix’s name not given in
title) (1973)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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LA
Private collections:
Yes
FELIX THE CAT RINGS THE RINGER (June 13): The circus is in town but Felix
cares only for his empty belly. He steals a hot dog from a circus kiosk and is
chased through the circus by the hot dog man, where the pursuit is seen as so
funny by the audience that both end up circus stars.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
SCHOOL DAZE (June 27): After getting Mary in trouble at school, Felix
attempts to help her answer the question, “where in the world is the hottest
place?” With a makeshift airship, Felix travels to the equator, but the hot
region’s alligators, birds and a lion pursue him to the North Pole—where he
concludes things were actually “hottest” (i. e. most troublesome!)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT SEEKS SOLITUDE (July 11): Felix steals a fish from the end of
a man’s fishing line, but cannot find peace to eat it in privacy. The moon, a
tree, Felix’s shadow and even the fish’s father pursue him disapprovingly for
his thieving actions. In the end Felix returns the fish to the man and is
rewarded with a bottle of milk.
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Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip November 14 to 26, 1927
Home movie versions:
Screen Attractions 8mm (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Screen Attractions 8mm)
FELIX THE CAT MISSES HIS SWISS (July 25): Felix foils Skiddoo and the mice
when they try to steal cheese from a shop. The mice travel to Switzerland to
steal cheese there, but Felix follows them and pursues them around the Alps.
But in the end Skiddoo sails for home leaving Felix behind on shore.
Home movie versions:
Fred Ladd colorization (1973), taken from a print with final scenes missing (so
there is a premature iris in)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Congress Video Group): Fred Ladd colorization
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M42234: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
GYM GEMS (Aug. 8): Starving Felix fails to eat a shoe and drink paste from a
billposter’s bucket, then wanders into a boxer’s camp where he wins the
boxer’s enmity and is punched away. Felix leads a mule back to the camp
where the boxer is summarily beaten up and knocked out.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, September 5, 1926 (rough adaptation with bees instead of the
mule)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
TWO-LIP TIME (Aug. 22): After chasing a mouse onto a ship and enduring a
vicious bout of seasickness, Felix finds himself in Holland, where he woos a
local maid and proves himself a terrible gardener— watering tulips with gin.
The head gardener chases Felix, but Felix blows him away with a windmill.
Note: Raoul Barré animated the famous scene of the drunken flowers gasping for
more liquor.
Home movie versions:
Uncertain distributor, 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “Felix in Dutch”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 1 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat and Other 1920s Rarities (Snappy Video)
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear): “Felix in Dutch”
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BUY
LA (call number M52113: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original)
SCRAMBLED YEGGS (Sept. 5): Felix sleeps in an empty baby carriage— and is
kidnapped by two crooks who believe the carriage to contain a rich family’s
baby. Angry Felix escapes and wants revenge. He gets it when the crooks
later rob a bank—and Felix nails their shadows to the bank wall unawares.
The shadows are later used as evidence to convict the crooks in court.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, Sept. 26 to Nov. 12, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT SHATTERS THE SHEIK (Sept. 19): As an umbrella salesman’s
mascot, Felix has a hard time in the desert until he convinces birds to peck
open the clouds above a sheiks’ convention— creating a great need for
umbrellas.
Rereleased
By Ideal (UK) as “The Only Whey”
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON (“The Only Whey”)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
FELIX THE CAT HUNTS THE HUNTER (Oct. 3): Felix’s hunter master gets lost
in the jungle and the animals capture his possessions and supplies. When an
ostrich swallows his gun, the bird’s lethal expectorations kill the entire group
of animals. Felix claims credit for having dispatched them.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, January 9 and 16, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official)
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LAND O’ FANCY (Oct. 17): Felix wonders where smoke rings go—and finds
that their destination is a land of clouds, home of Jack’s giants. Felix steals a
giant bottle of milk and is chased, ultimately ending back on earth where the
smoke rings originated in a cigar.
Home movie versions:
Official 16mm (250 ft.)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official)
FELIX THE CAT BUSTS A BUBBLE (Oct. 31): Felix’s mistress could care less
about feeding him— she’d rather go to Hollywood and get a job as an actress.
Felix is determined to bust this bubble, so follows her to foul up her screen
tests.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52167: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original)
REVERSE ENGLISH (Nov. 14): Felix doesn’t like being put out for the night and
is ejected by his master, even after returning home by telephone. Master tries
to drown Felix, but Felix is rescued by a lobster. Back on shore, Felix dreams
of a situation where he is the master and his owner is the pet.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT TRUMPS THE ACE (Nov. 28): Felix tries to earn meat at a fair.
But when he makes a tent into a new dress for the Fat Lady, he is given no
pay. Next, Felix’s fight with a hen steals the audience from the nearby Ace of
Clowns. The Ace chases Felix high in the air on the high wire, where Felix
ultimately shakes the clown down into the mud.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX THE CAT COLLARS THE BUTTON (Dec. 12): Felix’s sleep is
interrupted when his mistress demands his master take her to a show—and
again when master loses the mistress’ collar button. Felix chases the button
under a hippo and through a bakery’s vat of dough, where he finds the
button with a magnet.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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ZOO LOGIC (Dec. 26): Caged zoo animals envy Felix’s freedom, so Felix frees
them— and they soon discover that life in the outside world isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be. A hippo breaks traffic laws, a leopard’s pelt is stolen by a
mugger and so forth. In the end the animals return to the zoo.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
1927 • EDUCATIONAL PICTURES RELEASE
FELIX THE CAT DINES AND PINES (Jan. 9): Felix can’t catch a mouse, a
chicken, or jumping beans, so decides to eat a shoe instead. This last item
brings him a wild, hallucinatory nightmare. In the end Felix comes to his
senses and takes the pledge— apparently not to eat shoes again.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, April 6 to 18, 1931
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LOB
WASH
Private collections:
Yes (original)
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PEDIGREEDY (Jan. 23): Anxious to prove his noble lineage at the Kit Kat Club,
Felix boasts of his ancestors, who showed the Pharaoh how to Charleston and
who taught Columbus that the world was round. In the end Felix brings in
his “family tree”, a tree full of stray cats, to prove his lineage.
Home movie versions:
Lindstrom 16mm (25 ft. excerpt “Jumbo at Sea”)
Official 16mm (300 ft.)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Other 1920s Rarities (Snappy Video)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52510: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Lindstrom)
ICY EYES (Feb. 6): Felix is attracted to Peaches, a girl cat who’s skating on the
pond and whom he rescues from an accident—but she spurns him with icy
eyes. Later, Felix decides to win Peaches’ favor by capturing a jewel thief and
his pet crow. He succeeds, but Peaches has grown fat in the meantime and
now it’s Felix who spurns the girl.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip March 12 to 31, 1930 (followed by another loosely related
continuity featuring Peaches)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
FELIX THE CAT STARS IN STRIPES (Feb): Felix is disturbed from napping by
a crying baby. To pacify the kid, Felix imitates Chaplin, then tries to steal a
barber pole that the kid thinks is a giant peppermint stick. Felix is arrested for
this effort and must break out of prison. He digs an escape hole which leads
to a pond—which drains into the hole and floods the prison yard. Felix
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escapes on a horse, removing the stripes from his uniform to disguise the
horse as a zebra. Felix gets away, but the “zebra” lands in a zoo.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip May 27 to June 14, 1930 (loose adaptation focusing on prison
escape efforts only)
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original)
FELIX THE CAT SEES ‘EM IN SEASON (Mar. 6): Spring is here and Felix is
struck by sleepy spring fever. A bee awakens him, though, and he uses the
same bee to wake an African-American washwoman who’d fallen asleep on
the job. Felix then chases Skiddoo in an effort to eat him, but spring fever
returns, and cat and mouse fall asleep together, forgetting their fight.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50786: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
BARN YARNS (Mar. 20): Hungry Felix is chased away from a diner by having
pepper shaken at him. He next pursues a duck with intent to kill, but the chae
leads to a pond where the duck saves Felix from drowning. Indebted Felix
next must save the duck from a farmer— who angrily throws Felix back in
the river. This time Felix is saved by fish, whom Felix then teaches to avoid
the farmer’s hook.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
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(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M42220: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
Private collections:
No
GERM MANIA (April 3): Felix inspects the test tubes in a laboratory to reveal
Golf Germs and spooning Love Germs, who resent his intrusion in their
romance. A scientist uses a fluid to shrink Felix to germ size, whereupon the
cat makes his getaway. But the male Love Germ has used another fluid to
grow large and chases Felix.
Errors: My earlier Felix filmography stated that the Golf Germs resembled Laurel
and Hardy, which they could not do as the film was released before Stan and
Ollie were well-known as a team. I derived the information from a faulty
earlier filmography.
Home movie versions:
Official 16mm (250 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50760: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official)
SAX APPEAL (April 27): Felix escapes his owner’s noisy sax playing, but is
bothered by sax music on the radio. He knocks out the radio sax players (with
a shoe thrown at the radio), but now his owner’s music bothers him again. He
buries owner’s sax in the garden, but a mole finds it in the dirt and begins
playing it once more. Felix finally seizes the notes coming from the sax,
shoots them, and drowns them.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
EYE JINKS (May 1): Felix answers an optometrist’s advertisement for a mouse
catcher. Catching forty winks after the hunt, he hasn’t figured on the rodents
returning and putting strong glasses on his face, leading him to a series of
wild hallucinations.
Rereleased:
By Ideal (UK) as “Arrest Cures”
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, June 19, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON (“Arrest Cures”)
Private collections:
No
ROAMEO (May 15): Felix is proposing marriage to Kitty when distracting,
pretty singing carries him over the ocean to Spain. By fighting a bull, he wins
the Spanish girl who’d done the singing, but her tough nature scares him
away. In the Arctic, he meets a second girl but is driven off by a polar bear. In
Hawaii, he meets a third girl and is driven off by her lover. Back home, Felix
again proposes to Kitty, saying he’d never look at another girl— but the girls
of his travels have followed him home, belying his words.
Note: Has traditionally been confused with ROMEEOW (1930, c. f.) which is in
fact a different cartoon.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip November 28 to December 21, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
FELIX THE CAT DUCKS HIS DUTY (May 29): Felix deserts the army during a
war under pretenses of marriage, marrying the first girl cat he can find. When
his new spouse turns out to be a tyrant, though, Felix decides he prefers the
battlefield and returns there in the end.
Home movie versions:
Brumberger 8mm (50 ft. excerpt)
Official 16mm (250 ft.)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M51358: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.)
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Official)
DOUGH-NUTTY (June 12): Felix tries to get adopted by a marketing man who’s
trying to invent a new form of doughnut. The man at first shuns Felix as
unlucky (i. e. black cats), but then gets him to help him in his quest. In trying
to find a shape for the doughnut, Felix gets lost in a maze and is still there at
cartoon’s end.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
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“LOCO” MOTIVE (June 26): Upon beholding a well-nourished Teuton, Felix
decides that Germany is the land of milk and honey, then inflates a bratwurst
to build himself a zeppelin and fly there. The journey is difficult, detouring
through France and China but finally landing Felix in Berlin, where he meets
a rousing welcome.
Rereleased
By Ideal (UK) as “Robotany”
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, July 31 to November 13, 1927
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON (“Robotany”)
Private collections:
No
ART FOR HEART’S SAKE (July 10): Kitty spurns Felix for an aviator and Felix
tries to drown his sadness in art, first painting and then sculpting images of
Kitty Pygmalion-like. In the end, Kitty falls from the flier’s plane and crashes
through the roof of the art studio, returning to Felix and kicking the statue
aside.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
THE TRAVEL-HOG (July 14): Taking his morning bath, Felix is called to
breakfast by Kitty but falls out the window, a number of accidents crrying
him from one place to another and in effect all around the world. Finally a
volcano blows Felix home, where he sits down to breakfast covered with
travel stickers.
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Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
JACK FROM ALL TRADES (Aug. 7): Kitty demands Felix find work. He first
acts as barber, cutting the hair of an African-American janitor and his mop.
He acts as dentist, putting new teeth on a farmer’s rake. Finally he uses a tire
pump to play a musician’s sax, earning money that he brings home to a
hero’s welcome.
Home movie versions:
Fred Ladd colorization “Mr. Do-All” (1973)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Congress Video Group): uses Fred Ladd colorization
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (original?)
THE NON-STOP FRIGHT (Aug. 21): Felix builds a flying machine upon
learning that he can win big money flying to Timbuktu. The trip there,
however, detours through an undersea fish community and into a cannibal
encampment.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, May 13 to 30, 1931
Home movie versions:
Brumberger 150 ft. 8mm
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Aviateur”)
Kodascope 16mm #7403 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87403 (100 ft.)
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Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30779 (60 ft. excerpt “Felix Lets Fly”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30747 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Non-Stop
Fright”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities): uses Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video): uses Copley rerelease
Weird Cartoons Vol. 2 (Rhino): uses Copley rerelease
DVD:
Weird Cartoons (Rhino): uses Copley rerelease
Archived:
LA (call numbers M52232, 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft., probably silent original;
and M17127, 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft., probably Copley rerelease)
LON
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30779, #M 30747)
WISE GUISE (Sept. 4): Felix hopes to outshine the “wise guys” in Kitty’s eyes, so
cheats to win a funfair swimming contest by riding fishback. He deflates a fat
man and inflates a skinny one. He then poses for a silhouette cutter, but the
resulting silhouette is so lifelike that Kitty falls for it—and Felix must duel
with it. In the end, Kitty prefers Felix and tears up the silhouette.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip June 16 to August 2, 1930
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7404 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87404 (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON
Private collections:
No
FLIM FLAM FILMS (Sept. 18): Felix, Inky, Dinky, and Winky sneak into a movie
theater to watch a Felix cartoon onscreen. Upon being kicked out of the show,
Felix decides to make his own movies... but the kittens film him kissing a
bathing beauty, then show the scene to an angry Kitty.
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Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip August 4 to 23, 1930
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7401 (200 ft. “Flim Flam Film”)
Kodascope 8mm #87401 (100 ft.)
Uncertain distributor 16mm (250 ft. “Felix Makes a Movie”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (“Felix Makes a Movie”)
LON
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, “Felix Makes a Movie”)
FELIX THE CAT SWITCHES WITCHES (Oct. 2): On Halloween, Felix is both
victim and victor in mischievous and bizarre jokes, switching animals’ heads
and bodies around. An owl reads Felix’s fortune in the cards, telling him how
to meet the love of his life, but instead he seems to end up meeting a witch.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Film Office Super 8mm (180 ft. “Felix se deguise”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30768 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix’s Halloween
Night”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.02): Copley rerelease
MTL
RIO
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
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Yes (original, Film Office Super 8mm)
NO FUELIN’ (Oct. 16): Felix goes searching for fuel for the fire to keep Inky and
Dinky and Kitty from freezing in the winter. He goes on many adventures to
find fuel, but he always ends up losing it and returns home without any— his
bag ultimately contains a hungry woodpecker who’s eaten the lot!
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.03): Copley rerelease, missing ending scenes on BP’s
downloadable viewing copy, but complete in their film source
WASH (call number FEB 7028): silent (!) print of the Copley rerelease
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
No
DAZE AND KNIGHTS (Oct. 30): Hungry Felix tries to steal a fisherman’s catch,
but is rebuffed—so envies a cat in a nearby castle who’s being fed royally. He
invades the castle, but is beaten up. In his daze, he dreams he’s chased by a
suit of armor, then a real knight, and that he has helped to repel an attack on
the castle and is rewarded with the icebox key.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip December 22, 1927 to as-yet-unknown date, 1928
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.01): Copley rerelease
WASH: 35mm nitrate
WPA: Copley rerelease
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Private collections:
Yes (original?)
UNCLE TOM’S CRABBIN’ (Nov. 13): Felix is sick of the winter cold and
decides to go down South where it’s warm. He meets Uncle Tom and Topsy,
dancing with the latter while the former plays the banjo. Simon Legree uses
his whip to break the banjo, but Felix builds a makeshift replacement. Simon
unsuccessfully chases Felix, then transforms his whip into a hound to pick up
the pursuit. The hound chases Felix back north, where Felix finally fights with
him and transforms him back into a whip.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip April 24 to May 26, 1930
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Exclusive Kat Kartoon 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix and Topsy”)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.06): Copley rerelease
LA (call number M46061: 35mm nitrate print ca. 1000 ft.): probably Copley
rerelease as it has optical sound
WASH (call number FEA 8636: 35mm 516 ft., with titles intact but early scenes
missing; starts with scene introducing Uncle Tom and Topsy)
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
Yes (original, Exclusive)
WHYS AND OTHER WHYS (Nov. 27): Why does Felix come home late to Kitty
one night? Because, he says, he bought her a fur coat that was really a bear,
and it took time to fight the bear off. Why are his knees wobbly? Because he
defended her box of candy on stormy, rocky seas. Why does he have a blonde
hair on his shoulder? Why, it came from the lion who ate Kitty’s candy. Yeah,
right.
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix roi des menteurs”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30773 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix’s Pay Day”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30773)
FELIX THE CAT HITS THE DECK (Dec. 11): Transported into a land of playing
cards, Felix tries to please the Queen of Hearts by digging her a diamond
mine. But the angry King sends Felix to the Jack who ends up giving him the
grand slam.
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, January 15 to April 15, 1928
Home movie versions:
Brumberger 150 ft. 8mm
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30767 (200 ft. near-complete super reel with original title)
Peak Film Productions Super 8mm (50 ft. excerpt)
Uncertain French distributor 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “As de pique”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, “As de pique”, Peak Film Productions Super 8mm)
FELIX THE CAT BEHIND IN FRONT (Dec. 25): Felix and his farmer friend join
the army. Felix helps his friend get food and fight in the trenches. When the
group is trapped in a foxhole by the enemy, Felix makes an expedition to get
food himself. The sausages he brings back end up fired at the enemy in battle.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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WASH (call number FEB 8613: 35mm 650 ft., incomplete so we don’t see much of
the sausages actually being fired at the enemy—ending of farmer and Felix
returning home is totally missing)
Private collections:
No
1928 • EDUCATIONAL PICTURES RELEASE
THE SMOKE SCREAM (Jan. 8): Felix is the pet in a household where husband
wants to smoke, but wife won’t let him in spite of Felix’s help. Eventually the
old man’s beard catches fire. Panicking, he runs out of the house and into a
nearby hotel, causing a ruckus and requiring Felix to play fireman.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.08): Copley rerelease
WASH
WPA
Private collections:
Yes
DRAGGIN’ TH’ DRAGON (Jan. 22): Felix rejects several offers of food,
preferring to eat at a restaurant in Peking—where cats aren’t allowed, leading
Felix to steal the restaurant’s secret chop suey recipe. The chef consults with a
mandarin, leading to Felix’s pursuit by a coolie. Felix and the coolie fight in
the sky aboard rockets; other coolies, then a dragon join the fight back on
earth. Felix finally kills the dragon, draggin’ him home as a trophy.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip March 14 to April 26, 1928 (story retitled “Felix the Cat Peeks in
Pekin”, but otherwise identical to cartoon)
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7407 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87407 (100 ft.)
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VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON
Private collections:
(none)
THE OILY BIRD (Feb. 5): While Felix is asleep, an incredibly stupid chicken
makes its way into the cat’s house—and eats the jewels owned by Felix’s boss.
Framed for the theft, Felix decides to find them himself. The eventual fight
between Felix and the bird ends with the bird digging its own grave… and
discovering oil.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Arrow Films Super 8mm (200 ft. “Felix Strikes Oil”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30771 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Strikes Oil”)
Peak Film Productions Super 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Strikes Oil”)
Star Photo Products 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Oily Birds”)
Unknown distributor 9.5mm (230 ft. “Felix Strikes Oil”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Frolics #2 (Festival Films)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LOB
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, Arrow Films Super 8mm, Peak Film Productions Super 8mm,
unknown distributor 9.5mm)
OHM SWEET OHM (Feb. 19): After being buffetted by a lightning storm, Felix
traps some lightning in a gigantic box, then attempts to make money by
harnessing its power for various uses. It powers a broom too well, though,
finally sweeping Felix away.
Adapted in comics:
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Felix Sunday strip, April 22 to June 17, 1928
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
JAPANICKY (March 4): After watching a jiu jitsu exhibition, Felix tries the
martial art himself on a lamppost, a cop, and a goat, who butts him to Japan.
There, Felix finds that the locals don’t know what chairs are, painfully
squatting instead of sitting. Felix builds chairs in his usual style, enraging the
emperor until he gets one too.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip August 25 to September 27, 1930
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.07): Copley rerelease
WASH
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
Yes (half of cartoon only)
POLLY-TICS (March 18): After saving a man’s milk from Skiddoo and the mice,
Felix is accepted as the man’s pet—but Laura the Parrot, once the household
favorite, objects heartily. Laura and other animals conspire to tie Felix to the
town clock, pulling him out of the house. Felix returns to make peace.
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Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip April 27 to June 2, 1928
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7402 (200 ft.) “Politics”
Kodascope 8mm #87402 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30774 (60 ft. excerpt, “Felix Mouse Fighter”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30740 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “And Now Felix
Tries for Close Harmony”)
Vines Master Movie 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Now Felix Tries for Close Harmony”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 2 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear).
Felix the Cat Frolics #1 (Festival Films)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LON
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30740 and #D 30774, Vines Master Movie
8mm)
COMICALAMITIES (April 1): Felix’s artist draws him uninked, whereupon a
bootblack is needed to blacken him in. The artist draws Felix a girlfriend,
Calamity Jane, but she is ugly and must be redrawn pretty. Felix travels to the
oyster beds to please Jane with a chain of pearls, but in the end she throws
him over anyway… and he tears her up.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip June 4 to July 12, 1928
Home movie versions:
Arrow Films Super 8mm (200 ft. “Felix Meets Calamity Jane”)
Film Office 9.5mm (100 ft. “Felix pecheur de perle”)
Keystone 16mm (25 ft. excerpt “Chased by an Oyster”)
Kodascope 16mm #7406 (200 ft. “Comicalities”)
Kodascope 8mm #87406 (100 ft. “Comicalities”)
Official 16mm (250 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30738 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Meets
Calamity Jane”)
Peak Films 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix Meets Calamity Jane”)
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
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Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear).
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Arrow Films Super 8mm, Film Office 9.5mm, Keystone 16mm,
Official, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30738, Peak Films 8mm)
SURE-LOCKED HOMES (April 15): Itinerant Felix tries to spend the night in a
haunted house, but is heckled by wild, metamorphosing shadows that turn
out to have been created by a baby with a candle.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30765 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Tries to Play
Sherlock Holmes”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
Felix the Cat Frolics #1 (Festival Films)
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M43384: 16mm safety print ca. 300 ft.)
LOB
MTL
NY
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30765)
ESKIMOTIVE (April 19): When Inky and Uncle Felix are blowing bubbles one
day, Inky gets trapped in a bubble and floats to the Arctic. Felix chases the
bubble and rescues Inky, but they are separated at night. On his own, Felix is
chased by arctic animals but brings a pack of pursuing seals home to sell to a
furrier. He then whistles for Inky who comes running home after him.
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Errors: My earlier online filmography stated that the character trapped in a
bubble was not Inky, but Felix’s dog. The error was in my source material; the
truth was established on a viewing of the cartoon.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip July 13 to August 8, 1928
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.05): Copley rerelease
WASH (call number FEB 7182, 35mm 750 ft.): Copley rerelease
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
No
ARABIANTICS (May 13): Felix finds a flying carpet which takes him to Arabia.
There, he swaps the rug for a chain of jewels, but must deal with a sultan and
his pet rats— the Forty Thieves— who steal the jewels for their harem. Felix
eventually gets the girls to shimmy until the jewels fly off of them for Felix to
collect.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip October 2 to 15, 1929 (followed by another continuity about
boating home from Arabia, seemingly not based on a cartoon)
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Atlas Kitty Kat 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Jewel Robbery”)
Film Office Super 8mm (150 ft. “Felix et le tapis volant”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30766 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Goes to
Arabia on a Magic Carpet”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 1 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Frolics #2 (Festival Films): release version unknown.
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.09): Copley rerelease
LA (call numbers M43309, 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft; VA9955 M, videotape
copy): splicey and shrunken print
MTL
WASH
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
Yes (original and/or Copley, Atlas Kitty Kat 8mm, Film Office Super 8mm,
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30766)
IN- AND OUT-LAWS (May 27): Felix steals eggs from a hen’s nest and winds
up owner of a fighting rooster. Felix and the rooster travel to Mexico where
Felix trains the rooster to win a cockfight. A bandit tries to steal Felix’s
winnings, but Felix lassos him and spins him around, causing the money to
whirl back to Felix.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
OUTDOOR INDORE (June 10): Felix is promised a job with a circus if he helps
them get a new elephant, so the cat travels to India on what proves a
successful journey.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (100 ft. “Felix et son elephant”)
Kodascope 16mm #7400 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87400 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30764 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Gets
Involved with an Elephant”)
VHS:
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Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Frolics #1 (Festival Films): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video): Copley rerelease
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M43692: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.): silent
LON
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original and/or Copley, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30764)
FUTURITZY (June 24): Kitty’s father won’t let Felix marry her until he learns
what his future holds. Felix visits an astronomer, who predicts a fine future
for Felix, but in practice nothing happens as the prediction had suggested. In
the end, an angry Felix breaks the astronomer’s window.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix chez l’astrologue”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30762 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Looks Into
the Future”)
Peak Films 8mm (150 ft. “And Now Felix Looks Into the Future”)
VHS:
Felix! (Lumivision)
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 2 (Ed Finn): Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30762
Felix the Cat Frolics #2 (Festival Films)
DVD:
Various public domain collections (typically missing first few scenes)
Archived:
BP (call number 2941.04): Copley rerelease
MTL
WPA: Copley rerelease
Private collections:
Yes (original and/or Copley, Film Office 8mm, Peak Films 8mm)
ASTRONOMEOWS (July 8): The “Democats” political party has its national
meeting, wherein chairman Felix announces that he’ll find better lives for cats
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in outer space. He shoots a rope skyward to Saturn, climbing up there and
accidentally interrupting a bicycle race. He is thrown onto Mars where
various aliens torment him— until he saves the King of Mars from a
marauding comet.
Rereleased with sound:
by Copley minus original subtitles, with title respelled “Astronomeous” (sic).
Adapted in comics:
Felix Sunday strip, June 24 to July 28, 1928
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix champion interplanetiere”)
Kodascope 16mm #7405 (200 ft. “Astronmeous”)
Kodascope 8mm #87405 (100 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30775 (60 ft. excerpt “Felix’s Strange Adventure”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30739 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix in Outer
Space”)
VHS:
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat (Kids Klassics): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities): Copley rerelease
Felix the Cat Frolics #1 (Festival Films): Copley rerelease
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original and/or Copley, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30739, #D
30775)
JUNGLE BUNGLES (July 22): Felix decides to become a wildlife photographer,
and jungle animals’ efforts to get rid of him only make for better footage. An
ostrich swallows his film, but by feeding her developer and using her as a
projector, Felix can show it anyway— frightening the animals away with the
images of themselves charging the camera.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
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WASH (call number FEB 7085): Spanish 35mm (610 ft. “L’estrana aventura de
Felix”; previously misidentified as Astronomeows)
Private collections:
No
THE LAST LIFE (Aug. 5): Felix insures his nine lives before taking up parachute
jumping to impress Kitty. During the jumps, Felix loses two lives in nasty
falls and six more in a bad fight with a bear. Cashing in on his deaths, Felix
retires so as not to lose his last life.
Home movie versions:
Kodascope 16mm #7408 (200 ft.)
Kodascope 8mm #87408 (100 ft.)
VHS:
(none)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
1928-29 • FIRST
UNKNOWN
NATIONAL
PICTURES
RELEASE
—
RELEASES
1929 • COPLEY PICTURES RELEASE
FALSE VASES: When Felix’s piano playing causes Kitty’s Ming vase to break,
Felix must go to China to find another. When he steals it, he swiftly gets a
Mandarin and his dozens of servants hot on his trail. In the end, Felix brings
the vase home only to have it broken by a mouse— and Kitty blames him!
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30761 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Goes to
China”)
VHS:
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear)
Felix the Cat (Ira Gallen)
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call numbers M52233, 16mm safety print ca. 275 ft; M56067, 35mm nitrate ca.
1000 ft.): silent prints
LOB
MTL
NY
WASH (call number FEB 7179): 35mm (590 ft.)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30761)
ONE GOOD TURN: Felix wants to sleep, but can get nobody else to be quiet;
even the hot dogs bark. He retires to the woods and ends up helping to save a
fox from hunters, whereupon the fox helps to save Felix from a bear.
Home movie versions:
American Mutoscope Co. cartridges (one-minute excerpts: “Howling Hot Dogs”,
“Backyard Serenade” and “In the Bag”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30781 (60 ft. excerpt “Felix Foxes ‘Em”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30763 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Finds
Himself in Merry England”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 3 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
HUNT (length unknown)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30781 and #M 30763)
ROMEEOW: Felix woos Felicia, a beautiful pussycat princess. He duels with a
knightly feline rival, seemingly defeating him by anchoring him to the bottom
of a pond. He then builds a radio station to serenade his beloved, but must
fight Skiddoo and a duck for possession of the microphone— after which his
rival recovers and must be beaten back a final time.
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Note: Typically confused with ROMEEOW (1927, c. f.) but is in fact a different
cartoon as revealed by Colin and Timothy Cowles.
Adapted in comics:
Felix daily strip, April 15 [or 14?] to 26, 1930
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30770 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Plays
Romeow”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 1 (Loonic Video, misidentified as ROAMEO)
Felix the Cat and Other 1920s Rarities (Snappy Video)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Frolics #2 (Festival Films)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
BUY
LA (call number M56066: 35mm nitrate print ca. 1000 ft.)
MTL
WASH (call number FEB 7021: 35mm print cited in catalog as ROAMEO, though
story description clarifies that it is definitely ROMEEOW)
Private collections:
Yes (Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30770)
1930 • COPLEY PICTURES RELEASE
APRIL MAZE: Felix tries to take Inky and Dinky on a picnic, but a snakecharming rabbit and his bear friend steal the felines’ repast. In the end Felix
thinks he’s recovered the picnic basket from a stork’s beak, but it turns out to
be a baby-delivering stork— and Felix’s two kittens become many more.
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix reste sur sa faim”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #D 30782 (60 ft. excerpt “Felix Says Grace”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30772 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “And Now Felix
Prepares for a Picnic”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 3 (Loonic Video)
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
WASH (35mm nitrate positive)
Private collections:
Yes (original, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm M 30772)
FELIX THE CAT WOOS WHOOPEE: Felix is up all night at the Whoopee Club,
then drunkenly tries to make his way home without his wife finding out. He
successfully gets into the house but wakes up his wife in a final fight with a
pillow that he mistakes for a chicken.
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. excerpt “Felix aux pays des songes”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30760 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Goes Out on
the Town”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 7 (Loonic Video)
Felix! (Lumivision)
Felix the Cat Vol. 1 (Grapevine Video).
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M3461: 35mm nitrate print ca. 1000 ft.): splicey print lacking
main titles
MTL
Private collections:
Yes (original, Film Office 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30760)
FORTY WINKS: After singing on the fence at night, Felix’s search for sleep leads
him to Africa, where he fails to find a resting place until he’s fought off
dozens of animals.
Home movie versions:
Film Office 8mm (50 ft. “Felix garde bebe”)
Film Office Super 8mm (150 ft. “Les reves de Felix”)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30769 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Seeks
Dreamland”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 2 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
Felix the Cat Vol. 2 (Grapevine Video)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M52155: 16mm safety print ca. 250 ft.): silent print
LOB
Private collections:
Yes (original, Film Office 8mm and Super 8mm, Pathescope #M 30769)
HOOTCHY KOOTCHY PARLAIS VOUS: Mice have declared war on cats and
Felix enlists, bidding Kitty adieu. At the front, Felix battles and plays music
with fellow cat soldiers (who look remarkably like Krazy Kat, or like the alley
cat in Messmer’s contemporary Laura Sunday strip). Returning home a hero,
Felix discovers that Kitty has had a litter in his absence. Felix considers
suicide, but ends up beating a retreat by car.
Note: Reminiscent of the earlier FELIX TURNS THE TIDE, but reuses no footage
from it.
Home movie versions:
Dover Cat and Mouse 16mm (100 ft. excerpt “The Battle”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 7 (Loonic Video, Dover Cat and Mouse 16mm projected
backwards!)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes (Dover Cat and Mouse 16mm)
OCEANTICS: In search of a job, Felix first invents a makeshift player piano, then
competes with a ship’s goat mascot for money and food. The pair’s explosive
fight causes the Navy to think that the ship is under attack.
Home movie versions:
Atlas Kitty Kat Super 8mm (150 ft.)
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30741 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Puts to
Sea”)
Star Photo Products 8mm (150 ft. with Cinepix titles)
VHS:
Cartoon Collection Vol. VII (Shokus Video)
Early Animation Vol. 2 (Loonic Video)
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear)
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M50778: 16mm safety print, ca. 400 ft.): silent print
LOB
Private collections:
Yes (original, Atlas Kitty Kat Super 8mm, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30741)
SKULLS AND SCULLS: Felix is initiated into a college by way of a spooky
hazing in a “haunted” house. Then he captains his college friends in the big
college boat race. The team tires out, but by hitching the boat to a big fish,
Felix pulls his crew across the finish line first.
Note: Has been available for home use as recently as the 1980s (c. f. Crafton). At
present I am unaware of anyone who has a copy, but it most certainly exists.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 2 (Loonic Video)
DVD:
(none)
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
Yes
TEE TIME: Felix tricks his father into thinking that he’s practicing the piano,
then escapes to play golf with Skiddoo. After raising the ire of the local fire
department, he’s shot overseas on a jet of water and lands in Africa, where
jungle cannibals try to devour him.
Home movie versions:
Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30748 (200 ft. near-complete super reel “Felix Tees Off for
African Games”)
Peak Film Productions Super 8mm (200 ft. “Felix Tees Off for the Big African
Game”)
VHS:
Early Animation Vol. 5 (Loonic Video)
Felix Cartoon Compilation (1/2-Inch Heaven)
Felix the Cat Sound and “Silent” (Video Yesteryear)
Felix the Cat (Video Rarities)
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DVD:
(none)
Archived:
LA (call number M51124: 16mm safety print ca. 400 ft.): silent
Private collections:
Yes (original, Peak Film Productions, Pathescope 9.5mm #M 30748)
1936 • RKO/VAN BEUREN RELEASE
FELIX THE CAT AND THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG (Feb.
7): Felix produces free money for the poor by grinding up the eggs of his
golden goose, Goldie. The pirate, Captain Kidd, steals the golden goose and
sails away with her, leading Felix to pursue him and battle the buccaneer in a
comic duel.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Cartoon Collection Vol. VI (Shokus Video)
Various public domain collections
DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
BUY
HUNT
LA (call numbers M38623: 35mm IB Technicolor nitrate print; M38798: 35mm
magenta nitrate negative)
Private collections:
No
NEPTUNE NONSENSE (March 20): Felix travels underseas to find a mate for
his goldfish, Annabelle. He raises the ire of the fish community and is
captured, then told he’ll be fried “until you’re nice and brown.” In the end
Neptune discovers Felix’s true goal and sends him home with a mate for
Annabelle.
Video: Various public domain collections.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Various public domain collections
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DVD:
Felix the Cat (Delta Entertainment)
Archived:
BUY
Private collections:
No
BOLD KING COLE (May 29): Fleeing a storm, Felix finds himself at King Cole’s
castle. The monarch, a real windbag, brags about his great adventures and
conquests, leading the ghosts of his ancestors to try and prove him wrong.
Home movie versions:
(none)
VHS:
Felix the Cat and Krazy Kat Vol. 3 (Ed Finn)
Various public domain collections
DVD:
Various public domain collections
Archived:
(none)
Private collections:
No
KEY TO ARCHIVAL SOURCES
BUY = Buyout Footage (www.buyoutfootage.com)
BP = British Pathe
FTC = Felix the Cat Productions (Don Oriolo)
HUNT = Huntley Archive
LA = UCLA Film and Television Archive
LOB = Lobster Films
LON = National Film Archive, London
MTL = La Cinematheque Quebecoise
NY = Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art
OTTA = National Film, Television and Sound Archives
ROC = Film Department, George Eastman House
WASH = Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of
Congress
WPA = WPA Film Library, footage provider and American partner of British
Pathe