SVENGARLIC (1933)

Svengarlic is a crazed labrador retriever, who is a musician paying madly on his piano. When his piano collapses due to being overplayed, the labrador gobbles some garlic pieces, and delivers a breath onto the instrument. Surprisingly, the piano returns to its normal shape, and the canine musician is able to play again. When he is finished playing, he spots someone outside singing with a voice he finds pretty. Out in the street, it appears the one singing is the cocker spaniel, a seeming girlfriend of Krazy Kat. She then comes to a building , looking to get a room. The hotel guests find her likable as they courteously hurl their keys at her feet. One of the guests is Krazy who instead lowers a rope from his window to pick her up. Inside his room, Krazy could not help looking constantly at his sweetheart. He then asks her to stand on a platform where he tries to paint a portrait. Their meeting, however, gets interrupted when the labrador comes unexpectedly. Svengarlic, who is also skilled in hypnosis, uses his spell to lure his canine girlfriend out of the building, much to Krazy's surprise. The mad labrador then lures her into a theater and onto a stage. Under Svengarlic's conducting, she sings in the style of a soprano. Although the conductor receives a bit of harassment from Krazy, the act continues. When the spaniel has trouble making the high notes, the labrador uses his garlic breath once more to improve her performance. But before he could hear the final notes, the labrador is sprayed ether on by Krazy. Krazy then sneaks behind the curtains, and jerks the spaniel at the back, causing her to let out a high note which the spectators find impressive. Krazy and the spaniel celebrate by kissing. Sorry for the shadows of the audience at the beginning of the video, it seems to have been recorded in a theatre. This is a parody of SVENGALI, the 1931 film starring John Barrymore.