This fun little cartoon was one of the last Mutt and Jeff cartoons ever made. Over three hundred Mutt and Jeff cartoons had been released since 1913. In this cartoon, Mutt and Jeff are detectives on the trail of 'The Phantom'. The Phantom is easy to find, but since he seems to be half-shadow and half-smoke, he is impossible to catch. When the boys finally corner their prey and summon the police, they are in for a surprise.
This cartoon is interesting because in the early 1930s, it was colorized (by hand) and re-released with a music score. WESTWARD WHOA is another Mutt and Jeff cartoon that received the same treatment. The film was reissued by Modern Sound productions in two-strip Kromocolor. The effect is much more pleasing and natural than later computerized colorization, and you would never know that the cartoon was originally in black and white.