Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been...

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Out of the Inkwell

Out of the Inkwell

Directed by Dave Fleischer.

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Ko-Ko's Tattoo

Ko-Ko's Tattoo

Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.

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More Pep

More Pep

In a return to the Out of the Inkwell format, Betty Boop invents a pep formula to speed up lazy Pudgy, but it escapes into the real world with...

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KoKo's Klock

KoKo's Klock

Max asks Ko-Ko to act as his alarm clock before going to sleep. While Max sleeps, Ko-Ko goes to work dressing Max for the next day and replacing...

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Ko-Ko's Hot Dog

Ko-Ko's Hot Dog

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the...

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Ko-Ko's Haunted House

Ko-Ko's Haunted House

A friend of KoKo's animator draws a haunted house, and KoKo and his dog Fitz go inside. There, they encounter frightening hallways where every door...

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The Tantalizing Fly

The Tantalizing Fly

A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.

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Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

Betty Boop's Rise to Fame

A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.

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The Ouija Board

The Ouija Board

Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look...

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The Clown's Little Brother

The Clown's Little Brother

Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio.

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Koko the Hot Shot

Koko the Hot Shot

Max creates a penny arcade with a shooting gallery, much to the detriment of Ko-Ko and Fitz the Dog.

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The Dresden Doll

The Dresden Doll

In this one, Max has run low on ink, so Ko-Ko finishes drawing himself and then heads over to the camera room, where he creates his own characters,...

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Fadeaway

Fadeaway

This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer...

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Modeling

Modeling

A man with a huge hooked nose enters the Fleischer studios to have his bust sculpted. Meanwhile, across the studio, Max is animating Koko. When...

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Invisible Ink

Invisible Ink

Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.

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Trapped

Trapped

In 'Trapped', we see the cartoonist's hands as still photograph cut-outs, manipulated in front of the camera to look like live-action movie footage...

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Shadows

Shadows

Max torments the Inkwell Clown with shadow puppet animals.

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Jumping Beans

Jumping Beans

Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge.

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Cartoon Factory

Cartoon Factory

Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.

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