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...
See moreOut of the Inkwell
Directed by Dave Fleischer.
See moreKo-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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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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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...
See moreKo-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...
See moreKo-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...
See moreThe Tantalizing Fly
A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.
See moreBetty Boop's Rise to Fame
A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.
See moreThe 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...
See moreThe 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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Max creates a penny arcade with a shooting gallery, much to the detriment of Ko-Ko and Fitz the Dog.
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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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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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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...
See moreInvisible Ink
Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.
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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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Max torments the Inkwell Clown with shadow puppet animals.
See moreJumping Beans
Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge.
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Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.
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