Movies: Max Fleischer

Animated drawings demonstrate how specialized German submarines laid mines in the English Channel during World War I....

The Clown (yet to be named KoKo) provokes Max, suggesting that he would win handily in a fight if they were the same size. Max obliges, drawing a cartoon version of himself to step into the ring and settle the matter once and for all....

Ko-Ko the Clown visits the country....

The Inkwell Clown and his three partners rehearse their parts in a show while en route to the theatre in Max's car....

The Inkwell Clown runs away from Max and winds up falling through a crack in the floorboards and into a fiery Hell....

An extremely brief rundown of the history and construction of the lunch wagon, commonly found on studio lots-- that still manages to fit in a little comedy....

This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko the Clown. Max is supposedly the guy in charge, and he takes sadistic glee in putting Ko-Ko through...

Slobbish magician Ali Kazam tries to win the princess' hand in marriage by producing a large quantity of jewels, but is challenged by a youth (our Hero) who only has a yo-yo, a sling shot, a few marbles, and a small pocket knife. Our hero is helped b...

Max draws a circus poster featuring Ko-Ko the Clown and Fitz the dog, but the circus owner wants them replaced with a giant. On the poster, Ko-Ko and Fitz find ways to take on their oversized rival....

Lighting Sketches of US Presidents and world locations....

In this 1925 Out of the Inkwell short, Ko-Ko the Clown becomes a barber. As usual, he eventually escapes the animated world for the "real." He hides in a shaving mug and when Max tries to lather up....

The resultant faces this time are: Lady Astor, David Belasco, Clara Kimball Young, Billie Burke and Larry Semon....

Directed by Dave Fleischer....

Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, Song Car-Tunes, or (some sources erroneously say) Sound Car-Tunes, is a series of short three-minute animated films produced by Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer between May 1924 and September 1927, pioneering the use of the "Fol...

KoKo assembles fellow clowns from around the globe to defend earth from a martian attack....

A Pathe Film Exchange short....

Marcus of the New York Times continues his clever changing of character by moving about or adding bits of hair. These changes result in likenesses of Sessue Hayakawa, Pauline Frederick, Theodore Roberts, Anita Stewart and Pola Negri....

This fascinating and informative 1938 film, part of Paramount's Popular Science series, offers a tour through Fleischer Studios’ newly-built Miami studio during the making of the classic Popeye film Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp....

Cinderella must arrive home in her new coach by midnight, or else she will lose her coach, her new dress, and the prince....

Already running late to see his girl, Bimbo the dog finds that his car is seriously ill. Bimbo calls the doctor, who rushes over in his jalopy and revives the sick car with a dose of Texaco Motor Oil....