Max Fleischer

Production · 1883 – 1972 · Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]

Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was a Polish Jewish American animator, inventor, film director and producer. Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations including the Rotoscope. (Wikipedia)

Movies24

Movie6.7
AnimationComedy
Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.
The Reunion
1922 · 3 votes
Movie5.7
DocumentaryAnimation
A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988 · 12 votes
Movie8.0
Documentary
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 a popular icon since the 1930s.
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995 · 4 votes
Movie7.0
Documentary
A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008 · 2 votes
Movie6.9
ComedyAnimation
Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.
Invisible Ink
1921 · 28 votes
Movie8.0
AnimationComedy
An "Out of the Inkwell" short featuring Ko-Ko the Clown, this time as a fireman.
False Alarm
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.2
AnimationComedy
Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown and a baby get caught in a hurricane.
The Storm
1924 · 4 votes
Movie6.0
Animation
A birthday celebration with Max Fleischer's Inkwell Clown.
Birthday
1922 · 2 votes
Movie6.0
Animation
Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.
Perpetual Motion
1920 · 4 votes
Movie7.1
AnimationComedy
Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.
Cartoon Factory
1924 · 8 votes
Movie9.0
Animation
An Out of the Inkwell short.
Koko Eats
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.1
AnimationComedy
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 rapid results.
More Pep
1936 · 8 votes
Movie10.0
AnimationComedy
Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max.
Koko Nuts
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.0
Animation
Koko the Clown is antagonized by flying insects.
Flies
1922 · 2 votes
Movie6.1
AnimationComedy
A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1934 · 20 votes
Movie6.0
ComedyAnimation
Max is too rushed to do a thorough job of drawing Koko this morning. Max is going fishing. However, to amuse the clown, he draws a fishing pole and a pond before he goes.
Fishing
1921 · 2 votes
Movie9.0
AnimationComedy
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 Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.
Ko-Ko's Hot Dog
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.0
AnimationComedy
Koko is trying to rescue his sweetheart, who is trapped atop a rugged mountain. However, when Max Fleischer runs out of ink, how will he draw the ladder for Koko to climb?
Surprise
1923 · 2 votes
Movie7.0
ComedyAnimation
Max and Koko The Clown bet who can blow the biggest soap bubble.
Bubbles
1922 · 4 votes
Movie8.0
ComedyAnimation
Ko-Ko is chased by a cartoony spider while Max deals with a mouse in his office.
Trapped
1923 · 2 votes
Movie9.0
Animation
An Out of the Inkwell short.
Koko Kidnapped
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.5
ComedyAnimation
Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water.
Out of the Inkwell
1919 · 4 votes
Movie6.7
ComedyAnimation
The Clown causes trouble for the Cartoonist, and a sculptor using the studio, when he escapes from his backdrop and hides in the wet clay of a bust.
Modeling
1921 · 13 votes
Movie7.0
AnimationComedy
Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge.
Jumping Beans
1922 · 4 votes