Max Fleischer was a trailblazer in the field of animation, pushing the boundaries of surreal, rubber-hose artistry and pioneering groundbreaking techniques such as Rotoscoping, the Stereoptical process, and early synchronized sound animation. Now, thanks to the magic of digital restoration, you can join us an unforgettable journey through animation history from the legendary Fleischer Studios, […]
Koko’s Earth Control (1928) Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) Minnie the Moocher (1932) Swing You Sinners (1930) Snow White (1933) Betty Boop MD (1932) Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934) Betty in Blunderland (1934) 1930s cartoons that found new popularity with the “pot generation” of the ’60s and ’70s. Koko the Clown destroys the planet; Betty Boop crashes a mysterious underground cult (in one of the weirdest […]
Fleischer Studios’ first sound/color animated feature film. The second Technicolor animated musical feature ever and the tenth biggest film of 1939—an anti-war film released two years before America entered World War II—and perhaps the best use of the Fleischer “rotoscope” invention, which converts live action to animation (for the character of Gulliver). It’s a hap-hap-happy […]
Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame (1934) Dizzy Dishes (1930) Betty Boop’s Penthouse (1933) Poor Cinderella (1934) Betty Boop and Grampy (1935) A Language All My Own (1935) Little Pal (1934) Program of 1930s cartoons showing how Betty went from dog character (in her debut, Dizzy Dishes), to skimpily-dressed Pre-Code icon, to career woman, to supporting character (to senior citizen inventor “Grampy” and oh-so-cute […]
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1931) I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1932) An Elephant Never Forgets (1935) You Gotta Be A Football Hero (1935) Musical Memories (1935) Sally Swing (1938) Ain’t She Sweet (1933) Stoopnocracy (1933) Some of the Studios’ most melodic and jazziest cartoons, including Ain’t She Sweet (with Lillian Roth, later subject of biopic I’LL CRY TOMORROW), Sally Swing (with the voice of […]
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1931) I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1932) An Elephant Never Forgets (1935) You Gotta Be A Football Hero (1935) Musical Memories (1935) Sally Swing (1938) Ain’t She Sweet (1933) Stoopnocracy (1933) Some of the Studios’ most melodic and jazziest cartoons, including Ain’t She Sweet (with Lillian Roth, later subject of biopic I’LL CRY TOMORROW), Sally Swing (with the voice of […]
Betty Boop and friends are back for a second block of newly restored Fleischer cartoons on the big screen featuring Popeye, Koko the Clown and more! – Betty Boop and Grampy – Inkwell Imps – Koko’s Klock – Popeye the Sailor Man – I’m in the Army Now – Betty Boop – Mother Goose Land […]
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1931) I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You (1932) An Elephant Never Forgets (1935) You Gotta Be A Football Hero (1935) Musical Memories (1935) Sally Swing (1938) Ain’t She Sweet (1933) Stoopnocracy (1933) […]
Koko’s Earth Control (1928) Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) Minnie the Moocher (1932) Swing You Sinners (1930) Snow White (1933) Betty Boop MD (1932) Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934) Betty in Blunderland (1934) 1930s cartoons that found new popularity with the […]
As insect ingénue Honey Bee and the whole Bugville community awaits local hero Hoppity the grasshopper’s return, two crises brew: she may have to marry meanie C. Bagley Beetle, while […]