Dave Fleischer Movies

In the Fleischer Bros.’ animated take on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, the titular bird still comes “rapping and a tapping” at...

The rag and bone man passes through Betty Boop's neighborhood.

Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank...

Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.

A drunken lion tries to sneak home without waking mamma. His kid discovers him, and the noise making difficulties that beset him are prolonged until,...

Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework.

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel.

Popeye's Pappy takes a flagpole sitting job atop a tall building without telling Popeye. Popeye goes to rescue him, but he doesn't want to go until...

An "Out of the Inkwell" short featuring Ko-Ko the Clown, this time as a fireman.

Popeye runs a small airport, and Pappy wants to be a pilot.

Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the title song.

Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.

Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.

Everyone loves the wheat cakes served by short-order cook Betty, but they have a drawback. With Bimbo and Koko; no bee is involved.

From the Fleischer Brothers, creators of Betty Boop, comes this "Screen Song." Screen Songs were early sound shorts designed for patrons to sing...

Pudgy the pup meets the female pup next door, whose snobbish owner calls him a "little nobody". A pep talk from Betty Boop turns Pudgy into a hero.

Koko the Clown is antagonized by flying insects.

The Inkwell Clown watches a mosquito land on Max's nose as the cartoonist tries to take a nap, and later finds himself battling a giant mosquito in...

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...

Twinkletoes is sleeping on the counter at the "Wide-Awake Delivery Service." when Mysto the Magician telephones and wants his magical paraphernalia...