Max Fleischer Movies

An Out of the Inkwell short.

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

Popeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about five seconds, until Olive comes on board...

After drawing Betty Boop, Max Fleischer (live-action) leaves the studio; Betty and Koko try amateur dentistry, releasing enough laughing gas to...

An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown.

Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab...

Baseball: Bluto's Bears vs. Popeye's Pirates, and both Bluto and Popeye have girlfriends cheering them on.

First, Max, in his pyjamas, gets back up and draws an isolated mountain area and puts Koko on top of a steep mountain. "That will keep you busy for...

To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually...

One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation.

An initially realistic chess game becomes a chaotic, animated quest for the favors of Betty Boop (the black queen) by Bimbo (white king) and others,...

Betty Boop tries to give Pudgy the Pup a bath, with slapstick results.

In this Christmas season release, Max assembles a toy train track while Ko-Ko the Clown visits a cartoon toyland, playing cops and robbers and...

A Pathe Film Exchange short.

A hypnotist, frustrated by not having anyone to practice on, cold-calls Olive and hypnotizes her over the phone into coming to his office. Popeye...

A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.

"Out of the Inkwell” cartoon by Fleischer Studios.

Koko fights with his shadow while under hypnosis.

Olive is reading a romance novel and munching on a gift box of candy from Bluto when Popeye drops by. She's too absorbed to notice him, so he feigns...

An animated hair cartoon short.