J R Bray Studios Movies

Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit...

After an organ grinder's monkey grabs a little girl's lollipop with his tail, the musician explains why monkeys are so clever with their tails.

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

Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese man.

Directed by Dave Fleischer.

A "Unnatural History" cartoon

Max Fleischer draws a clown, who comes alive on the page. The clown doesn't like the way he is drawn and demonstrates his own artistic abilities.

A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios

Dinky Doodle and his dog are supposed to look after a foundling, which is more trouble than they expected.

Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look,...

A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.

Max draws Koko on the drawing board. He then receives a call and leaves. Koko leaves after but not before taking some money from Max's wallet that he...

The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.

When Mr. Givney says business at the railroad station is "too slow" to let him take vacation time, Jerry has an idea to increase ticket sales.

Bobby Bumps invited his black neighbor to join his "lodge." But first he has to be initiated. The neighbor cleverly avoids getting rammed in the...

a Colonel Heeza Liar cartoon

Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a...