Max Fleischer Cartoons

Never Should Have Told You | 1937 | Screen Songs | Wiffle Piffle | Fleischer Studios

Here’s a new 16mm scan for a Screen Song with Wiffle Piffle

Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936)

Here’s a comparison of the new restoration and a 16mm print! Catch the cartoon at our live screenings!

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by The Seth MacFarlane Foundation.

An Elephant Never Forgets (1935)

Excited to announce that we will start to include the recently restored UCLA/Film Foundation/Seth MacFarlane cartoons into our live screening rotation!

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by The Seth MacFarlane Foundation.

Museum of Moving Image | Fleischer Panel

Here’s the Fleischer panel we did at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. Aaron Augenblick from Augenblick Studios (Superjail, Wonder Showzen) moderated the panel featuring Stephen DeStefano (Primal, Ren & Stimpy) , Mark Newgarden & J.J. Sedelmeier (SNL).

‘Hawaiian Birds’ Comparison

Here’s a look at a 16mm print compared to our new restoration from the camera negatives

Koko's Act | 1928 | Inkwell Imps | Koko the Clown | Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a 16mm scan of this ‘Inkwell Imps’ cartoon. The original camera negative has been restored and will be included in future screenings

King For A Day (1940)

A classic PD episode found in the old VHS tapes will finally be restored!

Koko @ Museum of Moving Image 7/12

🎉 This just in! We’re thrilled to announce that this Saturday MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE will be screening the newly remastered, absolute best FLEISCHER STUDIOS KOKO THE CLOWN SHORTS! 🎥✨

Join us for a fantastic experience featuring live piano accompaniment! 🎹 Directly after the screening, Aaron Augenblick will be moderating a panel with cartoon legends Stephen Destefano, Mark Newgarden, and J.J. Sedelmaier, who will share their insights on the magic of Fleischer Studios. 2025-07-07 17:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post

The Clown’s Pup (1919)

One of the earliest Max Fleischer films has been located in wonderful 35mm! Easily one of the rarest films we’ve managed to acquire so far. The ‘Out of the Inkwell’ films are sadly the most neglected due to the fact that there wasn’t one major studio archiving and storing them thus making locating them more difficult. Most of the ‘Inkwells’ have been seen thanks to the 16mm home movie prints so finding a 35mm is incredibly rare. This film showcases the amazing technique of the ‘...

It's Nifty To Be Thrifty | 1944 | Little Lulu | Famous Studios

Here’s a Famous studios era cartoon that we got scanned from a 16mm print!

Hawaiian Birds (1936)

One of the most beautiful shorts from the ‘Color Classics’ series! Will be restored in 4K for our screenings!

Fleischer Cartoons Q&A | Carbon Arc Cinema | Jane Fleischer Reid | Ray Pointer

Jane Fleischer & Ray Pointer had a show over the weekend

The Superman Story | Fleischer Studios | Max Fleischer Superman Documentary

Check out this mini doc that we got made! Produced by Fleischer historian, Ray Pointer

Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery!

The camera negatives have been scanned for this 1989 TV special! Can’t wait to screen it for the fans!

Jack Mercer Interview | Popeye And His Friends | Tom Hatten | 1978 | KTLA

Jack Mercer, THE voice of ‘Popeye’ was interviewed on KTLA’s ‘Popeye & His Friends’ show by Tom Hatten in 1978 and we have the full interview! Thank you for your support.

The Kids in the Shoe

Here’s another 16mm comparison. I can’t believe we were subjected to such poor quality transfers!

I Ain't Got Nobody | 1932 | Screen Songs | The Mills Brothers | Fleischer Studios

Here’s a 16mm scan of a Mills Bros classic! Will restore the negative once we get it scanned

Betty Boop’s Hollywood Mystery Negatives!

Here’s something we didn’t think we’d find! The original film negatives to the 1989 made for TV special! Big thanks to King Features Syndicate for sending them over. We will be getting this scanned up to 4K!

Gabby!

Here’s a little sneak peek. These films are gonna look amazing. Guess the toon!

You're Not Built That Way | 1936 | Betty Boop & Pudgy | 16mm | Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a new 16mm scan! Definitely one we will be getting restored in 4K once we get the camera negative scanned.

Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery Movie (1989)

Any interest in seeing this film restored from the original negatives in 4K?

La Paloma | 1930 | Screen Songs | Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a 16mm scan of one of the first Screen Songs

‘Musical Memories’ Set

Here’s a look at the camera negative scan from ‘Musical Memories’ which features one of the Fleischer stereoptical sets.

Back From The Ink: Restored Animated Shorts Intro UCLA Hammer Museum | Jillian Borders | Jerry Beck

Here’s the intro from last nights screening at the UCLA Hammer Museum

Buried Treasure (1927)

Was helping out a friend with his storage and noticed this film titled ‘Buried Treasure’. Turns out it’s THE 1929 film considered to be the very first p*rnographic animated film produced!

Rumor has it, some Fleischer animators worked on it! Who wants to see it?

“Eveready Harton was supposedly made for a large party honoring Winsor McCay on his birthday. McCay was one of the first great comic strip artists and the creator of Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), the screen's first po...

New restorations!

Can you guess the titles?

Sing, Babies, Sing! | 1933 | Screen Songs | Fleischer Studios

Here’s another 16mm Fleischer scan! Will work on restoring a better copy soon

Koko Beats Time | 1929 | Inkwell Imps | Koko the Clown | Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a new 16mm scan of an Inkwell Imp

Scanning more 16mm

Borrowed some films from a friends collection so we can get them scanned for YouTube! Thanks again for your support, will share links soon!

Alamo Drafthouse Screenings

We teamed up with Alamo Drafthouse so we can bring our shows to as many fans as possible. Here’s a list of cities and dates for our first event. Let us know if you see your town!

Tickets available at https://drafthouse.com and pick your city from the top dropdown