Max Fleischer Cartoons

Fleischer Studios Art!

Acquired 20 original Fleischer studios pieces to have displayed in a museum!

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INTERVIEW: Restoring Max Fleischer by The Important Cinema Club

Hey gang! Jane, Ray & Mauricio were recently interviewed by Will Sloan of ‘The Important Cinema Club’ about our project!

Koko’s Haunted House (1928)

A new 4K restoration from the original camera negative will debut at the Museum of Modern Art on Mon, August 5th at 7pm with live accompaniment by Ben Model

Thank you to our friends at MoMA for their continued support!

Koko's Treasure Hunt | 1926 | Out of the Inkwell | 16mm | Koko The Clown | Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a new 16mm scan of a rare Koko toon. Probably the best scan available on YouTube

Becoming Betty Boop Panel | 2024 San Diego Comic Con | Fleischer Studios

Here’s the Fleischer Studios panel about Betty Boop with Mark Fleischer, Susan Wilkins, Frank Caruso, Bill McClinton, Kristi Spingler. This is the Fleischer Studios company that runs the Betty Boop accounts.

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

In celebration of the Olympics games, here’s a 16mm scan of an ‘Inkwell Imps’ cartoon with similar theme! We do have the camera negative scan which we will restore soon.

Koko Chops Suey | Restoration Clip

Here’s a clip from the new restoration of ‘Koko Chops Suey’ from Thad Komorowski & Sam Davis. If you saw our previous post of the 16mm scan, you can clearly see the improvement in quality we get by scanning the original negatives.

Ants In The Plants | 1940 | 16mm

Here’s a 16mm scan from the Niles Silent Museum. Still haven’t acquired the negatives for this one but it’s on the queue. Something for you to check out in the meantime.

Koko Chops Suey | 1927 | 16mm

Here’s a 16mm scan of a rare ‘Inkwell Imp’ cartoon. We did finish a 4K restoration from the original negative but we have no clue where to screen it since it’s very un-PC.

Grampy

You can see the pegs on this!

Can you guess the cartoon?

Koko Smokes (1928)

Thrilled to share that we found another rare ‘Inkwell Imps’ cartoon for our collection! This one was considered missing but after some research with the UCLA archive, we found it!

A Max Fleischer Invention!

Check out this rare article we just got from ebay which showcases one of Max Fleischer's cartoon inventions!

‘Dancing on the Moon’ Screenshots

Here’s a look at our newly restored 4K version of this ‘Color Classic’

Vaudeville | 1924 | Out of the Inkwell | 16mm | Koko The Clown | Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a rare & complete version of 1924’s ‘Vaudeville’! Reason I say complete is because there was a scene cut from the toon for the later 50’s reissues. See if you can figure out what was cut out!

Koko Makes ‘Em Laugh! (1927)

We’ve just located a rare 35mm print of this 1927 ‘Out of the Inkwell’ that we want to get scanned in 4K! Please consider raising your tier to help us get this one preserved.

Koko Needles The Boss | 1927 | Out of the Inkwell | 16mm | Koko The Clown | Fleischer Studios

Here’s a new Koko scan for y’all! Thank you

Cartoon Live Stream

Hello everyone! We do livestreams of the cartoons over on our instagram and if you are a Patron, you can request toons by visiting instagram.com/fleischertoons and joining the stream. Follow us on there to be notified when we go live!

Musical Memories (1935) - UCLA Version

Here’s a photochemical preservation scan from the UCLA team.

More ‘Onion’ Screenshots!

Aren’t these gorgeous?

Tears of an Onion (1938)

Some photos of the film from the screening room over at Metro Post! Isn’t this a beaut?

Is My Palm Read? (1933)

Thrilled to share some raw screenshots of the new 4K scan from the original camera negative!

Dancing on the Moon (1935)

Here’s a look at the UCLA preservation negative we just got from Paramount!

‘Superman’ Sneak Peek!

The new ‘Superman’ 35mm scans look so good! Check out the before & after on this shot. Can’t wait to screen them!

Guess the toon!

Just got a new negative scan, who can figure this one out?

Greedy Humpty Dumpty title card!

What a beauty!

The Fresh Vegetable Mystery @ TCM Film Fest 2024

Seth MacFarlane & Jacqueline Stewart In Conversation | TCM Film Fest 2024

Thanks for your support!

The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939)

Excited to announce that this cartoon will be part of the block of newly restored Fleischer films for TCM Fest 2024! There will be $20 tickets available day of the show at box office.

https://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/films/back-from-the-ink-restored-animated-shorts/

So Does An Automobile (1939)

Excited to share that this will be one of the cartoons featured at next weeks TCM Fest with Seth MacFarlane!

More ‘Superman’!

Thrilled to share that we will be scanning 3 more 35mm ‘Superman’ prints for our screenings!