Max Fleischer
Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an Polish Jewish American animator, inventor, film director and producer.
Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations including the Rotoscope.
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| Known For | Production |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.673 |
| Birthday | 1883-07-19 |
| Place of Birth | Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland] |
| Also Known As | Max Fleicher, |
1920
The Boxing Kangaroo
4/2
The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.
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The Boxing Kangaroo
1922
The Reunion
5.5/2
Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.
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The Reunion
1924
Vacation
0/0
Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown spends a vacation at a rubbery amusement park.
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Vacation
1919
Out of the Inkwell
6/2
Directed by Dave Fleischer.
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Out of the Inkwell
1920
Perpetual Motion
4.5/2
Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.
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Perpetual Motion
1926
Koko Gets Egg-Cited
0/0
Ko-Ko gathers eggs on a farm while Max works on an incubator.
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Koko Gets Egg-Cited
1925
Ko-Ko the Barber
0/0
In this 1925 Out of the Inkwell short, Ko-Ko the Clown becomes a barber. As usual, he eventually escapes the animated world for the "real." He hides i...
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Ko-Ko the Barber
1926
Koko at the Circus
0/0
Max draws a circus poster featuring Ko-Ko the Clown and Fitz the dog, but the circus owner wants them replaced with a giant. On the poster, Ko-Ko and...
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Koko at the Circus
1923
Surprise
4/1
Koko is trying to rescue his sweetheart, who is trapped atop a rugged mountain. However, when Max Fleischer runs out of ink, how will he draw the ladd...
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Surprise
1927
KoKo's Klock
0/0
Max asks Ko-Ko to act as his alarm clock before going to sleep. While Max sleeps, Ko-Ko goes to work dressing Max for the next day and replacing his s...
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KoKo's Klock
1938
Fleischer Studios Behind The Scenes
0/0
This fascinating and informative 1938 film, part of Paramount's Popular Science series, offers a tour through Fleischer Studios’ newly-built Miami stu...
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Fleischer Studios Behind The Scenes
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
8/4
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1925
Koko Celebrates the Fourth
0/0
Ko-Ko and Fitz celebrate the Fouth of July with fireworks and end up rocketed to an island inhabited by cannibals.
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Koko Celebrates the Fourth
1928
Ko-Ko's Tattoo
0/0
Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.
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Ko-Ko's Tattoo
1923
The Fortune Teller
5/1
Max and Koko get mixed up with a live action gypsy fortune teller and then caught up with ghosts and monsters in this, as usual, delightful OUT OF THE...
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The Fortune Teller
1923
Balloons
0/0
The Inkwell Clown goes for a balloon ride. Later, Max's studio is filled with so many balloons that it floats away.
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Balloons
1927
Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh
0/0
Ko-Ko and Fitz try to make a humorless Indian laugh.
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Ko-Ko Makes 'Em Laugh
1934
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
5.8/13
A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.
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Betty Boop's Rise to Fame
1921
Modeling
6.7/12
A man with a huge hooked nose enters the Fleischer studios to have his bust sculpted. Meanwhile, across the studio, Max is animating Koko. When he's c...
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Modeling
1925
Koko the Hot Shot
0/0
Max creates a penny arcade with a shooting gallery, much to the detriment of Ko-Ko and Fitz the Dog.
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Koko the Hot Shot
1925
Ko-Ko on the Run
0/0
Ko-Ko competes against a rival clown in a race.
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Ko-Ko on the Run
1920
The Chinaman
7/2
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.
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The Chinaman
1924
Trip to Mars
7/2
Dave Fleischer sends Koko to Mars.
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Trip to Mars
1923
Shadows
0/0
Max torments the Inkwell Clown with shadow puppet animals.
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Shadows
1919
The Tantalizing Fly
6.4/16
A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.
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The Tantalizing Fly
1925
Ko-Ko in Thanksgiving
0/0
Koko likes to join Max and his friends for Thanksgiving dinner. He can, under the condition of screening his films.
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Ko-Ko in Thanksgiving
1919
The Clown's Pup
4.5/2
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.
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The Clown's Pup
1925
Big Chief Koko
0/0
When a Native American artist sells a selection of his background drawings and original characters to Fleischer, Koko gives the new arrivals a cold re...
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Big Chief Koko
1927
KoKo the Kop
6/1
Part of the 'Inkwell Imps' series.
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KoKo the Kop
1926
Koko's Paradise
6/1
Max Fleischer is going to a shooting gallery, so he practices on Koko and Fitz, sending them both to Paradise in this slightly erratic but funny carto...
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Koko's Paradise
1926
Koko's Toot Toot
0/0
Max is taking a railroad trip and pulls out his pen to draw Koko, Fitz and a railroad. Maybe the trip is too bumpy, because nothing works as it is sup...
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Koko's Toot Toot
1926
Fadeaway
0/0
This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko...
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Fadeaway
1924
The Cure
0/0
Max has a toothache, and it's up to The Clown and a bespectacled rabbit to pull out the aching tooth.
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The Cure
1924
Cartoon Factory
7/6
Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.
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Cartoon Factory
1923
False Alarm
0/0
An "Out of the Inkwell" short featuring Ko-Ko the Clown, this time as a fireman.
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False Alarm
1923
Trapped
7/1
In 'Trapped', we see the cartoonist's hands as still photograph cut-outs, manipulated in front of the camera to look like live-action movie footage. T...
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Trapped
1920
The Ouija Board
6.3/10
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, K...
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The Ouija Board
1923
Bed Time
6.6/4
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 th...
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Bed Time
1920
The Clown's Little Brother
6/4
Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio.
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The Clown's Little Brother
1922
Jumping Beans
7.5/2
Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge.
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Jumping Beans
1925
Koko Trains 'Em
0/0
Max Fleischer and his wife or girlfriend have a cute little dog with them at the studio. Max decides to draw the dog but every time he does, the drawi...
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Koko Trains 'Em
1927
Koko Back Tracks
0/0
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Koko Back Tracks
1922
Bubbles
6/2
Max and Koko The Clown bet who can blow the biggest soap bubble.
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Bubbles
1927
Koko Needles the Boss
7/1
Artist Max Fleischer draws a spool of thread and a needle. The needle then penetrates a blank canvas and, stitch by stitch, we see Koko the Clown bein...
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Koko Needles the Boss
1922
The Dresden Doll
5/1
In this one, Max has run low on ink, so Ko-Ko finishes drawing himself and then heads over to the camera room, where he creates his own characters, a...
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The Dresden Doll
1925
Koko Nuts
0/0
Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max.
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Koko Nuts
1936
More Pep
5.5/4
In a return to the Out of the Inkwell format, Betty Boop invents a pep formula to speed up lazy Pudgy, but it escapes into the real world with rapid r...
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More Pep
1921
Fishing
5/1
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...
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Fishing
1921
Invisible Ink
6.9/26
Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.
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Invisible Ink
1924
The Storm
6.5/2
Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown and a baby get caught in a hurricane.
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The Storm
1928
Koko's Field Daze
0/0
Ko-Ko is up to his usual mischief as Max prepares to run a track race.
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Koko's Field Daze
1932
Just a Gigolo
5/7
Irene Bordoni sings the title song in French and English with a Bouncing Ball. Cartoon sequences: Betty Boop as a cabaret emcee and cigarette girl; a...
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Just a Gigolo
1923
The Puzzle
5/1
Koko the Clown and his creator, Max Fleischer, go on a strange journey to Puzzle Town.
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The Puzzle
1922
Flies
5/1
Koko the Clown is antagonized by flying insects.
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Flies
1928
Ko-Ko's Haunted House
8/1
A friend of KoKo's animator draws a haunted house, and KoKo and his dog Fitz go inside. There, they encounter frightening hallways where every door le...
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Ko-Ko's Haunted House
1925
Koko in Toyland
0/0
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 rescuin...
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Koko in Toyland
1925
Koko Packs 'Em
0/0
Max is moving out of his studio, so Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown packs up everything in sight (even using a super-charged vacuum cleaner that sucks up the...
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Koko Packs 'Em
1992
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
10/1
Leonard Maltin tells about the Fleischer Studio between featuring assorted cartoons from the Fleischers.
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Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1922
Birthday
5/1
A birthday celebration with Max Fleischer's Inkwell Clown.
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Birthday
1928
Ko-Ko's Hot Dog
0/0
Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown...
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