Max Fleischer Movies

Classic holiday tale about a flying reindeer who helps Santa Claus. An interpretation of Robert L. May's 1939 Christmas poem, this animated short was...

Betty drudges in the kitchen alone until her friends (including Bimbo and Koko) hold a surprise birthday party for her… which gets rowdy.

Ko-Ko is chased by a cartoony spider while Max deals with a mouse in his office.

Betty Boop is training a flock of pigeons, but one stray leads Pudgy the pup on a precarious chase.

Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.

Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.

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.

Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his...

Jack and Jill Rabbit get hitched in this classic Fleischer Studios cartoon (made a year before Bugs Bunny hit the scene).

An old-fashioned "Burlesk" variety show, mostly animated with a live-action performance of "I'm Playing with Fire" by the Watson Sisters.

An elderly couple reminisce about their youth and courtship while looking through their collection of stereoscopic photographs.

Popeye is having a dream. In it, Bluto interrupts his and Olive's flirtations with one another and keeps having the upper hand.

A lost Screen Songs cartoon.

After being told by Max to stay put in the studio, KoKo springs the coop (or inkwell, if you will) to follow his cartoonist to a restaurant for...

The happy tranquility of Bugville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer...

Popeye has replaced Bluto in the Spinach Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet (Olive, of course), much to Bluto's surprise and dismay. Bluto does...

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...

Pudgy the pup takes Betty Boop's advice to heart and befriends various wild animals.

Already running late to see his girl, Bimbo the dog finds that his car is seriously ill. Bimbo calls the doctor, who rushes over in his jalopy and...