A dachshund with a German accent places an order at a kitchen window in Dizzy Dishes (1930). Being a Fleischer cartoon, something has to...

Schoolboy Bimbo (wearing glasses so the teacher won’t hit him) grabs a banjo and strums the old chestnut “School Days” in the finale of the ...

There are times in the early Fleischer sound cartoons where characters talk but don’t move their mouths. Then you have the exact opposite in...

Buried in the “Coming and Going” column of Film Daily of July 13, 1936 is this item: BESSIE MAES, animator connected with the Max Fleische...

The Fleischer Screen Song Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1930) doesn’t start out with a trip or an airship. A piano is delivered to the ap...

Although Felix the Cat is my favourite silent film star, the work of the Fleischer studio in that era is creative and enjoyable. I’m not re...

Popeye was invincible after eating spinach, so the Fleischer staff found ways to make it backfire. In Can You Take It (1934), Popeye leaps...