Max Fleischer Cartoons

Play Safe (1936)

Beyond thrilled to share that we just got the OCN scanned for this amazing ‘Color Classic’ cartoon! On its way to be restored by our amazing team!

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Claytown Sample

Here’s a look at a scene from the new scan

Out of the Inkwell - Claytown (1924)

I am thrilled to share that we got ourselves a scan of this rare Koko the Clown cartoon highlighting the Fleischers use of stop motion. Such a wild film! Your support helped us get this scan before it faded away!

Poor Cinderella 4K!

Just got the camera negative scan for ‘Poor Cinderella’! Looking to have this one looking gorgeous for our screenings!

Small Fry

We are about to receive the 4K raw scan!

Chess Nuts in 4K

We will also be remastering this Betty Boop cartoon for our screenings!

Bimbo’s Initiation OCN!

Yes, we are working on making a new 4K restoration of this classic!

Popeye 35mm Negatives!

Excited to share that we are about to receive a batch of newly scanned ‘Popeye’ negatives!

Minnie the Moocher in 4K!

We just finished a brand new restoration of Minnie the Moocher from the original camera negative.

More Color Classics!

Waiting for the negative scans to arrive for three of my favorite Fleischer cartoons of all time!

Can you guess the films?

Jumping Beans in 4K!

Absolutely thrilled to announce that we just got a beautiful nitrate negative scanned! Your support will help us get this cleaned up and restored!

Fleischer Cartoons @ Dynasty Typewriter 5/27

We had a blast last night in Los Angeles! Special guests Billy West, Paul Dini & Matt Groening had a great time!

5/27 Fleischer Toons @ Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!

We have a big show this weekend where we will be showing off some new restorations! Billy West, Paul Dini & Matt Groening are supposedly going to be there! Can’t wait to share our work.

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A Language All My Own (1935)

Here’s a special Betty Boop film that we want to get restored for the Waldman family. Myron Waldman was lead animator on this film and he went above and beyond to make sure he respectfully depicted Japanese culture. Can’t wait to go to Japan with Betty!

When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba

Here’s a new ‘Screen Song’ restoration that we got from Paramount Pictures! Will be shown at our next event on the 27th at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!

Cartoon Madness!

Big thank you to our friends at Paramount for scanning the original master tape of Leonard Maltin’s Fleischer Studios special. We are excited to start incorporating this in our screenings. This special originally aired on A&E back in 1992!

Jumping Beans 35mm

Hey y’all!

We are working on scanning a rare 35mm print of the ‘Out of the Inkwell’ short, ‘Jumping Beans’. Gonna cost us a good chunk but it’s so worth it! Excited to show you some screenshots soon.

Koko The Kop | Inkwell Imps | 1927 | 16mm | Koko the Clown | Max Fleischer Inkwell Studios Cartoon

Here’s a rare look at the original title cards for the ‘Inkwell Imps’ series! Sadly these original titles were cut on all future releases and replaced with ‘UM&M’ ones. Hoping to find an original title card in the vault

Dinner is Served

Here’s another look at the 35mm print we got scanned of ‘Trapped’! Your support will help us get this one restored

Trapped! (1923)

We have a new 4K scan of this awesome ‘Out of the Inkwell’ short from a 35mm print! Your support is helping us get this restored!

Koko’s Kane (1927)

Hey y’all! Just sent you a DM link to a new 16mm scan of this inkwell Imp cartoon. The original camera negative has been scanned and cleaned up so stay tuned for that

Patreon Leaks

Hello! So apparently all our Patreon content is being leaked which really hurts what we are trying to do so we will now just send updates via direct message using private google links. Anyone caught leaking our content will be removed and blocked.

Fleischer Toons @ American Cinematheque 4/13

Thank you to everyone who showed up last night! We have a packed show laughing and singing along to Max Fleischer cartoons. Such a thrill!

Going Down To St. James Infirmary!

Hey everyone,

Excited to share that we will be going back to the original camera negatives on titles such as ‘Snow White’ to give it a 2023 update. We will be reformatting the early Fleischer material to its original Movie Tone aspect ratio so we can get more of the beautiful art on screen. Thank you again for your ...

Egg Cited | 1926 | Out of the Inkwell | 16mm | Koko the Clown | Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

16mm Koko the clown cartoon

Up To Mars | 1930 | Talkartoons | 16mm | Bimbo The Dog | Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a recent 16mm scan we did

Fleischer Cartoons @ American Cinematheque 4/13 Los Angeles

We have been given the chance to screen our work at the American Cinematheque in Los Feliz on April 13! Tickets are now available on their website

Mask A Raid | 1931 | Talkartoons | 16mm | Betty Boop | Bimbo The Dog | Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Here’s a new 16mm scan from Thad Komorowski’s print. Yes, we are scanning the OCN for this title.

Accordion Joe Comparison

Left is 16mm and right is OCN raw scan

Accordion Joe - Camera Negative Images

Here’s a sneak peek at what we just picked up from Paramount! Please don’t share outside of Patreon or you will be removed from any further updates