Max Fleischer Movies

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

"Out of the Inkwell" cartoon by Fleischer Studios.

In the circus, Betty Boop is the lion tamer, sings the title tune on the high wire, and fights off the lecherous ringmaster.

Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat...

Popeye brings his magical dog, The Jeep, over to see Olive and Swee'pea, just as the tyke has escaped from his crib. The Jeep leads Popeye on a merry...

Gabby teaches a young boy how to fish, even though the boy was doing much better without him.

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

Popeye wants to get Olive a fur coat, but after a run-in with dishonest furrier Geezil decides the best way is to go hunting for a bear himself.

Ko-Ko and Fitz find that everything in their cartoon world is moving backwards. After entering the real world, they go inside a clock and move the...

Betty Boop is singing on stage and is joined by a series of very funny alternate stars... a set of babies.

Popeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in the movie, interacting with it at various points, and...

A lady is rescued from a villain by a heroic young man, who then takes her for a spin in his Oldsmobile.

Ko-Ko fights Father Time.

Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.

An animated film exploring what it might take to communicate with Mars, using mirrors, huge flashing electric lights or gigantic strips of black...

Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.

Max and Koko The Clown bet who can blow the biggest soap bubble.

Swee-Pea is reluctant to eat his spinach, so Popeye tells him about the football game when he was young (against Bluto, with Olive cheering and Wimpy...

Follow the bouncing ball sing-along

Spies Sneak, Snoop and Snitch try to sneak up on the king while he is sleeping in order to steal some riches.