Dave Fleischer Movies

Part of the 'Inkwell Imps' series.

Baseball: Bluto's Bears vs. Popeye's Pirates, and both Bluto and Popeye have girlfriends cheering them on.

Fire chief Bimbo is called to a house on fire, and rescues the Boswell Sisters and their piano, who start performing "When It's Sleepy Time Down...

A reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.

Sailor Bimbo (as Barnacle Bill) jumps ship with his little black book and visits his lady friend, Betty Boop (with dog's ears).

Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each...

A "Screen Songs" short mixing live action with cartoons. The animated section deals with what will be seen on the television sets of the future,...

Swee'pea is crying, so Olive calls on Popeye to cheer the baby up. Popeye and Bluto compete by doing various silly antics.

An Inkwell Imp short.

Popeye's 4 newphews try to sneak out instead of eating their spinach, so Popeye demonstrates some of the benefits: playing piano, dancing, shadow...

Due to the great depression, property prices start falling. The planet Earth goes up for sale. Mars and Venus make bids, but Saturn, characterised as...

This one covers the 19th century ballad in a very respectful manner: although the written reprise is gagged up, the song is introduced very...

Al Shean performs a solo version of the classic vaudeville song "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean".

Betty Boop hosts a Hallowe'en party with a few uninvited guests.

A (lost?) Stone Age Cartoon

The Fleischer Studio's ever popular Follow-the-Bouncing-Ball series began in the early 1920s when studio boss Max Fleischer was approached by...

Screen song by the Fleischer Studios

A Screen Song of the old standard.

While Bimbo and Koko admire Betty, their experiment becomes a monster.

An early Fleischer Screen Song, this time the bouncing ball follows Guy Massey's "The Prisoner's Song"