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named by Time magazine as the "Dean of Animated Cartoons."
son Richard Fleischer http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281507/
Fleischer Studios entry at Wikipedia
Studio Executives
Max Fleischer [1883-1972]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia
Dave Fleischer [1894-1979]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia
Books & Videos
"Noah's Shoes" [1944] by Max Fleischer
S.J. Bloch Publng Co. hardcover [1944] out of print/scarce
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"The Fleischer Story" [1976] by Leslie Cabarga Da Capo Press 11x8½ pb [5/88] for $14.00 Crown hardcover [8/76] out of print/used |
 | "Just Tell Me When To Cry: A Memoir" [1993] by Richard Fleischer [1916-2006] Carroll & Graf 9½x6½ pb [7/93] out of print/used Richard was the son of Max Fleischer, and his directing career [1943-89] included working with Charles Bronson, Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas, Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston, Howard Hughes, Robert Mitchum, Laurence Olivier, Edward G. Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Darryl Zanuck, and many others |
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"Great Animation Studios: Fleischer Studios" [2000] Winstar color DVD [5/2000] for $17.98 |
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"Out of The Inkwell: Max Fleischer & The Animation Revolution" [2005] by {Max's son, director} Richard Fleischer, Foreword by Leonard Maltin Univ Press of KY 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/2005] for $22.00 |
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"Hollywood On The Hudson: Film & Television In New York From Griffith To Sarnoff" [2008] by Richard Koszarski Rutgers Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [7/2008] for $28.76 covers East Coast filmmakers, writers & actors: Thomas Edison, animators Max & Dave Fleischer, D.W. Griffith, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Oscar Micheaux, Paul Robeson, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and others |
Fleischer Film Collections & Selected Films
browse 'director Dave Fleischer' on Amazon for DVDs
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"Max Fleischer's Color Classics: Somewhere In Dreamland" [2002]
V.C.I. Ent. color DVD [7/2002] 2 disks for $17.99 Fleischer made a series of Technicolor shorts from 1934 to 1941 called 'Color Classics'; here are 30 of them, plus commentary, photo gallery, and a documentary about Fleischer Studios |
 | "Lost Cartoons, Volume 1: Fleischer Studios" [2005]
Good Times Video color DVD [6/2005] out of prodn/used includes 8 public domain color cartoons, 1935-37; CAVEAT: transfer quality may be poor |
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"Popeye, Betty Boop & More Fleischer Favorites" [2006]
Passport color/b&w DVD set [8/2006] 5 disks for $17.99 contains 66 cartoons from 1933 to 1957, featuring Popeye & pals, Betty Boop, Hunky & Spunky, and others; 7 Superman cartoons; 2 newsreels; and the Technicolor animated feature "Gulliver's Travels" [1939] |
Max Fleischer's "Gulliver's Travels"
[Fleischer/Paramount Nov 1939]
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Filmed in Technicolor; story based on the Lilliputian section of Jonathan Swift's 1726-1735 novel; the film is now in the public domain. Gulliver washes ashore on an island of tiny people who are at war with another tiny kingdon; he tries to stop the war, while also helping the forbidden romance between the prince and princess of the two opposing realms.
Directed by Dave Fleischer; voices of Sam Parker, Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig & Jack Mercer
Koch Vision stretched color Blu-ray [3/2009] for $10.99 A2Zcds remastered color DVD [3/2005] for $19.85 Koch Vision stretched color DVD [3/2009] for $7.99 Winstar 60th Anniversary color VHS [11/2001] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy" [1941] http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0034079/
"Mr. Bug Goes To Town" [1941] aka "Bugville" aka "Hoppity Goes to Town"
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0033727/
"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" [1944]
made after Max was forced out of Fleischer Studios by Paramount
Betty Boop
Betty Boop entry at Wikipedia,
Betty Boop WebRing
the voice of Betty Boop: Mae Questel [1908-98]
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"Betty Boop: Vintage Collection" [2007]
A2ZCDS, Inc. b&w DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $24.95 "Betty Boop: Collector's Edition" [2007]
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"Betty Boop: The Ultimate Collection" [2004]
Delta b&w DVD [12/2004] 2 disks - out of prodn/used "Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection" [1998]
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"Betty Boop: Queen of The Cartoons" [1995] http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1346506/
Boop-Boop-A-Doop: 27 Original Mono Recordings 1928-1951 by Helen Kane B0002AYPPY
http://www.amazon.com/Betty-Boop-Two-Disc-Collectors-Chain/dp/B000MTEFU0/
Betty Boop's Sunday Best: The Complete Color Comics, 1934-1936
by Max Fleischer and Bill Blackbeard (Hardcover - Jul 1995)
http://www.amazon.com/Betty-Boops-Sunday-Best-1934-1936/dp/0878163654/ BettyBoopsSundayBest.gif
"Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery" animated short [1989] /tt0816234/
Boop-Oop-A-Doop Means I Love You by King Features, Patrick Regan ISBN-13: 9780740738449
BettyBoopMeansILoveYou.jpg
Popeye The Sailor
Popeye the Sailor entry at Wikipedia
History of Fleischer's Popeye Series fansite
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"70 Years of Popeye" on DVD [2000] Winstar DVD [4/2000] for $9.98 |
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"Popeye: Original Classics From The Fleischer Studio" on DVD [2005]
Mackinac Media DVD [12/2005] out of prodn/used includes seven short cartoons & three two-reelers; extras include rare interviews |
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"Popeye The Sailor" remastered cartoons DVD box sets [2007-2008]
Volume 1, 1933-1938: Warner Home Video b&w DVD [7/2007] 60 shorts on 4 disks for $47.99 Volume 2, 1938-1940: Warner Home Video color DVD [6/2008] 31 shorts on 2 disks for $25.99 Volume 3, 1941-1943: Warner Home Video color DVD [11/2008] 32 shorts for $24.99 |
Superman
Superman cartoons entry at Wikipedia
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"Complete Superman Cartoons" [2000] includes 10 color animated shorts from Paramount & Fleischer, and 7 color shorts made after Paramount converted the company to Famous Studios Image Ent. color DVD [8/2000] for $8.49 Image Ent. color DVD DVD [6/98] out of prodn/used |
Out of The Inkwell & Koko The Clown
Koko the Clown entry at Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Max-Fleischers-Famous-INKWELL-Vol/dp/B00007M4ID
"Out of the Inkwell" incl Koko the Klown = 4 vol on VHS + DVDs
http://www.amazon.com/Max-Fleischers-Famous-INKWELL-Vol/dp/B00007M4ID = all rare/out 12/M6
Links
AWN's Animation Industry Database
Cartoon Character Hall of Fame
Cartoon Portal at PortalBrain
Toonhound website [U.K.]
animation category on Yahoo! Directory
Past Oscar® Winners: Best Animated Feature [2001 to present]
Past Oscar® Winners: Best Animated Short [1932 to present]
Animation genre at Internet Movie Database
Cartoonists Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
animated movie category at AllPosters.com
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