A Car-Tune Portrait was an early cartoon by pioneering animator Max Fleischer. It features a lion as a musical conductor who tries to control his cartoon animal musicians as they perform their version of Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp...
This short released by Paramount was part of the Popular Science series of films and takes a behind the scenes at Fleischer Studios and the making of a Popeye cartoon. It was released in 1939 and was filmed in 35mm Silver Nitrate Cinecolor &...
This funny animated drive-in trailer for Bic Lighters features two lighters who are in a theater and decide to go to the drive-in. There they can “eat and flick” to their heart’s content. Once they arrive, both go to the Drive-In Refreshment Stand....
Classic animation from the Max Fleischer Color Classics series. Dancing on the Moon opens showing a rocketship with a sign reading “Honeymoon Express to the Moon” next to it. Several animal couples then board and take a honeymoon trip to the moon. After...
Elmer and Miranda go to the World’s Fair in this classic animation released in 1938. While there, the couple experiences modernistic designs and robotic attractions. This short was produced by Max Fleischer and distributed by...
