J R Bray Studios Movies

One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation.

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation...

Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio.

We are introduced to the cartoon characters in the studio and the artist looking over a land map and the artist advises Dinky that he has purchased...

Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look,...

A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.

By Bray Productions and Walter Waltz, Dinky Doodle in The Pied Piper.

A new student at Washington College undergoes hazing, college football, dirty tricks by the rival team and a romance with a co-ed from Betsy Ross...

A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios

Directed by Dave Fleischer.

A man reads in the newspaper that Bolsheviks are on the loose and that the public should beware of odd acting strangers. He spots a pipe smoking man...

Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese man.

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

Mischievous schoolboy Bobby disobeys his teacher and swings on a dangerous giant school bell.

The McDougall Kids play American Football.

Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit...

Girls’ school hazing leads to human and animal drag. (MoMA)

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment.

Max Fleischer draws a clown, who comes alive on the page. The clown doesn't like the way he is drawn and demonstrates his own artistic abilities.

Mistaking a tiger's tail for a snake, Colonel Heeza Liar puts himself in wrong with a big tiger, who gives him a very bad quarter of an hour, until...