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Browse 108 movies from J.R. Bray Studios
A "Unnatural History" cartoon
Dec 1926
Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water.
Apr 1919
One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation.
May 1920
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.
Pete on the farm.
Apr 1927
An animated interpretation of a rocket voyage to the moon demonstrates the scientific principles at play in theoretical space travel (such as gravity).
Feb 1920
Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.
Aug 1926
A "Hot Dog" Cartoon
Walter Lantz as himself Baldy Belmont as the old man and Pete the pup as himself.
Nov 1926
Jerry Flannigan and Mr. Givney encounter some bellicose mosquitoes.
Dec 1920
When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away.
Dec 1924
A rare spoof. With the success of the 1925 film, The Lost World, it is common that when something is popular and successful, it is bound to be a subject for parodies and cash-in attempts. One of them was The Lost Whirl. This film featured stop-motion animation by Joseph L. Roop, who worked on the original classic, The Lost World.
Jan 1928
When Mr. Givney says business at the railroad station is "too slow" to let him take vacation time, Jerry has an idea to increase ticket sales.
Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.
Oct 1920
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 College.
Jan 1927
A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment.
Feb 1927
A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.
Mar 1919
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, Koko is haunted by ghosts and inanimate objects, and escapes into the real-world studio.
Jul 1920
Lewis Sargent as a college runner with a eye for the girls.