Browse 24 movies from Inkwell Studios
Bell Telephone instructional film shows how - and how not - to treat your upright desk telephone set. Don't wiggle the hook excessively, don't tangle the cord, keep away from water, etc.
Apr 1927
From the Fleischer Brothers, creators of Betty Boop, comes this "Screen Song." Screen Songs were early sound shorts designed for patrons to sing along with in the cinema.
Mar 1927
Koko and Fitz are sitting around bored while Max writes the day's scenario. When one of the cannibals he is writing about steals Max' head, it's up to our intrepid hero to rescue the boss, who doesn't know how to do things without his top.
Oct 1927
Max asks Ko-Ko to act as his alarm clock before going to sleep. While Max sleeps, Ko-Ko goes to work dressing Max for the next day and replacing his surroundings so he'll be ready to go when the alarm clock rings in the morning.
Nov 1927
A dog gets ready for dinner as the story takes us into a sing-a-long with "My Old Kentucky Home". The first sound cartoon ever produced.
Jun 1926
An early animated Song Car-Tune from the Fleischer Studios.
Jan 1927
Ko-Ko and Fitz emerge from an inkwell into the sultan's harem.
Jun 1929
A friend of KoKo's animator draws a haunted house, and KoKo and his dog Fitz go inside. There, they encounter frightening hallways where every door leads to a new spook.
Apr 1928
Ko-Ko the Clown visits the country.
Jan 1929
Ko-Ko the Clown thinks being a hero is easy, but his animator tries to prove him otherwise
May 1929
Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.
Mar 1928
Animated figure Talkie gets a visit from his friend Mutie in search for a job. Talkie takes him to the Western Electric sound lab...
An extremely brief rundown of the history and construction of the lunch wagon, commonly found on studio lots-- that still manages to fit in a little comedy.
Jan 1925
A live-action amateur hypnotist mesmerizes Ko-Ko the clown and Fitz the dog; but a witch teaches them how to take their revenge…
Jul 1929
Koko the clown and his dog attempt a round-the-world flight.
Sep 1927
A British reissue of a Fleischer Inklings short with sound narration.
Max Fleischer and brother David are playing pool when Koko and Fitz force their way out of the ink bottle. They want to play pool too, so Max obligingly draws a table for their use.
Aug 1927
Part of the 'Inkwell Imps' series.
Koko and Fitz want to play, but Max is working on his newest invention -- he actually was an inventor and held patents on rotoscoping -- so he stuffs them in a safe with his convertible cane/umbrella. When they start pushing buttons, things start to happen.
Series of animated vignettes linked by a disembodied hand which appears to be drawing the illustrations.