Musical Memories

Swing Cleaning

Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework.

Granite Hotel

It's just another day at the Granite Hotel.

Koko in Toyland

In this Christmas season release, Max assembles a toy train track while Ko-Ko the Clown visits a cartoon toyland, playing cops and robbers and rescuing a doll in distress.

Koko Gets Egg-Cited

Ko-Ko gathers eggs on a farm while Max works on an incubator.

Blunder Below

Popeye's on a battleship, on which he's banished to the boiler room. A Japanese sub comes along. Can Popeye save his ship from the enemy?

Learn Polikeness

Olive takes Popeye to Professor Bluteau to learn some manners.

Dizzy Divers

Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't exactly fair...

Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942

More than just a landmark in superhero animation, Max Fleischer's Superman shorts were no less than the foundation for so many shows that succeeded it. Playing in theaters in 1941-42, only a few years after the Man of Steel made his debut in Action Comics, these 17 exciting films were produced by Fleischer and made famous the phrase "This looks like a job for Superman!" At 10 minutes, each film had just enough time to run the opening credits, establish the threat, let Lois Lane make a headstrong rush into peril, and allow Clark Kent to change to his alter ego and save the day. The films show a remarkably dynamic and atmospheric storytelling style that enables them to hold up for modern viewers. At first the films followed a science fiction-fantasy theme, but not unexpectedly for that time soon focused on wartime concerns.

Mother Gooseland

"Out of the Inkwell” cartoon by Fleischer Studios.

Many Tanks

Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank drill.

Invisible Ink

Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.

Pest Pilot

Popeye runs a small airport, and Pappy wants to be a pilot.

Problem Pappy

Popeye's Pappy takes a flagpole sitting job atop a tall building without telling Popeye. Popeye goes to rescue him, but he doesn't want to go until an electrical storm hits.

Modeling

The Clown causes trouble for the Cartoonist, and a sculptor using the studio, when he escapes from his backdrop and hides in the wet clay of a bust.

The Puzzle

Koko the Clown and his creator, Max Fleischer, go on a strange journey to Puzzle Town.

Terror on the Midway

When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.