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Max Fleischer Universe: Swing You Sinners

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jul 19, 2016

Born July 19, 1883 Max Fleischer… As I write this blog on the very day that would have been MAX FLEISCHER’S 133rd birthday (Max was born in Krakow on July 19th 1883) I am here to sing the praises of what is to me the absolute apogee of FLEISCHER STUDIOS’ creative output — a read more

Max Fleischer Universe: Brother Dave Fleischer

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jun 27, 2016

Dave Fleischer, the Creative Soul of the Fleischer Studios…   In addressing the phenomenon of legendary Max Fleischer and his pioneering animation empire, it is hard not to give the biggest of props to Max’s younger brother Dave – the listed director (although more often the actual read more

Max Fleischer Universe: Master Illustrators at Work

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jun 3, 2016

The Breathtaking Backgrounds of Max Fleischer…  I never fail to find something new and breathtaking in the backgrounds of Max Fleischer’s delightfully surrealistic and highly askew cartoon worldview. From the rubbery, curvilinear city scene backgrounds that inspired the likes of undergro read more

Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop’s “Little Pal”

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on May 3, 2016

  Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop’s “Little Pal” (1934, d. Dave Fleischer) I am here to sing the praises of Max Fleischer’s September 1934 animation gem “Betty Boop’s Little Pal”, which introduced the character of Pudgy the Pup. Pudgy, like Betty, wa read more

Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Apr 4, 2016

Max Fleischer Universe: Betty Boop I fell in love with Betty Boop upon first seeing her cartoons at Yale, when I was a director of the Yale Film Society from 1971-74. Betty Boop in Mysterious Mose (1930) I started a splinter horror film society at Yale in late ’71 entitled “Things That G read more

Max Fleischer Universe: A Clean Shaven Man

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Gary Lucas on Mar 9, 2016

Max Fleischer Universe: A Clean Shaven Man The Max Fleischer universe is something I felt strangely at home in from my very first glimpse of his pioneering animation work, as a little shaver watching local Syracuse tv personality Salty Sam’s Saturday morning cartoon show, where each week he un read more

“Fleischerei: Music From Max Fleischer Cartoons” Gary Lucas CD Giveaway (March)!

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Feb 28, 2016

“FLEISCHEREI: Music From Max Fleischer Cartoons” CD Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task Time for our next contest! That said, CMH is happy to announce that we’ll be giving away FOUR copies of FLEISCHEREI: Music From Max Fleischer Cartoons by, and courtesy of, Gary Lucas. In order to qualify to read more

This Looks Like a Job for … Max Fleischer’s Superman

True Classics Posted by on Jul 12, 2014

In 1941, Paramount approached Max and Dave Fleischer, heads of their in-house animation production, with a proposal: to adapt the increasingly popular Superman comic book into an animated series for the big screen. But the Fleischers were reluctant. As Dave later admitted (as recounted in Les Daniel read more

Max Fleischer presents Popeye The Sailor

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Sep 21, 2013

Here’s one: Can you connect Popeye the Sailor with Citizen Kane using only one degree of separation? It’s easier than it sounds. Popeye was first created by cartoonist E.C. Segar as a comic strip character to appear in the funny pages of the New York Journal. Segar’s “Thimble Theatre” strip read more

Mini Tribute: Max Fleischer

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on Jul 19, 2013

Born July 19, 1883 Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer! Max Fleischer was a pioneer in the field of animation. Not only did he produce some of the most beloved cartoons of the era — Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman –  he also invented innovative animation techniques including read more