Movies: J R Bray Studios

  • 1919
    Out of the Inkwell

    Out of the Inkwell (1919)

    Out of the Inkwell

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    Directed by Dave Fleischer....

    Out of the Inkwell
  • 1919
    How the Telephone Talks

    How the Telephone Talks (1919)

    How the Telephone Talks

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    "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 studio based in the United States in the years surrounding World War I....

    How the Telephone Talks
  • 1920
    The Circus

    The Circus (1920)

    The Circus

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

    The Circus
  • 1920
    The Chinaman

    The Chinaman (1920)

    The Chinaman

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    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....

    The Chinaman
  • 1919
    How Animated Cartoons Are Made

    How Animated Cartoons Are Made (1919)

    How Animated Cartoons Are Made

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

    How Animated Cartoons Are Made
  • 1920
    The Clown's Little Brother

    The Clown's Little Brother (1920)

    The Clown's Little Brother

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

    The Clown's Little Brother
  • 1926
    Dinky Doodle in the Arctic

    Dinky Doodle in the Arctic (1926)

    Dinky Doodle in the Arctic

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    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 some land in Florida. Dinky volunteers to locate the property and the artist draws an imaginary airshi...

    Dinky Doodle in the Arctic
  • 1927
    A Sorority Mixup

    A Sorority Mixup (1927)

    A Sorority Mixup

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

    A Sorority Mixup
  • 1920
    The Ouija Board

    The Ouija Board (1920)

    The Ouija Board

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    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....

    The Ouija Board
  • 1917
    Bobby Bumps Starts for School

    Bobby Bumps Starts for School (1917)

    Bobby Bumps Starts for School

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

    Bobby Bumps Starts for School
  • 1927
    Even Up

    Even Up (1927)

    Even Up

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    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....

    Even Up
  • 1919
    The Tantalizing Fly

    The Tantalizing Fly (1919)

    The Tantalizing Fly

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

    The Tantalizing Fly
  • 1926
    The Tail of the Monkey

    The Tail of the Monkey (1926)

    The Tail of the Monkey

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    After an organ grinder's monkey grabs a little girl's lollipop with his tail, the musician explains why monkeys are so clever with their tails....

    The Tail of the Monkey
  • 1924
    The Pied Piper

    The Pied Piper (1924)

    The Pied Piper

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

    The Pied Piper
  • 1920
    The Cuckoo

    The Cuckoo (1920)

    The Cuckoo

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    A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios...

    The Cuckoo
  • 1926
    Punches and Perfume

    Punches and Perfume (1926)

    Punches and Perfume

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    When a journeyman boxer's gal is attacked by a rival boxer, his manager says he is not ready--so he comes up with a plan to get revenge on the bully....

    Punches and Perfume
  • 1920
    The Boxing Kangaroo

    The Boxing Kangaroo (1920)

    The Boxing Kangaroo

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    The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo....

    The Boxing Kangaroo
  • 1920
    Jerry on the Job: The Bomb Idea

    Jerry on the Job: The Bomb Idea (1920)

    Jerry on the Job: The Bomb Idea

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    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 holding what he believes is a bomb, and thinks he must be one of the Bolsheviks. He tries to get away...

    Jerry on the Job: The Bomb Idea
  • 1914
    Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt

    Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt (1914)

    Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt

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    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 the matchless courage and ingenuity of our hero overcomes him. Next our friend mistakes a bear's ears ...

    Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt
  • 1917
    The Ruby of Razmataz

    The Ruby of Razmataz (1917)

    The Ruby of Razmataz

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    Animated short originally presented as part of the Paramount Bray-Pictograph program....

    The Ruby of Razmataz