-~My Favorite Max Fleischer shorts~-
All of my favorite cartoons from the Max Fleischer studio including Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons
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- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelBimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play.
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop is queen of the Masquerade Ball where, among other antics, Bimbo and a lecherous old man vie for her affections.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayWilliam PennellIn the circus, Betty Boop is the lion tamer, sings title tune on the high wire, and fights off the lecherous ringmaster.
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelAfter watching a Paramount Noose Reel and a cartoon with Bimbo and Koko the Clown, the audience is thrilled when Betty Boop appears on stage to sing and imitate Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsLouis ArmstrongAnn LittleLouis Armstrong and His OrchestraBetty Boop and friends meet Louis Armstrong on a jungle safari.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsThe Royal SamoansBilly MurraySatini PualoaOn a south sea isle, Bimbo meets Betty in the guise of a hula dancer.
- DirectorDave FleischerBernard WolfStarsCab CallowayBonnie PoeBetty Boop goes to see the fearsome Old Man of the Mountain for herself; he sings the title song and a duet with Betty.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn response to Betty Boop's wish, Mother Goose materializes from a book cover and gives her a tour; she's chased by Miss Muffet's spider, who proves to be amorous, not predatory.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop hosts a Halloween party with aid from a scarecrow, but an uninvited gorilla threatens havoc.
- DirectorDave FleischerWilliam HenningStarsDavid RubinoffHarry LangBonnie PoeAn action figure of Betty Boop drops in on a small toy shop; the other toys come to life and crown her their queen. But there's a big rag doll of King Kong... Based on the titular classical music.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells, " and makes Hell freeze over!
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsBonnie PoeThe White Rabbit materializes from a jigsaw puzzle and leads Betty Boop through the looking glass into Wonderland.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelPudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA caterwauling cat annoys Betty Boop and Pudgy; the latter tries cat-chasing, but bites off more than he can chew.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelWhile Betty Boop is away, the kittens get into mischief. Will Pudgy the Pup take the blame as usual?
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelPudgy the pup tries to emulate a tough bulldog, but Betty Boop sings him the error of his ways.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA stray kitten wanders into Betty Boop's house, gets sick on candy, and is cured with catnip by Betty and Pudgy the pup.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsEverett ClarkMargie HinesMae QuestelBetty Boop and Little Jimmy are prevented by a thunderstorm from going to the carnival; the inventive Grampy devises a substitute
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA door to door salesman visits Betty Boop's home with a long line of useless household gadgets.
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsEverett ClarkPinto ColvigJack MercerBetty Boop's baking is interrupted by her obnoxious practical-joking cousin, Irving. Can Grampy out-joke the joker?
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsEverett ClarkJack MercerMae QuestelDisabled in a thunderstorm, Betty Boop and Grampy's plane lands on a tropic island where Grampy soon re-invents the comforts of home... until hostile, racially-stereotyped natives intrude.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMargie HinesRose MarieJack MercerBetty Boop, auditioning bandleaders for a college swing dance, "discovers" a cleaning woman who resembles Betty Grable.
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerBetty Boop runs out of gas in Feud County, and wins over the initially hostile hillbillies with her dancing.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellBonnie PoePopeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is a dancer and Bluto is a bandit.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelPopeye and Olive Oyl go to the rodeo where Bluto performs and impresses Olive. Popeye outdoes him with some fancy riding and steer wrestling. Meanwhile, Bluto makes off with Olive, so Popeye eats his spinach to save her and to stop a bull.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloCharles LawrenceWilliam PennellFloating on a raft, Popeye and Olive Oyl land on a jungle island and immediately battle wild elephants, gorillas, and other animals.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelPopeye pushes a baby pram down city sidewalks and lots of noise keeps the kid awake and crying. In typically brutal manner, Popeye deals with the noise makers including a busking Harpo Marx, music school, construction site, and car horns.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloLou FleischerPopeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to find she's part of the act; an aerial battle ensues.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerCharles LawrencePopeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat Bluto in a lumberjack contest.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelTo the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto), who then comes by and proceeds to pound Popeye (until he eats his spinach, of course).
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam PennellFloyd BuckleyMae QuestelPopeye and Olive can't ignore it when produce vendor Bluto comes by with his terribly overloaded cart, whipping his horse and denying it water. They intervene and, while Bluto fights them off for a while, ultimately prevail.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsGus WickeWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPopeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this, Popeye makes him lose his concentration, so in retaliation, the hypnotist pulls Olive on stage and turns her into a chicken. Popeye comes down to fight and the hypnotist tries to turn him into a monkey, but Popeye pulls a mirror into place. He recovers, and turns Popeye into a donkey, then smacks him around a bit, but spinach comes to the rescue.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeInspired by Olive's preaching of the value of brotherly love, Popeye takes a walk through the city doing good deeds.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsLou FleischerJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate their skills in a contest. Popeye does well, until Bluto demonstrates lifesaving and first aid on him.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelLou FleischerThe legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeSwee'pea is crying, so Olive calls on Popeye (and Bluto overhears) to cheer him up. The boys compete by doing various silly antics, to no avail. After a while, the antics progress to beating each other up, then Bluto finds excuses to bake and freeze Popeye. Having had enough, Popeye reaches for the spinach, but grabs a can of onions instead. Soon all the adults are crying and now Swee'pea isn't!
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeOlive asks Popeye to walk her dog Flyppy, but Popeye is embarrassed because Fluffy is as weak looking as the name implies. Sure enough, when Bluto and his bulldog come by, the dogs (and their owners) get in a fight.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelLou FleischerPopeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelGus WickeBig Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh is looking for a squaw. Meanwhile, Popeye and Olive are wrestling with their recalcitrant mule and Olive accidentally lands in the Indian camp. Popeye catches up to her. There's an unfair fight, and Popeye is about to be burned at the stake. He drops his spinach, but it cooks and pops into his mouth.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink; she's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not exactly a quick learner. After a while, she ends up outside the rink, and still out of control; she skates through a department store and causes major traffic problems. When she gets stuck on a speeding fire truck, Popeye realizes he'll need his spinach, but he's out fortunately, an audience member tosses him a can.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMargie HinesJack MercerCarl MeyerWorking in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess.
- DirectorDave FleischerThomas JohnsonStarsMargie HinesJack MercerTedd PierceOlive has a secret treasure map, but while she's showing it to Popeye, Bluto photographs it and gets there first.
- DirectorDave FleischerOrestes CalpiniStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerThe boys show up simultaneously to take Olive to the movies. She needs to visit the hairdresser first, and tells the boys to take care of Swee'Pea: bath, dress him, and nap. Of course, with these two, nothing is simple. Bluto tries washing him like a shirt on a washboard; Popeye fights him, and Swee'Pea sneaks off and starts playing with a pen. Popeye cleans him up again. Bluto wrestles with Swee'Pea's night shirt for a while until Popeye solves the problem. While they carry the tot up to his room, he gets set down on a railing, ends up in the fishbowl, and gets rescued again. In his room, he is put on the windowsill while the boys argue again; a quick rescue later, he's back in the room, in Popeye's arms, while Bluto is punching Popeye out (thus making him rock back and forth).
- DirectorDave FleischerWilliam NolanStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerPopeye tries to put his Pappy to bed, but he manages to sneak out to a sleazy bar.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsPinto ColvigJack MercerOlive sends Popeye a puppy, Eugene the Jeep, for his birthday, but despite Popeye's best efforts to make it sleep outside, it keeps finding its way back into the house. A rare spinach-free Popeye.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerPoopdeck Pappy has a hangover (though he won't admit to Popeye that's the problem). He asks Popeye to help him by keeping the noise down. Among the disturbances he deals with: a crying baby across the way, a horse-drawn milk truck, a factory whistle, a radio, a traffic accident, a construction site, a blasting site (the Sparber construction company) this one takes spinach. He gets home and hears a party going on upstairs where a recovered Pappy is living it up.
- DirectorDave FleischerWilliam NolanStarsMargie HinesJack MercerPopeye and Poopdeck Pappy are trying to play poker, but Swee'Pea's crying keeps interrupting them. Pappy wants to smack the tot, but Popeye persuades him to try psychology instead. Popeye tells the story of how "George Washlincoln" chopped down the cherry tree. Inspired, Swee'Pea chops a hole in the floor, then tells the truth. Popeye rushes out to buy him a reward, leaving Pappy in charge, but Pappy believes in a rather dangerous style of parenting, introducing him to William Tell (from both ends of the gun). Pappy lies about it to Popeye.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMae QuestelA miserly mill-keeper kidnaps two Dutch children, but their pet duck runs for help like Lassie.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsBeatrice HagenGertrude LawrenceEthelreda LeopoldA destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerHoneymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyThe courtship of two swans is interrupted by a third swan, who demonstrates his prowess at catching fish. The pen falls for him and leaves her mate, but when the interloper begins treating her cruelly and chases her around the pond, her old flame intercedes and chases the evil swan away.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerGus WickeMae QuestelGreedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenJack MercerTwo bunnies getting married.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMae QuestelJack MercerA rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling 'Mae West' entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenCurious penguins investigate an abandoned cabin, heedless of their mother's warning that "curiosity killed the cat."
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMae QuestelDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenDo you know what the kitty cat is up to when you're not looking? A neighborhood of housecats unhappily put outside in the cold for the night get up to plenty in this Fleischer "Color Classic" when they form a swinging chorus of feline yowlers, tormenting at least one canine in the process.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsPinto ColvigJack MercerA walrus steals the brandy from a Saint Bernard puppy.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsPinto ColvigBernie FleischerJack MercerA toyshop owner tells a little girl the story behind the two dolls she's fallen in love with. In Ragland, needles, thread, scissors and other sewing implements come to life to create the rag dolls Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. On their way by toy camel to the Castle of Names, Raggedy Andy falls under the spell of a Spanish doll, breaking Raggedy Ann's heart. Andy hears of this and rushes to her side.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerA small cat annoys his elder by imitating everything he does. Eventually, the bigger cat catches a mouse, knowing the copy cat won't be able to perform the same feat.