Movies: Out Of The Inkwell Films

“Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching” features a song that dates back to the Civil War, one which was still familiar to audiences of the 1920s. The cartoon begins as Koko the Clown emerges from an inkwell-- an iconic image for animation buffs -...

"The Einstein Theory of Relativity" is the short version (587 m) of the lost American long version (1219 m) of Hanns Walter Kornblum's original German feature "Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie" from 1922 that is also lost....

Follow the bouncing ball sing-along...

First, Max, in his pyjamas, gets back up and draws an isolated mountain area and puts Koko on top of a steep mountain. "That will keep you busy for the night," says the real-life somewhat nasty cartoonist to his subject. The cartoon really gets wild ...

When a Native American artist sells a selection of his background drawings and original characters to Fleischer, Koko gives the new arrivals a cold reception....

An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown....

This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko the Clown. Max is supposedly the guy in charge, and he takes sadistic glee in putting Ko-Ko through...

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

Ko-Ko the Clows sets up the song "Darling Nelly Gray"....

In this 1925 Out of the Inkwell short, Ko-Ko the Clown becomes a barber. As usual, he eventually escapes the animated world for the "real." He hides in a shaving mug and when Max tries to lather up....

The Inkwell Clown goes for a balloon ride. Later, Max's studio is filled with so many balloons that it floats away....

An "Out of the Inkwell" short featuring Ko-Ko the Clown, this time as a fireman....

Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons....

Max sends Ko-Ko on a rocket toward the moon, but Ko-Ko crash lands on Mars, where he encounters bizarre creatures and contraptions. Meanwhile, Max himself is blasted into outer space....

Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion....

Max is too rushed to do a thorough job of drawing Koko this morning. Max is going fishing. However, to amuse the clown, he draws a fishing pole and a pond before he goes....

Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge....

Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max....

Ko-Ko the Clown is brought to life with a needle and thread....

Out of the Inkwell Films delivers the song "Margie"....