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unusual facts about Fleischer Studios


William Sturm

William Sturm (1906–1981) was an animator, known for character development with Fleischer Studios|Fleischer Animation


Booby Dupes

The title is a play on the line "boop-oop-a-doop" from the song "I Wanna Be Loved by You," made famous by singer Helen Kane and by the Fleischer Studios cartoon character Betty Boop.

Doctor Sivana

In the Superman cartoon "The Magnetic Telescope" by Fleischer Studios, the astronomer (voiced by Bud Collyer) who built the titular device and as a result threatened the city strongly resembled Dr. Sivana.

Don Redman

Redman and his orchestra also provided music for the animated short I Heard, part of the Betty Boop series produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount.

Grim Natwick Film Festival

The Festival presents animation by Grim Natwick, Betty Boop cartoons animated by Natwick and others, work by the Fleischer Studios and animation by Wisconsin animators across several screening venues.

Hal Seeger

In 1962, his studio produced and syndicated 100 new Out Of the Inkwell cartoons, based on the Koko the Clown character, originally created by Fleischer Studios.

I Was Killing When Killing Wasn't Cool

"I Was Killing When Killing Wasn't Cool" was the first of Columbia's comics to conspicuously show the influence of the animated cartoons of Fleischer Studios, particularly the Out of the Inkwell series with Koko the Clown and "dark" cartoons such as Bimbo's Initiation.

Mayo Kaan

Superman collector Danny Fuchs believes it was possible Kaan had "history confused", and that he had modeled for the Fleischer Studios animations based on Superman.

Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me

Mother, Mother, Mother Pin a Rose on Me (1924) is a film, produced by Out of the Inkwell Studios, Inc. and released in June 1924, as part of the Song Car-Tunes series.

Nicholas Tafuri

Nicholas Tafuri (February 25, 1913 - November 19, 1990) was an American animator who worked primarily for the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios, most prolifically in the animation unit headed by Myron Waldman.

Phoenix 2772

The influences can be seen with the prison mining set of Unisen minors (Fleischer Studios), Pincho and other creatures dancing with a mop (Disney's Fantasia) and the reference to Pinocchio when Olga is given new life.

Punch and Judy Comics

The artist on the first issue and the probable creator of the series was Joe Oriolo, who had recently worked for Fleischer Studios and created Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Roy O. Disney

While Walt was the creative man, Roy was the one who made sure the company was financially stable; Roy and Walt both founded Disney Studios as brothers, but Walt would buy out most of Roy's share in 1929 and, unlike Max and Dave Fleischer of rival Fleischer Studios, Roy was not a co-producer.


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Grim Natwick Film Festival

Guests for the 2011 Festival included Ginny Mahoney, representing Fleischer Studios and granddaughter of Max Fleischer, Betty Boop Collectibles expert Denise Hagopian, and Wisconsin animators Tommy Simms and Hannah Strenger.