Cheating the Piper

Cheating the Piper 1920

3.50

When the New Monia station is overrun with mice, Mr. Givney can only shoot them one at a time, but Jerry uses a flute to lure them out, "Pied Piper of Hamlin" style.

1920

The Ouija Board

The Ouija Board 1920

6.30

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.

1920

The Pig's Curly Tail

The Pig's Curly Tail 1926

1

Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.

1926

The Chinaman

The Chinaman 1920

7.00

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.

1920

The Clown's Pup

The Clown's Pup 1919

4.50

Max Fleischer draws a clown, who comes alive on the page. The clown doesn't like the way he is drawn and demonstrates his own artistic abilities.

1919

The Clown's Little Brother

The Clown's Little Brother 1920

6.00

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

1920

A Sorority Mixup

A Sorority Mixup 1927

1

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

1927

Colonel Heeza Liar, Detective

Colonel Heeza Liar, Detective 1923

6.70

Colonel Heeza Liar jumps off the drawing board and into the real world to track down a stolen rooster.

1923

The Pelican's Bill

The Pelican's Bill 1926

1

A young boy steals jam from his mother and his mother tells him the story of the pelican and the monkey who stole everything in sight. The monkey was punished by having to make little rock out of big one on the chain gang, and the pelican has his bill padlocked.

1926

The Tantalizing Fly

The Tantalizing Fly 1919

6.44

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

1919

Custard's Last Stand

Custard's Last Stand 1927

1

A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.

1927

The Mad Locomotive

The Mad Locomotive 1922

1

This one is amusing in its early use of the rubber tire school of animation as Mr. Givny informs Jerry that they are out of coal for the train. The passengers who appear behave amusingly and when the train itself takes on anthropomorphic life, it makes its own sense -- outrageous for the day, even if slightly banal for fans of "Thomas the Engine".

1922

Big Pie Raid

Big Pie Raid 1927

1

The McDougall Kids play American Football.

1927

Dinky Doodle in Lost and Found

Dinky Doodle in Lost and Found 1926

7.30

The animator tries to lose Dinky Doodle and Weakheart in the countryside. But they're kidnapped and taken to the moon by a witch. They finally get back to earth to take their revenge against their creator.

1926

The Circus

The Circus 1920

7.10

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

1920

Even Up

Even Up 1927

1

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.

1927