The Tantalizing Fly - 1919 - with Max Fleischer

Max Fleischer was one of the pioneers of classic cartoons, we owe him mainly Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, first adaptation of Superman in animations (Superman was created in comic strips in 1936 by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster), now we can see him in person at 1919 "The Tantalizing fly".

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Public
• Domain
• Fleischer
• 1919
• cartoon

[jvusich]

Wow, excellent upload! Thanks very much for posting this.

[medamine39]

Great, I'm big fan of Fleischer Brothers, It's a pleasure to watch them in person then to share.

[RayPointer]

@medamine39 With regards to "the Fleischer Brothers," "they" are not seen here.

That's Max Fleischer and Roland "Doc" Crandall." Dave was not as largely active in these early films made at Bray. If you are interested in more from this landmark series, look for MAX FLEISCHER'S FAMOUS OUT OF THE INKWELL from Inkwell Images. It is a two disc set of superior picture and sound quality.

[medamine39]

@RayPointer Thanks very much partner for this info, I'll try to check out MAX FLEISCHER'S FAMOUS OUT OF THE INKWELL from Inkwell Images.

[medamine39]

I'm glad you liked it. I agree that cartoons carry a huge interest for Human History, Thank you very much, Pal.

[vacillateallday]

Thanks for posting this rare superb piece - Rob

[medamine39]

I'm glad it pleased you, thank you very much Rob.

[DjOxymoron]

the moves look like made in flash, but it's from 1919! and the painting is interacting with his enviroment, did't know this dramaturgy is THAT old!!! whoa, great! :o

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Man, now that was some really smooth animation; for a second I thought he was about to start break dancing.

Ha ha.

[saikkussu]

THIS IS EPIC. You can tell the animation is well detailed. It almost looks like they drew over a film of a real person... and then... the fly! OMG its hard enough to get domestic animals on film correctly. My mind is blown. STANDING OVATION!

[TheTwillerZone]

must have been a lot of work to get the fly land on the right spots and stuff.

[frtw4428]

Amazing piece of work - the Fleischer Brothers were brilliant artists and filmmakers! Look at Betty Boop, Koko, or Popeye cartoons that they made with only a handful of animators: the characters' movements are fluid and lifelike. Compare them to the cheap Saturday morning cartoons (with an army of people in the credits!) and you see just how vastly superior in quality the Fleischers' works are.

[RayPointer]

@Penguillion Indeed! Then why the defensive response? Regardless of your approval of the response, this happens to be the truth, like it or not. There is no arguement to be made, and please don't refrain from commenting. You don't have to be an "expert." This is how you learn beyond the classroom.

[RayPointer]

@MissMelancholyblue A little thing with boxes assigned to the days of the month called a "calendar." And this one might be considered the great-grandmother of pinup variety--pre-swimsuit edition.

[RayPointer]

@dxjohncenacaz That's because that style of mustache was common in Austria in the Victorian era. Hitler was an Austrian as well. When Hitler came to power and we were on the verge of being taken into WWII, Max grew it out fuller to avoid the Hitler look.

[Penguillion]

@RayPointer Dude, I'm not trying to strike up an argument, I'm just trying to have a conversation because I just learned about this animation in my class. Don't worry, I won't comment on anything again if I'm not an expert on the matter.

[RayPointer]

@Penguillion That's like giving credit to Marge Champion for being in SNOW WHTE simply because she was the live action reference for the dancing. There isn't much of Dave's actions Rotosoped here. Would you like to pick out those scenes? As I said, Dave was not as largely active at this time. That came after the brothers went into business together in 1921.