Movies: J R Bray Studios

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

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief....

When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away....

A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios...

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 mak...

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....

Krazy Kat gets falsely arrested for cheese burglaries....

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

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief, this time hunting and fishing where they're not allowed....

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment....

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Created in conjunction with Lipton as a soft-sell for its products, Tea Pot Town seems largely inspired by the Sunshine Makers narrative. Just as Sunshine Makers promoted milk - showing cheerful gnomes using it to cheer up their gloomy rivals - Tea P...

Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series....

Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water....

Boxer Ignatz Mouse bets against himself in a match, then tries to lose the fight on purpose. But Ignatz's wife and Krazy Kat, both unaware of the bet, conspire to make sure Ignatz wins....

Bobby Bumps invited his black neighbor to join his "lodge." But first he has to be initiated. The neighbor cleverly avoids getting rammed in the behind by Bobby's goat, but as he's running away, finds himself in a precarious position with a wild bear...

One of the series of Bobby Bumps silent animated shorts made at Bray Studios....

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....

Dud is a disappointment to his parents....

Max draws Koko on the drawing board. He then receives a call and leaves. Koko leaves after but not before taking some money from Max's wallet that he left behind. Max arrives to his date then comes back to his office to get his wallet. After recoveri...