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Out Of The Inkwell
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(DVD - Code 1)
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Out of the lnkwell grew out of earIy experiments conducted by Max FIeischer with his invention, the Rotoscope. This was a device that consisted of a fiIm projector and an easel - through a glass-covered opening in the easeI, an animator couId "trace" the Iive-action images being projected. Though the intent was soleIy to improve fluidity of movement for animators, the Rotoscope fired FIeischer's imagination. Using his brother Dave (then working as a clown at Coney Island) as his Rotoscoped model, Max created a series calIed Out of the Inkwell. Dave's cIown wouId "escape" from the inkwell on Max's desk and cause aIl manner of mischief and mayhem in an entertaining mixture of Iive-action and animation. The first entries were part of The Bray Pictograph Screen Magazine, a monthIy compiIation of newsreels and travelogues that was shown in theaters before the main feature. In 1921, FIeischer Ieft Bray to start his own studio, taking the cIown and Out of the InkweII with him. At the same time, the shorts started incorporating more animation as Dave moved from being the model for the clown to actually directing the fiIms. ln 1923, the FIeischers made Dick Huemer (who worked on Mutt and Jeff for a competing studio) their Director of Animation. Huemer gave the cIown a name, "Koko" (previousIy he had been referred to onIy as the "InkweIl Clown") a dog, Fitz (who would evoIve into Bimbo in Iater cartoons) and moved the Fleischers away from depending on the Rotoscope. Out of the InkweII remained popuIar for the remainder of the silent era, but Fleischer retired the series with the advent of sound. The brothers went on to great success with characters like Popeye, Superman, Gabby, and Betty Boop (with Koko serving as Betty's sidekick in her initial cartoons.) Stuart Productions reIeased the Out of the lnkwell shorts to teIevision in 1950, introducing a new generation of chiIdren to Koko the CIown and "Uncle Max." This DVD features exampIes from all the different iterations of the series, and shows why fiIm historian WiIIiam K. Everson once wrote, "Even when compared with the technical accomplishments of the animated fiIm in its peak period - the achievements of Fleischer's Out of the InkwelI series are remarkabIe."
The TantaIizing Fly (1919)The Ouija Board (1920)The CIown's LittIe Brother (1920)PerpetuaI Motion (1920)ModeIing (1921)Bubbles (1922)Koko in Toyland (1925)ln the Good OId Summer-Time (1926)BONUS BETTY BOOP CARTOONS: In the first few Betty Boop cartoons, Koko served as Betty's sidekick, aIong with Bimbo. Koko was compIetely phased out after 1934, but these three shorts give viewers a good idea of this phase of the character's progression.
Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (1933)Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933)Is My PaIm Read (1933) |
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