Direction: Dave Fleischer
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Dave Fleischer. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
7.1
38 votes
Betty Boop: The Old Man of the Mountain (S)
1933 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Betty Boop goes to see the fearsome Old Man of the Mountain for herself; he sings the title song and a duet with Betty.
6.8
57 votes
6.8
57 votes
Betty Boop: Snow-White (S)
1933 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
6.6
327 votes
6.6
327 votes
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (S)
1937 · Movie · 17 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Willard Bowsky
Plot Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
6.6
33 votes
6.6
33 votes
Mr. Bug Goes to Town
1941 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Shamus Culhane
Plot Hoppity the grasshopper finds that all is not well when he returns home to the lowlands, a vacant lot just 45 inches from Broadway. A skyscraper is scheduled to be...
6.4
57 votes
6.4
57 votes
Ha! Ha! Ha! (S)
1934 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot After drawing Betty Boop, Fleischer (live-action) leaves the studio; Betty and Koko try amateur dentistry, releasing enough laughing gas to convulse the 'real world.'
6.4
27 votes
6.4
27 votes
Betty Boop: Minnie the Moocher (S)
1932 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Betty Boop runs away from home with her friend, Bimbo the Dog. They end up in a cave where a walrus, with Cab Calloway's voice, sings "Minnie the Moocher" and...
6.4
221 votes
6.4
221 votes
Modeling (S)
1921 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Cast Max Fleischer
6.4
164 votes
6.4
164 votes
Superman (Fleischer Superman cartoons)
1941 · Movie · 150 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Seymour Kneitel · Izzy Sparber · Dan Gordon
Plot The Superman animated cartoons, commonly but somewhat erroneously known as the "Fleischer Superman cartoons" were a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films, produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to...
6.4
474 votes
6.4
474 votes
Betty Boop: Bimbo's Initiation (S)
1931 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
6.3
239 votes
6.3
239 votes
Betty Boop: Red Hot Mamma (S)
1934 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Betty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells," and...
6.3
36 votes
6.3
36 votes
The Song of the Birds (S)
1935 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning.
6.3
23 votes
6.3
23 votes
Superman (The Mad Scientist) (S)
1941 · Movie · 10 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot When Lois is kidnapped by a mad scientist, she is given a demonstration of his energy cannon as he attacks Metropolis. Only Superman can stop it in his first cinematic...
6.2
269 votes
6.2
269 votes
Blow Me Down! (S)
1933 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Popeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is doing the Mexican hat dance in a bar. He enjoys the show, until Bluto comes in and clears the bar, except for Popeye....
6.2
53 votes
6.2
53 votes
The Cartoon Factory (S)
1924 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Max Fleischer
Plot In 1919, Ko-Ko the Clown first emerged from the inkwell to grapple with his creator, Max Fleischer. Combining live action with animation, this highly imaginative series of 130 films inspired...
6.2
43 votes
6.2
43 votes
Popeye the Sailor (S)
1933 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer · Seymour Kneitel
Plot Popeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach and saving Olive...
6.2
201 votes
6.2
201 votes
Ko-Ko's Earth Control (S)
1928 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Koko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world...
6.2
150 votes
6.2
150 votes
The Mechanical Monsters (S)
1941 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot An inventor has built powerful giant robots that can fly like planes and open banks like cans. Of course, Lois Lane gets into trouble with a robot; can Superman rescue...
6.1
179 votes
6.1
179 votes
Hospitaliky (S)
1937 · Movie · 5 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot To get at nurse Olive, Popeye and Bluto fake various illnesses. Olive sees through this and tells them they need to be either very sick or hurt real bad, so...
6.0
27 votes
6.0
27 votes
Gulliver's Travels
1939 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Dave Fleischer
Plot Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the...
6.0
880 votes
6.0
880 votes