Direction: Dave Fleischer

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Dave Fleischer. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Invisible Ink (S)

1921 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer

7.1

38 votes

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