16 Facts About Fleischer Studios

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Fleischer Studios is an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films.

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Fleischer Studios characters included Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Bimbo, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman.

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3.

The cartoons of the Fleischer Studio were very different from those of Disney, both in concept and in execution.

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4.

Fleischer Studios Studio was built on Max Fleischer Studios's novelty film series Out of the Inkwell.

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5.

The Fleischer Studios Brothers left and began their own studio Out of the Inkwell Films with Dave as director and production supervisor, and Max as producer, at 129 East 45th Street, later to 1600 Broadway, Times Square, midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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One year into the relationship, the Fleischer Studios Brothers discovered mismanagement under Weiss and left before the end of the Imps contract.

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7.

Max Fleischer Studios secured a new contract with Paramount to produce a revival of the "Bouncing Ball" song films, re-branded as Screen Songs, with The Sidewalks of New York as the first release on February 5,1929.

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8.

Fleischer Studios had reached its zenith by 1936, with four series and 52 annual releases.

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9.

Max Fleischer Studios had been petitioning Paramount for three years about producing an animated feature.

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10.

New Fleischer Studios Studio opened in October 1938, and production on its first feature, Gulliver's Travels, went from the development stage begun in New York to active production in Miami.

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11.

Personal relationship between Max and Dave Fleischer Studios deteriorated during the Miami period due to complications associated with the pressures of finishing the studio's first feature film and Dave's very public adulterous affair with his secretary, Mae Schwartz.

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12.

On June 17,1956, Max Fleischer Studios filed suit against Paramount and its TV distribution partners, seeking $2,750,000 in damages.

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13.

The majority of the Fleischer Studios cartoons were off the air by the mid 60s when the original copyrights were due for renewal.

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14.

Today, Fleischer Studios continues to hold to the rights to Betty Boop and associated characters such as Koko the Clown, Bimbo and Grampy.

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15.

Fleischer Studios utilizes King Features Syndicate to license Fleischer characters for various merchandise.

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16.

The Fleischer Studios style was used in the 1995 animated series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat.

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