As a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.As a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.As a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Roland Crandall
- Second Artist
- (uncredited)
Max Fleischer
- Cartoonist
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Max Fleischer(directed by: television reissue)
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaPossibly released as part of the seventh weekly Goldwyn-Bray Pictograph, released on October 19, 1919, along with Three Men in a Boat and a Turtle (1919). This Pictograph is reviewed in the November 2, 1919 edition of Wid's Daily.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Cartoonist: You just keep quiet for a second, I'll get him.
- Alternate versionsTelevision reissue prints from c.1949 use re-done Bray Studios titles that credit "Out of the Inkwell" films as being "Written and directed by Max Fleicher" (notably misspelling Max Fleischer's name).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Magical World of Disney: The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955)
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Almost 90 Years Later, It's Still Very Clever
This was a very interesting mix of live-action and animation, showing animator and writer Max Fleischer drawing a cartoon of a clown. The problem is a real-life fly is on the paper Max is using and the fly is a pest to both Max and the clown, both of whom try to get the insect. This is pretty clever material, especially when you consider this silent cartoon is almost 90 years old.
This is a tough cartoon to watch because you want to swat the fly yourself as the bug is in the clown's eyes, mouth, nose, etc. It also gives you the creeps watching this. (The clown isn't happy, either!)
This really gets clever when Max tries to swat the fly, knocks the animated clown temporarily out and then the clown asks for Max's pen with an idea how HE can get eliminate the fly. He winds up squirting his "creator" in the face with ink, and other gags ensue.
All of this - and there are several more "bits" with the clown and the artist - are a credit to the ingenuity of Fleischer. You have to see this cartoon to believe it. It was part of the Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938 DVD Package
This is a tough cartoon to watch because you want to swat the fly yourself as the bug is in the clown's eyes, mouth, nose, etc. It also gives you the creeps watching this. (The clown isn't happy, either!)
This really gets clever when Max tries to swat the fly, knocks the animated clown temporarily out and then the clown asks for Max's pen with an idea how HE can get eliminate the fly. He winds up squirting his "creator" in the face with ink, and other gags ensue.
All of this - and there are several more "bits" with the clown and the artist - are a credit to the ingenuity of Fleischer. You have to see this cartoon to believe it. It was part of the Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938 DVD Package
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