Discover the stories behind the stories

Who was Baby Esther?

PERFORMING STYLE ON TRIAL: Helen Kane, Max Fleischer and the Battle Over Booping

Becoming Betty Boop: the evolution of an icon

Join us in celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Out of the Inkwell Studios, the Fleischer Brother's first studio

Learn how to draw and animate your own cartoon movies with this rare, vintage lesson kit credited by Max Fleischer himself.

HISTORY & ORIGINS

CELEBRATING BETTY: a 6-part series celebrating Betty Boop from her screen debut in the 1930s, to her continuing status as a cultural icon.

PHOTO GALLERY: a collection of rare and rarely seen photos from the Fleischer Family Collection

THE LITTLE CLOWN WHO BECAME FAMOUS AND THEN BECAME KO-KO

FLEISCHER STUDIOS: where women made history

A VERY FLEISCHER CHRISTMAS: celebrate the holiday season Fleischer-style!

DOG DAYS: the many dogs of Fleischer Studios

MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN: the story behind the story

FINDING HER VOICE: the women behind Betty Boop's iconic voice

THE RISE AND FALL OF RED SEAL

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: the story behind the story

THE ROTOSCOPE: celebrating 100 years of animation innovation!

BETTY BOOP IN JAPAN

A CELEBRATION THE LIFE AND WORK OF MAX FLEISCHER

LOVE AMONGST THE INKWELLS: behind-the-scenes, romances flourished at Fleischer Studios

MAX'S FANTASTIC FAN CARDS

IN MY NOT-SO-MERRY OLDSMOBILE: the advertising films of Fleischer Studios

MAGIC IN MIAMI: Fleischer Studios and Popular Science

A BIRTHDAY WISH TO MICKEY MOUSE FROM BETTY BOOP

BETTY BOOP MAKES TELEVISION HISTORY

WAR TIME GAG CARTOONS: Fleischer animators during World War II

HOLIDAY GREETINGS: how Fleischer animators celebrated the holiday season with each other.

AN INTERVIEW WITH RAY POINTER, author of "The Art and Innovations of Max Fleischer"