The Fleischer Story (Paperback)

~ Leslie Cabarga (Author) "Despondent over the rising persecution of the Jews in their native Austria, William and Amalia Fleischer came to America in 1887..." (more)
Key Phrases: inkwell cartoons, model chart, first cartoon, Betty Boop, New York, Max Fleischer (more...)

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The Fleischer brothers, Max and Dave, were animation pioneers. Creators of Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, and the Bouncing Ball, they also brought Popeye the Sailor Man to the screen and produced the first feature-length animated cartoon—on the theory of relativity! Max invented the Rotoscope and for a while the brothers kept pace with Disney in performance and profit. But after 1942 the studio closed and their films vanished. What happened and how they developed are examined for the first time in this work—for many years out of print and a collector's item. It is here, updated and enlarged with hundreds of sketches and storyboard layouts where these classic cartoons can once again receive the attention and adulation they deserve.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2 Sub edition (March 21, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306803135
• ISBN-13: 978-0306803130
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #684,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Wrote With Love., May 31, 1999

By A Customer

Rarely I have seen a biography with so much interesting details.Not a single page is wasted.As a Fleischer cartoon fan,it's la creme de la creme for me.Congratulations Cabarga.You wrote a book with love and admiration.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent accountof the life and career of Max Fliescher, May 16, 1999

By A Customer

Leslie Carbaga is a big fan of Fliescher cartoons and this book shows it.I loved so many of them when i had the chance to see them on TV in my younger days.(Color Classics,Popeye,Sing-Alongs, and the movies Gulliver and Hoppity.)This tells the story of Max Fliescher,who made many worthy but largely unknown contributions to the art of animation.I recommend this to any fan of the vintage cartoons of the 20s/30s/40s