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FLEISCHER CARTOONS: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 This May!

It's the full Fleischer experience like you've never seen it before!

Beautifully restored in 4K, largely from original studio negatives, come 20 cartoons on Blu-ray from legendary animation pioneer Max Fleischer in Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1.

Streeting on May 26th, Volume 1 features beloved Fleischer characters like Betty Boop™, Popeye the Sailor Man™, Koko the Clown™ and Superman™, and is a set animation fans have waited years for and can now finally add to their own collection.

Distributed by ClassicFlix, this release represents part of the ongoing film restoration project led by Jane Fleischer Reid (Max Fleischer’s granddaughter) through her company Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored and partner label Cartoon Logic.

To add to the Fleischer goodness, a collector’s bundle with the Blu-ray, a postcard, stickers and enamel pins will be exclusively available from project partner Rockin’ Pins here.

Bonus content and full details below.

About Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored:

Max Fleischer and his company, Fleischer Studios, made nearly 700 cartoons and shorts between 1919 and 1942. Fleischer created the iconic Betty Boop, and was the first to animate Popeye and Superman. However, there is no comprehensive library of his work.

In 2021, Fleischer’s granddaughter, Jane Fleischer Reid formed Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored to create such a library by searching out the best film elements from around the world. To date, with her team and producer Mauricio Alvarado, Jane has restored over 130 cartoons, with many more to come.

About Cartoon Logic:

A unique label in today's home video landscape, Cartoon Logic's exclusive focus is on restoring classic animated shorts which have never been seen, or have only been available in muddy, hard-to-views prints.

Led by producers and restoration artists Thad Komorowski and Samantha Davis, their inaugural release was 2025’s Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1, and their second release, Famous Studios Champion Collection, is scheduled to street on April 21st.

Beautifully restored in 4K, largely from original studio negatives, come 20 cartoons from legendary animation pioneer Max Fleischer in Fleischer Cartoons – Greatest Hits, Volume 1.

For over two decades, Fleischer Studios was unsurpassed in the realm of ingenious animated entertainment. Now, Volume 1 presents many of the studio’s best and funniest cartoons with a depth and clarity likely not seen since their original theatrical releases, and showcases their entire ensemble: Koko the Clown™, Bimbo™, Popeye the Sailor Man™, Superman™, and, of course, Miss Betty Boop™.

Relive the Fleischers’ art and inventions like never before, from the silent era, to the dawn of sound, to their glorious Technicolor spectacles in this carefully curated collection. Each silent short also has musical accompaniment composed and performed by Ben Model, Kevin MacLeod and Joel Pierson.

Surrealism is always on tap with Fleischer, but this is not a dream–these classics are yours to watch forever!

Includes:

Barnacle Bill (1930)
Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions (1933)
Betty in Blunderland (1934)
Cartoon Factory (1924)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)
Dinah (1933)
Dizzy Dishes (1930)
The Fortune Teller (1923)
Hot Dog (1930)
Ko-Ko at the Circus (1926)
Ko-Ko’s Earth Control (1928)
Ko-Ko’s Haunted House (1928)
A Language All My Own (1935)
The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
Mysterious Mose (1930)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves (1937)
Small Fry (1939)
Somewhere In Dreamland (1936)
Swing You Sinners! (1930)

BONUS FEATURES:

Bonus material includes audio commentary by a roundtable of Fleischer experts: Paul Dini, Will Friedwald, Bob Jaques, Charlie Judkins, Mark Kausler, Thad Komorowski, Leonard Maltin, Ray Pointer and Rob Waldman.