Most Viewed From J.R. Bray Studios

A black man walks into a bar. Or at least a white man with blackface on, and hilarity occurs.

Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit...

Colonel Heeza Liar is a character a bit like Baron Munchausen. Many wild things occur to him in the cartoons and they are meant to be silly...

A new student at Washington College undergoes hazing, college football, dirty tricks by the rival team and a romance with a co-ed from Betsy Ross...

One of the series of Bobby Bumps silent animated shorts made at Bray Studios.

A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.

Max draws Koko on the drawing board. He then receives a call and leaves. Koko leaves after but not before taking some money from Max's wallet that he...

Boxer Ignatz Mouse bets against himself in a match, then tries to lose the fight on purpose. But Ignatz's wife and Krazy Kat, both unaware of the...

A "Unnatural History" cartoon

When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones...

Dud is a disappointment to his parents.

Walter Lantz as himself Baldy Belmont as the old man and Pete the pup as himself.

Bobby Bumps, his dog Fido, and a shady mouse get into a jar of jam--and trouble.

a Colonel Heeza Liar cartoon

Bobby Bumps invited his black neighbor to join his "lodge." But first he has to be initiated. The neighbor cleverly avoids getting rammed in the...

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation...

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment.