
Production
John Randolph Bray
Born 1879-08-25 · Addison, Michigan
John Randolph Bray was a pioneer Animator in the early life of American cinema, primarily through his Bray Studios.
Acting credits
6.2An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.
The Artist's Dreams
1913
An animator's dog gets the better of him
Old Doc Yak and the Artist's Dream
1913
6.5Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.
How Animated Cartoons Are Made
1919
Behind the camera
6.0Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.
Perpetual Motion
1920
7.3Animated-live action short. An artist is quietly painting landscapes of the countryside when he wanders into an abandoned house which Dinky tries to fool him into thinking it's haunted.
Just Spooks
1925
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Animal Catchers
1927
7.8Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese man.
The Chinaman
1920
The McDougall Kids put on a mock trial.
Fowl Play
1928
Silent romantic drama follows a couple as they make their way through the sheer scale of the Grand Canyon and the treacherous river rapids.
The Bride of the Colorado
1928
After being told by Max to stay put in the studio, KoKo springs the coop (or inkwell, if you will) to follow his cartoonist to a restaurant for lunch, with chaos ensuing.
The Restaurant
1920
7.5Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water.
Out of the Inkwell
1919
The McDougall Kids go to the park to play.
Fat and the Canary
1927
6.8A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.
The Tantalizing Fly
1919
The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.
The Boxing Kangaroo
1920
Max Fleischer draws a clown, who comes alive on the page. The clown doesn't like the way he is drawn and demonstrates his own artistic abilities.
The Clown's Pup
1919
7.0When 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 evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away.
The Pied Piper
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Look Out Below
1926
6.6Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look, Koko is haunted by ghosts and inanimate objects, and escapes into the real-world studio.
The Ouija Board
1920
The McDougall Kids play American Football.
Big Pie Raid
1927
A plagiarised version of Winsor McCay's short from 1914
Gertie the Dinosaur
1915
A plagiarised version of Winsor McCay's short from 1914
Gertie the Dinosaur
1915
Dud imagines himself as a daring circus performer (which would certainly impress Mamie.)
Dud, the Circus Performer
1919
10.0Animated short originally presented as part of the Paramount Bray-Pictograph program.
The Ruby of Razmataz
1917
6.2An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.
The Artist's Dreams
1913
6.2An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.
The Artist's Dreams
1913
10.0Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.
The Pig's Curly Tail
1926
Dud is a disappointment to his parents.
Chip Off the Old Block
1919
