The Tantalizing Fly
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About The Tantalizing Fly
Max Fleischer draws Koko the Clown and a real fly lands on the work. Swats miss the fly and hit the drawing. Ink sprays the page and then Fleischer. Koko borrows the pen and draws a bald man to lure the fly. That swat misses too. Fleischer lifts the sheet. The ink runs down into the bottle, the fly follows it, and he traps the insect.
Cast & crew
More about The Tantalizing Fly
Max Fleischer wrote and directed this Out of the Inkwell short. John Randolph Bray produced it. A release date of October 4, 1919, is on record. A television listing times it at 4 minutes. Fleischer appears at the drawing board. The fly on the page is a real insect, not a drawing.
Themes
Making
Fleischer combined his own hands at the desk with the drawn clown and a live fly.
Technique
Live action of Fleischer and a real fly is combined with the drawn clown on the same sheet.
Notes
- Koko climbs out of the ink to fight the fly with Fleischer's pen.
- The last gag is the fly following the ink back into the bottle.
- Roland Crandall is listed on some cast bills for the series.
- Bray released the early Out of the Inkwell shorts.
Scenes
- A swat meant for the fly sends Koko head over heels.
- The fly follows the ink into the bottle and is caught.
