SCFZ

Polling the films of Dave Fleischer

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half* of the Fleischer films you've seen, up to a maximum of 8. So if you've seen 6 films, you can vote for 3, and if you've seen 20, you can vote for up to 8.

* If you've seen an odd number, you can round up when deciding the length of your ballot -- e.g if you've seen 7, you can vote for 4, and if you've seen 15, you can vote for the maximum of 8.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Friday, in seven days, whatever day that is

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

another random selection, but one some people have seen a lot from.

i'll be slowing the director polls to one-per-week for the next couple of weeks at least, got some real life stuff that needs attention

Swing You Sinners! (1930)
Ko-Ko the Kid (1927)

i have no idea who this person is, but apparently i've seen two, neither made much of an impression... edit: seen three, the third was the best of the lot

15.

Red Hot Mamma
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Poor Cinderella
Dancing on the Moon
Invisible Ink


Need to rewatch some.

Seen 76.

Ordering these is hard, but Lillian Roth leading the audience in a lesbian sing-a-long has to be #1.

1. Ain’t She Sweet (1933)
2. Stop That Noise! (1935)
3. Sally Swing (1938)
4. The Arctic Giant (1942)
5. Betty Boop's Hallowe’en Party (1933)
6. Poor Cinderella (1934)
7. I Heard (1933)
8. Snow-White (1933)

Fleischer Bros are the first? great metaphysicians of cinema, up there with Raul Ruiz. Seen 23, not nearly enough. Tons more waiting on my drive for days when I need one.

Invisible Ink
Koko Backtracks
Bimbo's Initiation
Gulliver's Travels

never quite understood the breakdown of auteurism in the fleischer studios...

and always think of the great american cartoonist jim woodring's obsession with bimbo's initiation https://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/mind- ... imbos.html

nrh wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:31 pm never quite understood the breakdown of auteurism in the fleischer studios...

same! just want to rank kokos

nrh wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:31 pm

and always think of the great american cartoonist jim woodring

I also always like to think of him!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dave Fleischer (and Fleischer Bros. in general)

I haven't seen that many (probably about 30 or 40) and clearly remember only around 20.

01. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) - personal Top 50 movie
02. Superman (1941)
03. Invisible Ink (1921)
04. The Mechanical Monsters (1941)
05. Snow-White (1933)
06. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
07. Out of the Inkwell (1919)
08. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

only 8 - and for that i feel shame

1. bimbo's Initiation
2. Dizzy red Riding Hood
3. Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor
4. Snow-White

Betty in Blunderland
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Stoopnocracy
Greedy Humpty Dumpty
Betty Boop for President
Ko-Ko's Hypnotism
Trip to Mars

Red Hot Mamma
The Cobweb Hotel
A Dream Walking
Nix on Hypnotricks
Language All My Own
Dizzy Dishes
The Song of the Birds

Is this thing still on? I forgot all about it. Some great stuff, no matter what the process was in creating it.

Koko's Earth Control
Swing you Sinners!
Fresh Vegetable Mystery
Red Hot Mamma
It's the Natural Thing to Do
Billion Dollar Limited
Little Dutch Mill
Barnacle Bill

yes, still on! this, the archie mayo, and the joseph cornell polls are all still open right now. i was thinking to wait til features like post-editing were working properly before starting up any new polls

Koko gives a masterclass in nineteen-oughts film acting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugZrVX8ots

1. Betty in Blunderland
2. Minnie the Moocher
3. Stop That Noise
4. Invisible Ink
5. Is My Palm Read
6. The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist'
7. The Cobweb Hotel
8. Dancing on the Moon

I've seen 97.