Movies: J R Bray Studios

An animated interpretation of a rocket voyage to the moon demonstrates the scientific principles at play in theoretical space travel (such as gravity)....

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

Two 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 ...

When the New Monia station is overrun with mice, Mr. Givney can only shoot them one at a time, but Jerry uses a flute to lure them out, "Pied Piper of Hamlin" style....

This one is amusing in its early use of the rubber tire school of animation as Mr. Givny informs Jerry that they are out of coal for the train. The passengers who appear behave amusingly and when the train itself takes on anthropomorphic life, it mak...

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

After an organ grinder's monkey grabs a little girl's lollipop with his tail, the musician explains why monkeys are so clever with their tails....

Wild West performer Pedro Leon is the highlight of this three-minute film that shows how cowboys make rope and various other items. Within the three-minutes we learn that horsehair is the best thing to use so we see a couple men, including Leon, put ...

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief, this time hunting and fishing where they're not allowed....

One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation....

Krazy Kat gets falsely arrested for cheese burglaries....

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 behind by Bobby's goat, but as he's running away, finds himself in a precarious position with a wild bear...

Animated short originally presented as part of the Paramount Bray-Pictograph program...

When Mr. Givney says business at the railroad station is "too slow" to let him take vacation time, Jerry has an idea to increase ticket sales....

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 entertainment. Here, he gets into a fight with a kangaroo. On the verge of death, he's saved by a quack doctor...

Based on the Buster Brown comic by R.F. Outcault....

Bobby Bumps and Fido call up their creator Earl Hurd on the telephone and get invited over for the day....

Girls’ school hazing leads to human and animal drag. (MoMA)...

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment....

Max 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....