Somewhere In Dreamland (1936)

Somewhere in Dreamland is a 1936 animated short and is part of Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The story opens with a brother and sister bringing firewood home to their poor mother. Along the way home, they admire goodies displayed in a bakery window. Once they get home, their mother feeds them pieces of dried bread and water for supper and sends them to bed. Later that night, the children dream of a land filled with ice cream cones, popcorn fields, toys, and nice comfortable beds. They wake up the next morning to find a feast on the table and toys around the house brought to their house by three of the merchants they passed on their way home the night before.

Max Fleischer News Sketches (1940s)

In this funny video short, animator Max Fleischer sketches cartoon illustrations that are based on odd news stories that he reads. This video dates back to the mid 1940s. Max Fleischer brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen.