Best Animation Movies of 1920

Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio.

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.

Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese stereotype.

A man reads in the newspaper that Bolsheviks are on the loose and that the public should beware of odd acting strangers. He spots a pipe smoking man holding what he believes is a bomb, and thinks he must be one of the Bolsheviks. He tries to get away from the stranger, but the stranger seems to be following him, polishing his bomb and getting ready to light it. But that round bomb ends up having a more recreational use of a different type of explosion.

Captain Grogg and Kalle is sailing on a stormy sea.

The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.

A magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them. As far as is known this was the first film to combine realistic stop-motion dinosaurs and live-action actors in the same shot.

Jerry his boss sees some kind of commotion from far away though it's only viewable from above a fence blocking the rest of it. So he and Jerry get a sheriff who when they arrive at the fence suggests a constable who then suggests a cop. In between all those encounters, we see them all take the long walks to various places of which one of those-up a hanging bridge-provides some good humour when they fall down on it a couple of times. When all of the above all gather together, they walk another long distance to the other side of the fence. (IMDB)

On Strike is one of more than 300 animated ‘half-reelers’ produced between 1913 and 1926 starring the popular American comic-strip characters Mutt and Jeff—and is unusual in featuring live-action shots of its creator, Bud Fisher.

The whole effort is an extension of Krazy Kat's incomprehensible but unrequited love for Ignatz Mouse; Ignatz loves a hippo; the Hippo loves an elephant; and so forth.

A Popular Science Monthly film demonstrating how life on the moon would be different than life on Earth.

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

Krazy Kat gets falsely arrested for cheese burglaries.

Jerry's train encounters a cow on the railroad tracks and can't get it to budge.

Krazy Kat follows Ignatz Mouse and thinks about family as the latter takes his children out on a walk.

Boxer Ignatz Mouse bets against himself in a match, then tries to lose the fight on purpose. But Ignatz's wife and Krazy Kat, both unaware of the bet, conspire to make sure Ignatz wins.

A cartoon from the J.R. Bray Studios with Rummy and friend buying a girdle for his wife.

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.

The film begins with an obese woman going to the shoe store and insisting she's a size 3 1/2--though she's obviously much larger. Then, out of the blue, a cat and a stick figure appear and make fun of the woman--making fat jokes and the like.

Origin unknown. Circa 1920. Excerpt from a longer short or theatrical holiday trailer. Sold for home use in 16mm 25 foot length. Accompanied here with a Mighty ROXY Wurlitzer.

In this fragmentary episode, Mutt, as a cinema proprietor, has problems with his 5-man orchestra and his projectionist Jeff.

When railroad boss Mr. Givney needs a pesky mosquito exterminated, Jerry is on the job. But Jerry's efforts bug Givney more than the bug.

Cartoon short.

Felix attempts to trap a mouse.

Felix and Kitty tangle with a bad cat.

Felix tries to find food.

Felix and Willie want to play ball.

Felix and a dog fight over a bone.

Felix hunts for food on Friday the 13th.

Rats steal Felix's cheese.

Felix goes looking for food.

Felix gets a babysitting job.

Cartoon short.

After being evicted, Felix sets up two tents in the woods and rents them to bears and a stork.

Cartoon short.

Felix Frolics at the Circus is an American animated short film featuring Felix the Cat and released on September 26, 1920.