Out of the Inkwell is an American animated film series of the silent era created by Max Fleischer, which pioneered the use of several animation techniques during its run. The shorts were a mix between
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Still from an Inkwell Imps cartoon featuring Koko the Clown and Fitz the Dog.
Advertisement to theater owners in The Film Daily, 1926.
The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's collection of films selected for preservation, each for its cultural, historical and aesthetic contributions since th
Out of the Inkwell
…Hypnotist, was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010. In 2024, the short Koko's Earth Control was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The following is an attempt to list the complete filmography…
Academy Award–winning director John Ford has the most entries with 11 films.
Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock, responsible for inductees ranging from the 1940 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Rebecca to 1963's The Birds
Orson Welles, acclaimed filmmaker behind inductees Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1948) and Touch of Evil (1958)
Stanley Kubrick, master auteur responsible for inductees ranging from 1957's Paths of Glory to his 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining