As a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.
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Max Fleischer
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(directed by: television reissue) (as Max Fleicher) |
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Max Fleischer
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(written by: television reissue)
(as Max Fleicher)
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A cartoonist drawing a clown is harassed by a fly. His efforts to swat the insect only spray ink over his drawing, so he borrows a fly-swatter from a co-worker. When the fly comes to rest on the clown, the cartoonist gives the paper a mighty whack, sending the clown head over teakettle, but missing the fly entirely. The clown borrows the pen from the cartoonist and attempts to smack the fly, which only splatters the cartoonist with ink. The clown next decides to draw a picture of a bald man to lure the fly, but once again his mighty thwack only sends the seated man sprawling. Exasperated, the cartoonist picks up the paper, and the ink slides down the page into the inkwell. In the last scene, the fly follows the ink into the bottle and the cartoonist captures the annoying insect at last.
Written by David Bassler
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Forfulgt af Fluer
(Denmark)
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Possibly released as part of the seventh weekly Goldwyn-Bray Pictograph, released on October 19, 1919, along with Three Men in a Boat and a Turtle (1919). This Pictograph is reviewed in the November 2, 1919 edition of Wid's Daily.
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Featured in
The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955).
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[first lines]
Cartoonist:
You just keep quiet for a second, I'll get him.
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