Experimental image

Experiment # 1

June 10, 1918 Theatrical Experimental

Studio
Bray Studios
Distributor
Paramount-Bray Pictographs

Credits

Directing

Director
Max Fleischer

Producing

Producer
J. R. Bray

Writing

Writer
Max Fleischer

Production notes

Silent cartoon.

A combination live-action and animated series created by Max Fleischer, it proved to be one of the most popular silent cartoons. The shorts usually started off with The Clown (who would eventually become Ko-Ko) antagonizing the animator (Max Fleischer) before the adventure began.

This cartoon is presumed lost.

Reviews

Experiment # 1 (Electric Bell)

Ray PointerNovember 25, 2001

THE ELECTRIC BELL is a training film produced by Bray Studios that was animated and directed by Max Fleischer. This is possibly the earliest of Fleischer's work known to have survived. There is no evidnece that Experiments 1, 2, and 3 still exist. This title is not Experiment #3, and is not of the OUT OF THE INKWELL series.