Golden-age theatrical cartoons. Streaming 24 hours a day, synchronized to the second across all viewers worldwide.
Max Fleischer's clown hops out of the inkwell to battle a pesky fly, mixing live action and hand-drawn animation like nobody else in 1919.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:34 PM UTC • Today at 5:47 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:52 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE
General Electric's 1954 snapshot of American life: railroad traffic control, mass transit, fishing, a TV quiz show and jet propulsion.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:38 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:56 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:49 PM UTC
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Close-up and stop-motion photography follow the life cycle of the 17-year cicada through the brood of 1936. Made with the USDA.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:51 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:10 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:03 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 87:HABITAT
A 1926 silent short starring Felix the Cat, the cartoon superstar who ruled the screen before Mickey Mouse arrived.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:59 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:17 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:11 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE
A 1956 history of television, from the labs that built black-and-white and color sets to broadcasts, with animated explainers of cameras and transmitters.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 5:09 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:27 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:20 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 82:SMOKESTACK
A 1938 Kodak teaching film on Japanese-occupied Manchuria: mines, steel mills, railways and daily life. A period document with a period point of view.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 5:36 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:54 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:47 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 81:HALL PASS, 86:POSTCARD
An auto mechanic hears a radio show praising the cooperation of ants and gets carried away. A 1950 cartoon with a political message.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 5:50 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:08 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:02 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 82:SMOKESTACK
Castle Films' year-end newsreel recap of 1945, the year World War II ended.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 5:59 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:17 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:10 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 32:SAUCER, 54:SQUIGGLE, 80:EXTRA EXTRA
Felix tries to rescue a man's kidnapped wife in this silent 1922 Felix the Cat cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 6:08 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:26 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:20 AM UTC
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Steve has a peptic ulcer and a tense job, and this 1959 health drama ties them together. Its ulcer theory is now discredited.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 6:17 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:35 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:28 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK
Ub Iwerks' first Flip the Frog cartoon, made in early two-color Technicolor: a woodland dance party with a fiddle-playing mouse.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 6:45 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:03 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:56 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE
A pair of old cartoon shorts, The Haunted House and The Skeleton Symphony, from a film collector's reels. Title only to go on, so expect spooky gags.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 6:51 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:10 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:03 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 31:HUSH, 54:SQUIGGLE
Popeye's nephews want fireworks for the Fourth of July. Popeye says no. The fireworks win.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 6:57 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:15 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:08 AM UTC
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Felix the Cat's picnic goes wrong thanks to the weather and some food thieves. A 1930 cartoon from the sound era.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:03 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:21 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:14 AM UTC
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A cartoon from 1929, title only. Expect silent- or early-sound-era animation with no further detail to go on.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:12 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:24 AM UTC
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Olive Oyl hires Popeye to guard a glowing green jewel, and the sailor man goes full private eye.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:20 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:38 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:31 AM UTC
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Flip the Frog's debut, Ub Iwerks' first cartoon after leaving Disney and a sound short shot in two-strip Technicolor. A 1930 frog's first hop.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:27 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:45 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:38 AM UTC
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A 1928 Felix the Cat cartoon about homes that are sure-locked. Title only to go on, so expect silent-era mischief.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:34 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:52 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:46 AM UTC
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Popeye's snoring keeps a mouse awake all night, and the mouse declares war. Guess who wins.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:42 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:00 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:53 AM UTC
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A 1930 cartoon about nature, going by the title. Details are scarce, so check the content first.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:49 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:07 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:00 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 87:HABITAT
A 1927 Felix the Cat cartoon about a germ mania. Title only to go on, so expect silent gags and a very bendy cat.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 7:56 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:15 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:08 AM UTC
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Bluto bullies Popeye and schemes to wreck his date with Olive Oyl.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 8:04 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:22 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:15 AM UTC
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A cartoon from 1930, title only. Expect early-sound-era animation with no further detail to go on.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 8:10 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:28 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:21 AM UTC
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A compilation reel of silent-era animation and shorts from the 1920s, per its title.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 8:18 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:36 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:29 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 10:26 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:44 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:37 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 82:SMOKESTACK
Max Fleischer's 1930 sound cartoon Mysterious Mose. Early talkie animation in the Fleischer studio's rubbery, anything-goes style.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 10:40 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:58 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:51 AM UTC
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A Felix the Cat cartoon from 1928, with a title that promises a swanky future. Title only to go on, so expect silent gags.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 10:41 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 12:59 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:52 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 10:48 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:06 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 5:59 AM UTC
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A 1930 Felix the Cat cartoon, with a title that hints at spring and a maze. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 10:56 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:14 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:08 AM UTC
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A compilation reel of early talkies, per its title. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 11:04 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:22 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:15 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 11:10 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:28 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:22 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 83:RED TAPE
Flip the Frog's early Ub Iwerks cartoon: music, mischief and a frog with rhythm.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 11:20 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:38 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:31 AM UTC
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Felix the Cat visits Hollywood in this 1923 cartoon, where the film colony meets a cartoon cat.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 11:26 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:44 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:37 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 54:SQUIGGLE
A 1957 survey of peacetime atomic energy, from power plants to radioisotopes in medicine, farming and industry.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 11:35 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 1:53 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 6:47 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 82:SMOKESTACK, 83:RED TAPE
Flip the Frog's early Ub Iwerks cartoon: music, mischief and a frog with rhythm.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 12:05 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:23 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 7:16 AM UTC
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Felix the Cat at the circus in an early 1920s cartoon. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 12:11 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:29 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 7:22 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 12:17 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 2:35 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 7:28 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 201:HOLIDAZE
A boy adopts a stray dog, his father lands on trial in a land of gnomes, and tooth-brushing gets the last word. A sponsored musical cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 1:25 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:43 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 8:36 AM UTC
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A Felix the Cat cartoon with an astronomical title. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 1:35 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:53 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 8:46 AM UTC
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John Q. Public learns how stock gets listed on the NYSE through an oil drum company's growth. Animation meets investing, 1952 style.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 1:41 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 3:59 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 8:52 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK
A 1946 live-action and animation mix on the dangers of atomic weapons, sponsored by an atomic information committee. Cold War-era worry, front and center.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 1:53 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:11 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:05 AM UTC
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Alice and Julius the cat land among cannibals in this Disney Alice comedy. Dated tropes ahead.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:02 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:21 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:14 AM UTC
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A raindrop travels a watershed in animation, then live action shows what bad watershed management does to people and land. A Forest Service short.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:09 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:27 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:20 AM UTC
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A Felix the Cat cartoon from around 1927 starring the cat and a kit. Title only to go on, so expect silent-era gags.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:16 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:34 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:28 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 64:JINGLE
Sindbad wants Olive Oyl and sends a giant bird after her ship. Popeye, Wimpy and a can of spinach have notes.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:27 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 4:45 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:38 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 14:SWASH, 54:SQUIGGLE
Alice takes on a dog-catching job in this Disney Alice comedy. Live girl, cartoon pooches.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:43 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:01 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 9:54 AM UTC
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An animated tour of the Ford Cycle of Production exhibit at the New York World's Fair, with purchase orders marching across the country.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 2:56 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:14 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:07 AM UTC
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Alice and Julius the cat head into the Wild West in this Disney Alice comedy. Live girl, cartoon cowboys.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:10 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:28 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:21 AM UTC
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A 1944 All-American News issue, the first newsreel series made for a black audience. This one covers an interracial Youth Conference of Chicago students.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:16 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:35 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:28 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 80:EXTRA EXTRA, 90:HEPCAT
Felix the Cat in a 1929 silent-era romp. Title only to go on, so expect rubber-hose gags and a very expressive tail.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:24 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:42 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:35 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:49 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:43 AM UTC
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French animator Lortac's cartoon about Professor Mechanist and his exhausting invention. Early gadget comedy.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 3:40 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 5:58 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:51 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 3:43 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:01 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 10:54 AM UTC
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Felix the Cat makes a comeback in this early 1920s cartoon. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 3:51 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:09 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:02 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 3:58 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:17 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:10 AM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE
A Felix the Cat cartoon from 1924, with a title about pinching a pole. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:18 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:36 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:29 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:26 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:44 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:38 AM UTC
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A Felix the Cat cartoon from the early 1920s, with a title that promises payback. Details are thin.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:36 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:54 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:48 AM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:42 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:00 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 11:53 AM UTC
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Felix the Cat's luck goes sour in this 1924 Felix cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:50 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:08 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:01 PM UTC
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Golden-age theatrical cartoons.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 4:54 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:12 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:05 PM UTC
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An American soldier goes AWOL in Europe after the armistice, chasing a girl named Joy into a heap of trouble. A 1919 silent cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:20 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:38 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:31 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 81:HALL PASS
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go to the circus and dare each other to scare a woman. A 1916 silent cartoon with a very comic-strip sense of nerve.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:26 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:44 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:37 PM UTC
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Mr. Nobody Holme warms up his sluggish car with a stick of dynamite. A 1916 silent cartoon where the engine gets quite the wake-up call.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:29 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:47 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:40 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 82:SMOKESTACK
An ineffectual cop, Officer Heeler, quits the force after losing his battle against speeders. A 1916 silent cartoon of the early motoring age.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:31 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:49 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:42 PM UTC
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A workman returns Miss Gotrox's lost purse of 10,000 dollars and gets a Canadian dime as thanks. A 1916 animated cartoon with a wry moral.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:33 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:51 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:44 PM UTC
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A 1916 animated cartoon about a woman who tries and fails to lose weight. Silent comedy with period attitudes, so expect dated humor.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:35 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:53 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:46 PM UTC
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A clay-animated prehistoric love triangle: three suitors, one Miss Araminta Rockface. A 1917 silent comedy with dinosaur-sized laughs.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:37 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 7:55 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:49 PM UTC
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A cartoon character hops out of a telephone magazine to answer a reader's letter about industry jargon. Telephone terms, explained with animation.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:44 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:02 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 12:55 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE, 81:HALL PASS, 82:SMOKESTACK, 85:FAMILY REEL, 87:HABITAT
Winsor McCay's 1918 animated reconstruction of the Lusitania torpedoing, introduced by McCay himself. Sobering, ambitious hand-drawn work.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 5:54 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:12 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 1:05 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 14:SWASH, 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
An animated prologue about Adam and Eve leads into a married couple's housework woes. A 1925 silent comedy with a vacuum cleaner in a leading role.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 6:05 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:23 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 1:16 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 82:SMOKESTACK
Gertie the dinosaur, who lives in the present day, meets a train and dreams of being the life of the party. Excerpts from the Winsor McCay classic.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 6:38 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 6:40 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 8:57 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 40:TUMBLEWEED, 54:SQUIGGLE, 73:CALL NUMBER, 86:POSTCARD
Tel E. Phone introduces reporters to his descendants, from Mike the microphone to other offspring of the telephone. A 1929 sound-era explainer.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 6:43 AM UTC • Tomorrow at 9:01 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 1:54 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 82:SMOKESTACK
Bobby Bumps tricks his pal into a lodge initiation, then gets outsmarted and rescued. A 1916 silent cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:10 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:03 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 54:SQUIGGLE
Bobby Bumps heads off to school in this early Bray cartoon, a pen-and-ink kid with a dog and a knack for mischief.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:16 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:09 PM UTC
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An animated cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 European tour, with a big stick in hand and crowned heads in a car. Political satire, early animation style.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:21 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:14 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 70:FLICKER, 74:INTERTITLE
An animated caricature of animals reacting to Theodore Roosevelt arriving in Africa, with a monkey sounding the alarm. Early political animation.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:22 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:15 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 70:FLICKER, 86:POSTCARD
Dreamy Dud steals a pipe and blows smoke rings. The smoke turns into a ghost that carries him to the moon. Wallace Carlson's 1915 cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:23 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:16 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 54:SQUIGGLE, 70:FLICKER
Dud breaks his mother's bank to buy his girlfriend Maime an ice cream cone, gets punished, and runs away. Early animated trouble.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:28 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:21 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 31:HUSH, 54:SQUIGGLE
Dziga Vertov's 1924 animated satire from early Soviet Russia, a cutout cartoon with a political point.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:33 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:26 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Felix the Cat investigates a haunting. Spooky doings, one black cat, zero fear.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:44 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:37 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 31:HUSH, 54:SQUIGGLE
Mud animation from San Francisco pioneer Joseph Sunn, part of the Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff series. Stop-motion made from earth.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:50 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:43 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
J. Stuart Blackton draws a parade of faces, including a man with an umbrella and a clown, and they start to move.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:56 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:49 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 70:FLICKER
The McGinis family chases the latest fashions in this live-action and animation comedy. This reel is all about the men's styles.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 9:59 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:03 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:52 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 70:FLICKER
Krazy Kat serenades Ignatz Mouse's window and gets a barrage of bricks in reply. A 1916 silent cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:06 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 2:59 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 54:SQUIGGLE
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go bug hunting in the woods and run into a sleeping bee and an angry elephant. A 1916 cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:09 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:02 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 87:HABITAT
Walter Ruttmann's abstract animation, where painted shapes and colors move to a silent rhythm. Early German experimental film.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:12 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:05 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Walter Ruttmann's second Lichtspiel: moving abstract shapes and color, no story needed. Early German animation as pure motion.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:24 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:17 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Walter Ruttmann's third abstract Lichtspiel from 1924, early German animation where light and shape do the acting.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:28 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:21 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Walter Ruttmann's fourth abstract Lichtspiel, early German animation from the 1920s with shapes in motion.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Tomorrow at 10:32 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:25 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
A matador and a bull face off in mud animation by Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. Titles by Syl MacDowell, from Ralph Wolfe's Mud-Stuff.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Airing Now (3:25 PM UTC) • Tomorrow at 10:36 PM UTC • Mon, Nov 2 at 3:29 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Two girls wander a surreal forest of bowling dwarfs, a tipsy rabbit and Rip Van Winkle in this early American animated fable.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:39 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:50 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE
Mud animation from San Francisco pioneer Joseph Sunn, from the Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff series. Stop-motion with a squishy touch.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:46 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 10:57 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 74:INTERTITLE
Captain gets life insurance, his wife bakes him a pie, and the Katzenjammer Kids sneak toads inside. He thinks she's poisoning him. 1918 animation.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:50 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:01 PM UTC
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A prehistoric mailman and a rival suitor battle for Winnie Warclub's heart on Valentine's Day, in stop-motion mannequin comedy.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 3:57 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:09 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 10:PRATFALL, 54:SQUIGGLE, 201:HOLIDAZE
Cavemen and women flock to the Stonehenge Circus, where a dinosaur doubles as trampoline and tightrope. A 1921 silent cartoon.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:10 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:21 PM UTC
Also scheduled on: 52:ONCE UPON, 54:SQUIGGLE, 87:HABITAT
Political club members bribe a sculptor to carve their favorite bust, and he spends the money on dinner. A 1908 stop-motion caricature, full of period politics.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:16 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:27 PM UTC
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A 1918 animated pitch for war savings stamps, in which thrifty Americans help lock Germany's Kaiser in a circus cage. Subtle it is not.
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CH 50 INKWELL: Today at 4:27 PM UTC • Tomorrow at 11:39 PM UTC
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Two animated tire commercials by German abstract pioneer Walter Ruttmann. Proof the avant-garde paid its bills with ads.
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