A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Tantalizing Fly
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] Dave Fleischer?

Cast: Ko-Ko the clown, Max Fleischer [himself], [?] ? [second animator].

The Bray Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [Goldwyn Bray Pictograph]. / Produced by John R. Bray. Scenario by Max Fleischer. Animation by Max Fleischer. / No copyright registration. Released 4 October 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series.

Comedy: Cartoon.

Survival status: Print exists in the Inkwell Images film collection [16mm reduction print].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation - Animation studios - Artists - Flies - Fly swatters - Ink - Ink pens - Ink wells

Listing updated: 10 May 2013.

References: Film viewing : Maltin-Mice p. 356 : Website-Bray; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.