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Predecessor | Fleischer Studios |
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Founded | January 25, 1942 | (as Famous Studios)
Founder | Sam Buchwald |
Defunct | 1967 |
Fate | Shut down by Paramount Pictures |
Successor | Paramount Animation |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida (1942–1943), New York City (1943–1967) |
Key people | Sam Buchwald Seymour Kneitel Isadore Sparber Dan Gordon Howard Post Ralph Bakshi |
Products | Animated cartoons |
Owner | Paramount Pictures (Gulf+Western) |
Number of employees | Approx. 50 |
Famous Studios (renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956) was the first animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967. Famous was founded as a successor company to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount seized control of the aforementioned studio and ousted its founders, Max and Dave Fleischer, in 1941.[1] The studio's productions included three series started by the Fleischers—Popeye the Sailor, Superman, and Screen Songs—as well as Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Honey Halfwitch, Herman and Katnip, Baby Huey, and the anthology Noveltoons series.
The Famous name was previously used by Famous Players Film Company, one of several companies which in 1912 became Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, the company which founded Paramount Pictures.[1] Paramount's music publishing branch, which held the rights to all of the original music in the Fleischer/Famous cartoons, was named Famous Music, and a movie theater chain in Canada owned by Paramount was called Famous Players.
Many of the Famous Studios productions are currently owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia and Warner Bros. through Turner Entertainment and DC Comics (for Popeye The Sailor (1942–1957) and Superman (1942–1943)) and Comcast's NBCUniversal and Universal Pictures through DreamWorks Animation/Classic Media for Harvey Comics (October 1950–March 1962 and Felix the Cat (1958–1962)). The April 1962–1967 cartoons, including two 1960s cartoons featuring Little Lulu, are still owned by Paramount Pictures along with the 1943 – September 1950 cartoons (the latter being through Melange Pictures, LLC).
History[]
Fleischer Studios dissolution[]
Fleischer Studios was a successful animation studio responsible for producing cartoon shorts starring characters such as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor. The studio moved its operations from New York City to Miami, Florida in 1938, following union problems and the start of production on its first feature film, Gulliver's Travels (1939).[2] While Gulliver was a success, the expense of the move and increased overhead costs created finance problems for the Fleischer Studios. The studio depended upon advances and loans from its distributor, Paramount Pictures, in order to continue production on its short subjects and to begin work on a second feature, Mr. Bug Goes to Town.[3]
Compounding the problems the studio was facing was the fact that the studio's co-founders, brothers Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer, were becoming increasingly estranged, and by this time were no longer speaking to each other due to personal and professional disputes.[4] On May 25, 1941, Paramount assumed full ownership of Fleischer Studios, and required the Fleischer brothers to submit signed letters of resignation, to be used at Paramount's discretion.[3] Following the unsuccessful release of Mr. Bug in December 1941,[3] Max Fleischer, no longer able to cooperate with Dave, sent Paramount a telegram expressing such.[4] Paramount responded by producing the letters of resignation, severing the Fleischer brothers from control of their studio.[3]
Paramount renamed the studio Famous Studios. Although they had ownership of the company, it remained a separate entity.[3] Three top Fleischer employees were promoted to run the animation studio: business manager Sam Buchwald, storyboard artist Isadore Sparber, and Max Fleischer's son-in-law, head animator Seymour Kneitel.[1] Buchwald assumed Max Fleischer's place as executive producer, while Sparber and Kneitel shared Dave Fleischer's former responsibilities as supervising producers and credited directors.[3] A third animation director, Dan Gordon, remained only briefly before being fired shortly after the move to New York.[4][5] Although the Fleischers left the studio at the end of 1941, Famous Studios was not officially incorporated until May 25, 1942, after Paramount's contract with Fleischer Studios had formally run its course.[3]
Early years[]
Shortly after the takeover, Paramount began plans to move a significantly downsized Famous Studios back to New York, a move completed early in 1943.[1] Virtually all of the Famous staff, including voice artist/storyman Jack Mercer, storyman Carl Meyer, voice artist Mae Questel, and animators such as Myron Waldman, David Tendlar, Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Tafuri, and Al Eugster, were holdovers from the Fleischer era. These artists remained with Famous/Paramount for much of the studio's existence. As at Fleischer, the head animators carried out the tasks that were assigned to animation directors at other studios, while the credited directors—Kneitel, Sparber, Gordon, and Disney/Terrytoons veteran Bill Tytla—acted more as supervisors.[6] Sammy Timberg served as musical director until he was replaced in 1946 by Winston Sharples, who formerly worked with the Van Beuren Studios.
Continuing series from the Fleischer period included Popeye the Sailor and Superman, both licensed from popular comics characters. The expensive Superman cartoons, having lost their novelty value with exhibitors, ended production in 1943, a year after Famous' inception. They were replaced by a series starring Saturday Evening Post comic strip character Little Lulu. Also in 1943, Famous began producing the formerly black-and-white Popeye cartoons in Technicolor, and began a new series of one-shot cartoons under the umbrella title Noveltoons (similar in respects to the Color Classics series from Fleischer Studios, and also the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series from Warner Bros.).[7]
The Noveltoons series introduced several popular characters such as Herman and Katnip, Baby Huey and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper was created by writer Seymour Reit and Famous animator Joe Oriolo in the late 1930s as a children's book manuscript, and was sold to Famous during World War II. It became the studio's most successful wholly owned property.[6]
In 1947, Paramount decided to stop paying Little Lulu creator Marge licensing royalties, and created another "mischievous girl" character, Little Audrey, as a replacement.[7] That same year Famous resurrected an old Fleischer series, Screen Songs, introducing a new series of musical cartoons featuring a "bouncing ball" sing-along.[6] In 1951, the Screen Songs became "Kartune Musical Shorts," which ended in 1953 after Max Fleischer claimed ownership of the "bouncing ball" trademark. Only two more musical cartoons were released (as one-shot Noveltoons): 1954's Candy Cabaret and 1963's Hobo's Holiday.
Although the studio still carried much of the staff from the previous regime, animation fans and historians note that its films soon diverged from the previous style.[1] Many of them, including animation historian and film critic Leonard Maltin, derided the company style for being highly formulaic and largely oriented toward a children's audience, with none of the artistic ambition or sophistication that the management under the Fleischer brothers strove for.[1][6]
Later period and sales of cartoon libraries[]
Sam Buchwald died of a heart attack in 1951.[8] Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber became the production heads of the studio shortly afterward, and Dave Tendlar was promoted to director in 1953.[8]
The mid and late-1950s brought a number of significant changes for Famous Studios. In 1955, Paramount sold most of its 1942–1950 shorts and cartoons, except for the Popeye and Superman shorts, to U.M. & M. TV Corporation for television distribution. The Popeye cartoons were acquired by Associated Artists Productions, and the Superman cartoons had already reverted to Superman's owners National Comics after the studio's film rights to the character had expired. In 1956, Famous Studios was downsized and reorganized. Paramount assumed full control of the studio, integrating it as a division named Paramount Cartoon Studios.[8] Around the same time, Isadore Sparber was fired, leaving Seymour Kneitel alone in charge of the studio. In addition, because of studio budget cuts, the animation quality of the shorts began to drop sharply; by 1959 everything that the studio was turning out began to look bizarrely cheap and limited. Paramount also ceased using Technicolor by this time in favor for cheaper color processes. The last Famous Studios short to use Technicolor was Katnip's Big Day, the finale of the Herman and Katnip cartoon series. Despite the studio submitting some of their shorts for Academy Award consideration, none received a nomination.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Paramount sold its remaining cartoon film library and the rights to its established characters to Harvey Comics in 1959; however, the final theatrical cartoon to have any of their established characters already acquired by Harvey Comics since was Turtle Scoop featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare (both uncredited and redrawn) in 1961.[8] Paramount's attempts at creating replacement characters, among them Jeepers and Creepers and The Cat, proved unsuccessful. Nonetheless, television animation production outsourced from King Features and Harvey Films brought the company additional income. Ironically, these arrangements had Paramount working on new television cartoons starring Casper, whom they had originally created, and Popeye and Little Lulu, characters they had previously licensed for theatrical cartoons.[8] In the case of King Features' Popeye and King Features Trilogy TV cartoons, Paramount was one of several animation studios, among them Jack Kinney Productions and Rembrandt Films, to which King Features subcontracted production.[8] The first of only two all-new Little Lulu cartoons after the character's 13-year hiatus off-screen, Alvin's Solo Flight, was released as part of the Noveltoons series in 1961, while twelve of the King Features Trilogy cartoons, starring characters such as Krazy Kat, Little Lulu, Beetle Bailey, and Snuffy Smith, were released theatrically by Paramount in 1962 under the title Comic Kings.[8]
Seymour Kneitel died of a heart attack in 1964, and Paramount brought in comic book veteran Howard Post to run the cartoon studio.[17] Under Post's supervision, Paramount began new cartoon series and characters such as Swifty and Shorty and Honey Halfwitch (the latter having originated from the Modern Madcaps series in the 1965 short Poor Little Witch Girl), and allowed comic strip artist Jack Mendelsohn to direct two well-received cartoons based upon children's imaginations and drawing styles: The Story of George Washington and A Leak in the Dike (both 1965).[17]
However, Post left the studio due to internal conflicts with the Paramount staff. His replacement was Shamus Culhane, a veteran of the Fleischer Studios.[17] Culhane completed a few films that Post started and then ignored the rule book and made films that were very different from the previous regime.[18] In 1966, the studio subcontracted The Mighty Thor cartoons from Grantray-Lawrence Animation, producers of the animated television series The Marvel Super Heroes.[19] In 1967, Culhane directed another short based upon children's art, My Daddy, the Astronaut,[20] which became Paramount's first film to be shown at an animation festival.[19] However, when Paramount's board of directors rejected a proposal to produce episodes for a second Grantray-Lawrence series, Spider-Man, Culhane quit the studio, and was succeeded by former Terrytoons animator Ralph Bakshi in mid-1967.[19] Although Bakshi quickly put several experimental shorts into production, by the winter of 1968, Paramount's new owners, Gulf+Western, had begun the process of shutting down the animation studio, a task completed in December. The last cartoon from Paramount Cartoon Studios, Mouse Trek, the finale of the Fractured Fables series, premiered on December 31, 1967.[21]
Legacy[]
Despite Famous Studios' 1967 closing, it has since gained a cult following on both public domain home media and in animation circles.[22]
The 1961 short Abner the Baseball is displayed at the Baseball Hall of Fame.[23]
The Harveytoons Show, consulted by animation historian Jerry Beck, first aired in syndication during the 1990s.[24][25]
Famous Studios Staff: 1942-1967[]
(Note: Most of the staff listed are handovers from Fleischer Studios)
Producers[]
- Sam Buchward (Assistant Producer, 1942-1951)
- Isadore "I." Sparber (1942-1958)
- Seymour Kneitel (1942-1964)
- Dan Gordon (1942-1944)
- Max Fleischer (Archived footage, 1949, 1950, 1952)
- Howard Post (1964-1967)
- James Culhane (1966-1967)
- Ralph Bakshi (1967)
Directors[]
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- Ralph Bakshi (1967)
- James Culhane (1966-1967)
- Gene Deitch (1965-1967)
- Dave Fleischer (Archived footage, 1949, 1950, 1952)
- Dan Gordon (1942-1944)
- Chuck Harriton (1967)
- Seymour Knietel (1942-1964)
- Howard Post (1964-1967)
- Isadore Sparber (1942-1958) (Credited as I. Sparber)
- Dave Tendlar (1945, 1953-1958)
- Bill Tytla (1945-1950)
Writers[]
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- Bill Ballard
- Howard Beckerman
- Larz Bourne
- Joe Cal Cagno
- Dana Coty
- Irving Dressler
- Woody Gelman
- Tom Golden
- Joseph Gottlieb
- George Hill
- Seymour Kneitel
- Isadore "I." Klein
- Eddie Lawrence
- Robert Little
- Jack Mercer
- Otto Messmer
- Carl Meyer
- Jay Morton
- Al Pross
- Larry Riley
- Howard A. Schneider
- John Stanley
- Joe Stultz
- Dave Tendlar
- Bill Turner
- Jim Tyre
- Jack Ward
Animators[]
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- Dante Barbetta
- Willard Bowsky
- Paul Busch
- Orestes Calpini
- George Cannata
- Doug Crane
- Irving Dressler
- Gerry Dvorak
- Jack Ehret
- H.C. Ellison
- Frank Endres
- Al Eugster
- Otto Feuer
- George Germanetti
- John Gentilella
- Tom Golden
- Reuben Grossman
- Dick Hall
- William Henning
- Bill Hudson
- Tom Johnson
- I. Klein
- Abner Kneitel
- Frank Little
- Jim Logan
- Thomas Moore
- Steve Muffati
- Joe Oriolo
- Wm. B. Pattengill
- Harvey Patterson
- Graham Place
- Al Pross
- Morey Reden
- George Rufle
- Gordon A. Sheehan
- Larry Silverman
- Ben Solomon
- Irving Spector
- Sam Stimson
- Nick Tafuri
- Martin Taras
- Dave Tendlar
- Jim Tyre
- Myron Waldman
- John Walworth
- Gordon Whittier
- Lou Zukor
Animation Directors[]
(Note: An animator who is credited first in a Famous Cartoon are directors of Animation)
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- Orestes Calpini
- Doug Crane
- Al Eugster
- John Gentilella
- George Germanetti
- Tom Johnson
- Steve Muffatti
- Joe Oriolo
- Graham Place
- Nick Tafuri
- Martin Taras
- Dave Tendlar
- Jim Tyre
- Myron Waldman
Layout and Scenic Artists[]
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- Cosmo Anzilotti
- Howard Beckerman
- Robert Connavale
- Joe Dommerque
- Lloyd Hallock, Jr.
- Jack Henegan
- Robert Little
- Anton Loeb
- Shane Miller
- Robert Owen
- Dave Ubinas
- John Zago
Voice Actors[]
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- Joan Alexander
- Dave Barry
- Jackson Beck
- Bud Collyer
- Margie Hines
- Jack Mercer
- Julian Noa
- Mae Questel
- Lillian Randolph
- Sid Raymond
- Cecil Roy
- Arnold Stang
- Allen Swift
Musical Supervisor and Arrangements[]
- Sammy Timberg (1942-1946)
- Winston Sharples (1942-1967)
Filmography[]
Theatrical short subjects series[]
- Popeye the Sailor (1942–1957; inherited from Fleischer Studios)
- Superman (1942–1943; inherited from Fleischer Studios)
- Noveltoons (1943–1967)
- Little Lulu (1943–1948, 1961-1962)
- Screen Songs (1947–1951; originally produced by Fleischer Studios)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950–1959)
- Kartunes (1951–1953)[26]
- Herman and Katnip (1952–1959)
- Modern Madcaps (1958–1967)
- Jeepers and Creepers (1960; part of the Modern Madcap series)
- The Cat (1960–1961; part of the Modern Madcap series)
- Abner the Baseball (1961; two-reeler special)[27]
- Comic Kings (1962–1963)
- Swifty and Shorty (1964–1965)
- Honey Halfwitch (1965–1967)[28]
- Nudnik (1965–1967) (produced by Gene Deitch in Czechoslovakia)
- Merry Makers (1967)[29]
- GoGo Toons (1967)
- Fractured Fables (1967)
Television series[]
- Segments of Felix the Cat (1958–1962; outsourced from Joe Oriolo Productions and Trans-Lux)
- Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1962 episodes only)
- Segments of Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962; outsourced from King Features)
- Segments of King Features Trilogy (1961–1965; outsourced from King Features)
- Twelve of the Paramount-produced shorts in this series were released theatrically in 1962 under the title Comic Kings.
- The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1964, produced for Harvey Films)
- The Mighty Thor segments of The Marvel Super Heroes (1966; outsourced from Grantray-Lawrence Animation)
See also[]
- Fleischer Studios
- Harvey Films
- Public domain animation in the US
- Paramount Animation
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. Pg. 311
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 116
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 303–305. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Beck, Jerry. "Fleischer Becomes Famous Studios". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 313 – 316
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 312
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 316–319
- ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1948 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1953 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1956 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1954 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1958 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1959 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1961 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1967 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 319–321
- ↑ Think or Sink: The Flebus of Famous Studios|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 321–322
- ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1967 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ Mouse Trek (1967) - Fractured Fables Theatrical Cartoon Series|BCDb
- ↑ The Cult of "Noveltoons"|Cartoon Research
- ↑ #Shortstops: Baseball cartoons tell story of the game’s popularity|Baseball Hall of Fame
- ↑ Cooke, Jon (2007). "GAC Review: Harveytoons – The Complete Collection". Golden Age Cartoons. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
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: - ↑ "The "Complete" Harveytoons". Cartoon Brew. 26 October 2006. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
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: - ↑ Kartune Theatrical Series–Famous Studios|BCDB
- ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award–1961 -". cartoonresearch.com.
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: - ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 93. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/92/mode/2up. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/106/mode/2up. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links[]
- Famous Studios at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Paramount and Famous Studios at Cartoon Research
- Famous Studio filmography 1940s
- Famous Studio filmography 1950s
- Famous Studio filmography 1960s
Fleischer Studios | ||
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Founders | Max Fleischer • Dave Fleischer | |
Theatrical shorts series |
Out of the Inkwell (1918–1926) • Inkwell Imps (1927–1929) • Song Car-Tunes (1924–1926) • Screen Songs (1929–1938) • Talkartoons (1929–1932) • Betty Boop (1932–1939) • Popeye the Sailor (1933–1942, list of shorts) • Color Classics (1934–1941) • Hunky and Spunky (1938–1941) • Animated Antics (1939–1941) • Stone Age (1940) • Gabby (1940–1941) • Superman (1941–1942) | |
One-shot shorts | Darwin's Theory of Evolution (1923) • The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) • Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941) • The Raven (1942) • The Vacationer's Paradise (1942) | |
Feature films | Gulliver's Travels (1939) • Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) | |
People | Joan Alexander • Tom Baron • Jackson Beck • Dave Berry • Robert Bentley • Eddi Bowlds • William Bowsky • Willard Bowsky • Hemia Calpini • Orestes Calpini • Eric St. Cllair • Joel Clive • Bud Collyer • Pinto Colvig • Robert Connavale • William Costello • Roland Crandall • James Culhane • Joe D'Igalo • James Davis • Nelson Demorest • Anthony Di Paola • H.C. Ellison • Frank Endres • Al Eugster • Don Figlozzi • Lou Fleischer • Warren Foster • Goerge Germanetti • Arnold Gillespie • Tom Golden • Dan Gordon • Reuben Grossman • William Henning • Winfield Hoskins • Cal Howard • Tom Johnson • Abner Matthews Kneitel • Seymour Kneitel • Bob Leffingwell • Anton Loeb • George Manuell • Jack Mercer • Carl Meyer • Shane Miller • Thomas Moore • George Moreno Jr. • Steve Muffati • Grim Natwick • Julian Noa • Bill Nolan • Joe Oriolo • Tom Palmer • William Pennell • Ted Pierce • Sid Pillet • Graham Place • Bonnie Poe • Stan Quackenbush • Mae Questel • Lod Rossner • Ann Rothschild • Erich Schenk • Ted Sears • Hal Seeger • Edmond Seward • Winston Sharples • Gordon Sheeman • Ben Solomon • Isadore Sparber • Irving Spector • George Steiner • Sam Stimson • William Sturm • Nick Tafuri • David Tendlar • Gustaf Tenggren • Sammy Timberg • William Turner • Jim Tyer • Edith Vernick • Myron Waldman • Harold Walker • John Walworth • Bob Wickersham • Gus Wickie • Kaye Wright • Lou Zukor | |
See also | Bray Productions • Famous Studios • Paramount Pictures |
Paramount Pictures Cartoon Studios | ||
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Theatrical short film series |
Popeye the Sailor (1942–1957, list of shorts) • Superman (1942–1943) • Noveltoons (1943–1967) • Little Lulu (1943–1948) • Screen Songs (1947–1951) • Little Audrey (1948–1958) • Baby Huey (1950–1959) • Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950–1959) • Buzzy and Katnip (1950–1954) • Kartunes (1951–1953) • Herman and Katnip (1950–1959) • Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare (1953–1957) • Modern Madcaps (1958–1967) • Jeepers and Creepers (1960) • The Cat (1960–1961) • Swifty and Shorty (1964–1965) • Honey Halfwitch (1965–1967) • Merry Makers (1967) • GoGo Toons (1967) • Fractured Fables (1967) | |
TV series | The Harveytoons Show (1950—1962) • Felix the Cat (1958—1962) • Popeye the Sailor (1960–1963) • King Features Trilogy (1961–1965) • Beany and Cecil (1962) • The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1964) | |
See also | Bray Productions • Fleischer Studios |
Children's programming on CBS | ||
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By decade | 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s | |
Individual blocks | CBS Kidshow (1997–2000) • Nickelodeon on CBS (2000–2006) (programs) • Cookie Jar TV (2009–2013) (programs) CBS WKND (2013–present) | |
Related topics | List of programs • Saturday-morning cartoon (preview specials) | |
Owned & operated studios | Terrytoons |
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Companies/studios | Active | 21st Century Fox (20th Century Fox Animation • Blue Sky Studios • Fox Television Animation) • Ace & Son • Augenblick Studios • Bento Box Entertainment • The Curiosity Company • DHX Media (WildBrain) • Disney (Disney Television Animation • DisneyToon Studios • Industrial Light & Magic • Lucasfilm Animation • Marvel Animation • Pixar Animation Studios • Walt Disney Animation Studios) • Film Roman • Floyd County Productions • Frederator Studios (Frederator Films) • Fuzzy Door Productions • Golden Films • Hasbro (Hasbro Studios) • Jim Henson's Creature Shop • Kinofilm • Klasky Csupo • Laika • Little Airplane Productions • Man of Action Studios • Marza Animation Planet • Mattel (Hot Animation) • Mexopolis • Mondo Media (6 Point Harness) • NBCUniversal (DreamWorks Animation • Big Idea Entertainment • DreamWorks Classics • Harvey Entertainment • Jay Ward Productions • Illumination Entertainment • Universal Animation Studios • PorchLight Entertainment • Radical Axis • Reel FX Creative Studios • Renegade Animation • Rough Draft Studios • ShadowMachine • Sony Pictures (Adelaide Productions • Sony Pictures Animation • Sony Pictures Imageworks) • Splash Entertainment • Sprite Animation Studios • Spümcø • Stoopid Monkey • Time Warner (Cartoon Network Studios • Warner Bros. Animation • Williams Street) • Titmouse, Inc. • United Plankton Pictures • Vanguard Animation • Viacom (MTV Animation • Nick Digital • Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Paramount Animation) • World Events Productions |
Defunct | 70/30 Productions • Amblimation • Animation Collective • Animation Lab • Animation Magic • Cartoon Pizza • Circle 7 Animation • Cookie Jar Group • Crest Animation Productions • Curious Pictures • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • DIC Entertainment • DNA Productions • Famous Studios • Filmation • Fleischer Studios • Fox Animation Studios • Hanna-Barbera • Jetlag Productions • Kroyer Films • Laugh-O-Gram Studio • Marvel Productions • MGM-Pathé Communications • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • MGM Cartoons) • Pacific Data Images • Rankin/Bass Productions • Ruby-Spears • Screen Gems Cartoons • Skellington Productions • Soup2Nuts • Sullivan Bluth Studios • Sunbow Entertainment • Terrytoons • United Productions of America • Van Beuren Studios • Walter Lantz Productions • Warner Bros. Cartoons • Will Vinton Studios • Williams Street West | |
Industry associations | The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 • ASIFA-Hollywood | |
Awards | Academy Awards • Annie Award • Daytime Emmy Award • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards • Primetime Emmy Award | |
History | Silent era • Golden age (World War II) • Television era • Modern era | |
Genres | Animated Infomercial • Animated sitcom • Buddy film • Comedy-drama • Superhero fiction • Western | |
Related topics | American Comics (History of American comics • Tijuana bible) • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces • Flash animation |