File:MGM Cartoon Logo 60s.jpg The early 1960s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon logo. | |
Formerly | Sib Tower 12 Productions (1962–1966) |
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Industry | Animated features and short films |
Predecessor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio |
Founded | 1962 |
Founders |
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Defunct | December 1970 |
Successor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Parent | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
MGM Animation/Visual Arts was an American animation studio established in 1962 by animation director/producer Chuck Jones and producer Les Goldman as Sib Tower 12 Productions. Its productions include the last series of Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts, the TV specials Horton Hears a Who and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, all released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
History[]
The studio was founded in 1960 as "S I B Productions, Inc.",[1] which in 1962 had hired the just developing Filmation Associates to animate a syndicated series called Rod Rocket.[2] It afterward evolved into "Sib Tower 12, Inc.", being taken over by Chuck Jones after he was fired from Warner Bros. Cartoons, because he was in violation of his contract[3] where he had served for over 30 years directing the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. A number of animators who had worked under Jones during his Warner Bros. career followed him to Sib Tower 12, as did voice actor Mel Blanc and storyman and writer Michael Maltese. Sib Tower 12 Productions received a contract from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to produce a new series of Tom and Jerry cartoons, which proved successful. MGM purchased the Sib Tower 12 studio and renamed it MGM Animation/Visual Arts in 1964.[4] This studio continued with Jones' Tom and Jerry shorts until 1967.
In addition to the Tom and Jerry cartoons, Jones worked on one other short, The Dot and the Line (1965), an abstract piece based upon a children's book by Norton Juster. It won the 1965 Academy Award for Animated Short Film.
The studio also turned to television, producing two highly acclaimed TV specials based on books by Dr. Seuss. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which aired in 1966, and Horton Hears a Who! in 1970.
The studio's most ambitious work was its 1970 feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, adapted from another Norton Juster book.
After the studio closed in late 1970, Chuck Jones went on to found Chuck Jones Film Productions which produced television specials based on the stories of Rudyard Kipling and of The Cricket in Times Square series. In 1993, MGM opened a new animation studio, MGM Animation.
Filmography[]
Theatrical cartoon shorts[]
Majority of studio's output were Tom and Jerry cartoons, but the studio also produced standalone shorts.
Tom and Jerry[]
1963
- Pent-House Mouse
1964
- The Cat Above and The Mouse Below
- Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
- Much Ado About Mousing
- Snowbody Loves Me
- The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
1965
- Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life
- Tom-ic Energy
- Bad Day at Cat Rock
- The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off
- Haunted Mouse
- I'm Just Wild About Jerry
- Of Feline Bondage
- The Year of the Mouse
- The Cat's Me-Ouch!
1966
- Duel Personality
- Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
- Jerry-Go-Round
- Love Me, Love My Mouse
- Puss 'n' Boats
- Filet Meow
- Matinee Mouse
- The A-Tom-Inable Snowman
- Catty-Cornered
1966
- Cat and Dupli-cat
- O-Solar Meow
- Guided Mouse-ille
- Rock 'n' Rodent
- Cannery Rodent
- The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
- Surf-Bored Cat
- Shutter Bugged Cat
- Advance and Be Mechanized
- Purr-Chance to Dream
One-shots[]
- The Dot and the Line (1965)
- The Bear That Wasn't (1967)
Television shows[]
- Tom and Jerry (1965) (bumpers, and reanimation of sequences from the original Hanna-Barbera shorts.)
- Off to See the Wizard (1967–1968)
Television specials[]
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969)
- Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
Feature films[]
- The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
See also[]
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films
- Chuck Jones Film Productions
Notes[]
- ↑ "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State". businesssearch.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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: - ↑ Scheimer, Lou (2012). Creating the Filmation Generation. Raleigh, North Carolina: Two Morrows Publishing. pp. 37. ISBN 978-1-60549-044-1.
- ↑ "What’s Up Doc: Paying Homage To The Man Who Brought Bugs Bunny To Life - The Late Chuck Jones". George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (CBC). September 21, 2012. https://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/whats-up-doc-paying-homage-to-the-man-who-brought-bugs-bunny-to-life-the-la.
- ↑ Lemay, Brian. "History of Animation: 1961 - 70". Retrieved from http://www.brianlemay.com/History/timeline1961-1970.html on September 10, 2006.
References[]
- Maltin, Leonard, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, New York: NAL Books, 1987, ISBN 0-452-25993-2
External links[]
- MGM Animation/Visual Arts on IMDb (subscription required)
MGM Cartoons | ||
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Series | Flip the Frog • Willie Whopper • Happy Harmonies • Captain and the Kids • Count Screwloose • Barney Bear • Tom and Jerry (filmography) • One-shots • Red Hot Riding Hood (Red (animated character)) • Droopy • Butch Dog • George and Junior • Screwy Squirrel • Spike and Tyke | |
People | Tex Avery • Joseph Barbera • Preston Blair • Scott Bradley • Friz Freleng • William Hanna • Hugh Harman • Rudolph Ising • Ub Iwerks • Chuck Jones • Michael Lah • Dick Lundy • Fred Quimby | |
Related | Associated Artists Productions • DePatie–Freleng Enterprises • Hanna-Barbera • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation |
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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 | |
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