Famous/Paramount Studios: Another Grab Bag
Any similarity between Goodie The Gremlin and Casper is purely…well… you know…
Any similarity between Goodie The Gremlin and Casper is purely…well… you know…
As original music began to become scarcer and scarcer, today’s sampling is simply a grab bag of bouncing balls!
Why would Paramount would choose to rename the “Screen Songs” series as “Kartunes” in 1951 while still maintaining style and content as before?
There were several who would wither achieve their own series later or become recognized “Stars” when Harvey featured the characters in comics and television.
By 1950, it was clear that there was a demand for more Casper – so, a theme song was commissioned from writers Mack David and Jerry Livingston.
The late 40s Screen Songs primarily tended to remain those old chestnuts that would linger in older audiences’ memories.
The Noveltoons of the late 1940’s and early 1950’s continued to please audiences, steady as she goes.
These cartoons seem to be developing a formula: find a locale, and build gags around it – and bonuses for the abundance of punny gags.
Their were endless possibilities in the combination of Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto – as well as in the music played in the background.
The songs used as the studio launched its own stable of characters to compete with the Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.