Popeye 1943-45: Popeye Gets Famous
When Paramount foreclosed on Max Fleischer’s studio, they certainly had great hopes for Popeye. He was their bread and butter (despite wartime rationing).
Tag Archives: Famous Studios
Max and Dave: Specials, Leading To Noveltoons
The Fleischers must have thought they could restore their relationship with Paramount by putting out occasional specials in Technicolor. They were wrong.
Baby Huey in “Swab The Duck” (1956)
The story of how I got my hands on a brand new 35mm print, struck from Paramount’s original negatives.
Famous Studios’ “Lulu at the Zoo” (1944)
While it isn’t the funniest of the series, it’s beautifully designed and animated with a great score – and Dutch subtitles!
A Thunderbean Thursday – from 2013
Welcome to a Thunderbean Thanksgiving Thursday – from nine years ago.
“Bargain Counter Attack” (1946) from a 35mm IB nitrate print
It’s a charming cartoon, well-designed and executed. And Little Lulu’s mischief making gags are pretty fun.
In His Own Words: Dave Tendlar on Superman
Tendlar worked not only on the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but on the character for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera. Here’s what he said about that.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day with “The Wee Men” (1948)
I was wondering if we had shown this before near St. Patrick’s day before, but I guess we didn’t. So here it is!
It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Birthday, Winston Sharples!
Celebrating the music legend behind almost one thousand cartoons – but surprisingly few soundtrack records.
TRANSFILM – The Biggest Little Studio
Transfilm originated as a way of supporting the war effort and went on to become the east coast’s most profitable commercial studio.
