Famous Studios Made Some Cute Pictures: “Flip Flap” (1948)
As with most every Famous Studios cartoons from this period, it’s well-produced and animated – and a family favorite.
Tag Archives: Paramount Cartoons
An Auspicious Boop-Oop-A-Debut: The 95th Anniversary of “Dizzy Dishes,” and the introduction of Betty Boop
One of the most famous and enduring animated characters made her debut this month in 1930.
Top 10 “Casper The Friendly Ghost” Cartoons
Seriously? No – it’s not April Fools Day. No – I didn’t lose a bet.
Paramount/Famous Studios “The Little Brown Jug” (1948)
A whole cartoon about cute, drunk characters – and then inviting the audience sing-along to celebrate.
Howard Beckerman (1930-2024)
He left us on Saturday. Here’s a little tribute to a man who inspired a generation of animators.
Fleischer and Famous Studios: A Grab Bag, or Filet of Leftovers
Extreme cases present themselves, when a cartoon you had to skip over because it was unavailable suddenly gets found. Here are a few.
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.
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 3): Paramount’s “Party Dolls”
Boop, Lulu and “Lou”… A celebration of the irrepressible Fleischer/Famous party girls.
Gene Deitch on NUDNIK (Part 1)
Nudnik as a film series had the same bad luck as Nudnik the cartoon character. Nudnik was always in the wrong place at the wrong time, and so were his films.
A Paramount Screen Song: “The Circus Comes to Clown” (1947)
I’m actually most fond of this one because of the character designs and the very odd appearance of Blackie the Sheep, unusually miserable in this one short.
