The Continuing Search for Noveltoons in Better Shape
One of my favorite things is managing to find good copies of cartoons that are around, but just in bad copies.
One of my favorite things is managing to find good copies of cartoons that are around, but just in bad copies.
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?
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There were several who would wither achieve their own series later or become recognized “Stars” when Harvey featured the characters in comics and television.
The songs used as the studio launched its own stable of characters to compete with the Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.
…and I also ask you: What are yours?
A notable change in the 1940s was the replacement of musical director Sammy Timberg by Winston Sharples, who had a habit of dipping into the Famous Music reliquary.
When Paramount foreclosed on Max Fleischer’s studio, they certainly had great hopes for Popeye. He was their bread and butter (despite wartime rationing).
The story of how I got my hands on a brand new 35mm print, struck from Paramount’s original negatives.