The Top Ten Greatest Famous Studios – Paramount Cartoons (IMHO)
I’ve been frequently asked to compile a “top ten” of my favorite Paramount cartoons. The problem is: how do you compare a 60s Shamus Culhane to a Bill Tytla Popeye?
Tag Archives: Popeye
Animation Anecdotes #235
“If I do a show like Popeye or Godzilla, we don’t own it outright. We participate with many partners. That’s why we prefer to do something original,” says Joe Barbera.
Halloween Cartoons Are Always Favorites!
While I know it’s not ‘quite’ Halloween yet, it does give me a good excuse to at least start putting up Halloween cartoon posts… and maybe I’ll do this all through the month.
Famous Studios Paramount Animation 1956-57
On October 1st 1956, Paramount Pictures took full control of Famous Studios and major changes were taking place behind the scenes. On screen, the 1956-57 cartoons began to sport a new look inspired by UPA.
Famous Studios 1954-55
Paramount readies to sell its cartoon shorts to television; the studio reconfigures its pictures to fill new wide screen standards; and Irv Spector boards a classic in this week’s survey of Famous Studio cartoons.
Famous Studios 1953-54
In 1953, Famous Studios was contracted to provide a 3D Popeye short and a 3D Casper cartoon during this season’s output. The final results found Famous superior to the other studios (including Disney) in creating dimensional cartoons.
Famous Studios 1952-53
A look at the Paramount animated cartoons in release during the 1952-53 season. Popeye still leads the pack and Casper is now a star. Herman and Katnip are awarded their own series – and the bouncing ball heads for retirement.
Popeye Records – with the mysterious Harry F. Welch
An actor, who may-or-may-not have been a big-screen voice of Popeye. had his day in the vinyl sun when he starred on some long-selling Peter Pan Records.
Famous Studios 1950-51 “Casper” Begins
In some ways, the 1950-51 season was the zenith of Famous Studios existence. Perhaps not creatively, but in their role as Paramount’s in-house cartoon studio they had certainly established a…
Famous Studios 1949-50
For the 1949-50 season, Paramount gave Famous Studios a repeat of its previous year’s order of 30 cartoons: Eight Popeye, twelve Screen Songs and ten Noveltoons. Screen Songs Strolling Thru…
