The stories and situations make up for the poor animation. The 1959-60 season was a busy one for the Paramount Cartoon Studio but not all of the work was for Paramount, nor was it for the big screen. Only the worst prints are available these days for viewing. DISGUISE THE LIMIT (9/60) Kneitel/Johnson. Paramount Pictures ordered a second year of 20 new theatricals and production on Popeye TV films continued, and there was potential for further King Features TV cartoons. The shorts were originally aired by CBS between 1966 and 1969 as part of a variety of superhero cartoons, including The New Adventures of Superman and The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure . Its a pity, though, that they didnt utilize a multi-part narrative format like Ruff & Reddy or Clutch Cargo to really emulate Segars storytelling style. This is due, in part, because they followed the Popeyetheatrical films produced by the Fleischer Studios. Keith Scotts book on Jay Ward states that Ward was approached with, but turned down, the chance to produce series with both David Sevilles Chipmunks and Popeye. Also the mountain is red and the background is blue. And again I think the Popeye remake is the better of the two. The 1962-1967 Paramount Cartoon Library with exceptions and If it was reran in the 90's, The Paramount Cartoons would of been followed by The 1995 Paramount Domestic Television logo. BE MICE TO CATS (2/5/60) featuring Skit and Skat. They did, though production of these three separate entities was split between them, Artransa Park Studios in Australia and Bill Snyders Rembrandt Films (who did only the Krazy Kat films). ITS FOR THE BIRDIES (11/62) Kneitel/Tafuri. 7) Candy Cabaret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gd7E-pJJrk. A tortoise and a hare are uranium hunters trying to beat each other to the Claims Office. In October 1959, all the Paramount theatrical cartoons released between September 1950 and 1959 made their debut, sponsored by Mattel Toys, on the ABC Television network. Columbia stuck mostly with live-action films for several years after Hanna-Barberas Loopy DeLoop ended apart from the National Film Board of Canada imports. In the Madcaps, Mike the Masquerader, a disguise-wearing master thief, was an odd choice to star in two rather mediocre cartoons. BCDB Rating: (5/5 stars from 3 users.) Mae Questel continues to do the voice of Olive Oyl as well as the voice of SweePea, Violet Oyl and The Sea Hag for the KFS Popeye cartoon & Jackson Beck did the voice of Blutos Doppelgnger Brutus. Logo: On a wall-like background, in a hole with a border of encircling stars, there is a mountain with clouds in the background. After this, the mountain logo disappears. Universal axed both its Woody Woodpeckers and live-action shorts (mostly sports reels) the same year (1972). The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1960s. A Jack-in-the-Box pops from inside the box, opening the word "NOVELTOON". Your email address will not be published. Some kind of groundhog there? Meanwhile, Paramount revamped its live action shorts for 1960 but never had much interest in reissuing them for TV like the cartoons. He has curated cartoons for DVD and blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Brutus (replacing Bluto) It wouldve helped a bit. Both use limited animation and a boing boing sound effect, but Gerald didnt speak in his cartoons and they never showed him in his teen years. Paramount Cartoons Wiki is a community site that anyone can contribute to. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, Argentine Animated Features, Part 10: 2010-2011, Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on Records. I remember the King Features trilogy well. ONE OF THE FAMILY (12/62) Kneitel/Taras. or two above the theatricals entertainment wise and pleasant enough to look as well. Because of this, there's pretty much no evidence of this logo on this wiki or the internet. Whats the name of the cartoon in which Goodie babysits his cousin (I think he was Goodies cousin) & tells him his versions of Ponce De Leon & the Fountain of Youth and Pocahontas? Below this we see "by Marge" written out, and then the word "from" below "by Marge", this too written out. Lawrence will show up in the 1961 release season, which is a step up in terms of quality from the 60 seasons theatrical releases. Honey Halfwitch (1965 - 1967, 12 Theatrical Cartoons.) Foghorn Leghorn was an iconic cartoon character not necessarily exclusive to the 50s and 60s. Loved Boppin Hood! I had read Fieldings book on The March of Time, and met him when he was dean of the FSU film school. A concert cant go on unless Luigi the blacksmith stops his pounding. At least they brought back SweePea original outfit instead of the (uber ugh) pink attire that he wore. Heres a list of the characters that appeared on the KFS Popeye cartoons who werent on the original Paramount cartoon animated by the Fleischer Brothers and Famous Studios but appeared in the Popeye comic strips The Paramount "Sports Illustrated" short subjects will be in addition to the company's regular output of color cartoons. Paramount Cartoons 1960-1961 For Paramount executive Seymour Kneitel, this was a pretty good year. 4. It then fades to the opening logo. The Paramount Cartoon Studio had survived the sale of its library and its established characters to Harvey Comics. and several Color Classics. Another special end title was used on "Rabbit Punch", where Tommy Tortoise pulls the Paramount mountain logo from the canvas to a full screen, then walks in front of it. A SPORT IS BORN must have looked spectacular on the wide-screen with all of the airplane shots and skydiving that impressed theater goers much as a previous Paramount feature film WINGS did 33 years earlier. This shot from BOUNCING BENNY looks like a swipe from Disneys Baby Weems. Starting on November 26, 1954, the logo is slightly zoomed back and featured different clouds surrounding the mountain. It was a streamlined way to maintain success as an artist: previewing songs in the cartoon and getting kids excited . King Features tried to expand on their TV Popeyes with companion series based on Snuffy Smith, Beetle Bailey, and Krazy Kat. I cant even imagine what a Jay Ward Popeye might have been like! We also have a mid-1960s Hearst Metrotone Newsreel, they were still producing those. In a series of vignettes, we see how to win a barroom fight by using such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, etc. Lots of the Paramount crew worked for Oriolo and Seeger Plenty of work in those days. Some were reissued in 16mm for schools. Bobo the family dog goes to a psychiatrist who recommends to his master that he be treated as one of the family. Evidence that this series was rushed to comply with Paramounts salemens demand for some sort of cartoon front man is the gap of six months between the first film and the second one and another six months wait for the third entry. I see Myron Waldman credited as head animator on one Modern Madcap and one Noveltoon. Meanwhile, note that Paramount was still producing (or buying?) Paramount Cartoons Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. For years I thought The Cat and Cool Cat were both talkative knockoffs of the Pink Panther, but The Cat is way earlier than Pink. Thus, some of these non-animated films did enjoy a second life at least temporarily. A gag drawing for publicity use, Id guess. Guaranteed Lowest Price. I notice that Paramount had shut down its newsreel at the time of this ad. It was used on cartoons from "No Mutton fer Nuttin'" up to "A Self-Made Mongrel". Your email address will not be published. Guaranteed Lowest Price. Guaranteed Lowest Price. November 26, 1943-March 19, 1948: "in TECHNICOLOR", June 7, 1946-January 30, 1948: "in CINECOLOR", November 7, 1947-November 16, 1956: "Color by TECHNICOLOR", December 26, 1947-June 24, 1949: "in POLACOLOR". Production: George Pal Productions, Inc. Wow, the look and feel of these cartoons got UGLY in this period. In the short subject field, Paramount released 1,600, with another 135 cartoons still on the block; RKO released 1,000 and Fox is offering 600. Heres that drink recipe I promised. In the early years of military escalation in Vietnam . Its only going to get uglier from this point onward, brace yourself, next seasons a doozy! Jack Mercer did his voice in Scouting For Trouble; I am guessing Allen Swift voices him in Trouble Date and The Boss Is Always Right while Syd Raymond is the voice in Busy Buddies. (Dont hesitate to tell me if Im wrongand I usually am.) Shrek 2 (2004) Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. Heres a few storyboard panels: BELOW: Here are some excerpts from the ABC Pressbook which went out to all the local stations to help promote Mattys Funday Funnies. Technique: None, but traditional animation for the custom variants and live-action for the 3D version. I see both Feuer and Place went on to work at Hal Seegers on a few things in the 60s while Feuer spent his last years in the business at Filmation, not too bad I suppose, but certainly not a high point. The head of Blocbuster Pictures, J.C. In the Noveltoons, Kneitel would recycle several left over Herman and Katnip premises as Skit and Skat Skit the mouse and Skat the cat two poorly designed characters in three poorly produced cartoons. The first revised version premiered on the Herman and Katnip cartoon "Rail-Rodents", released on November 26, 1954 and made its final appearance on "Possum Pearl, The 1957 version is rarer as most cartoons from this period retain this logo, but they are rather obscure, and Paramount Cartoons was beginning to slow down by this time, especially since Gulf + Western Industries was shutting down the cartoon studio in 1967. KEEPING UP WITH KRAZY (10/62) Kneitel/Tafuri. Harvey Comics exploited this by starting up a new comic book anthology TV Casper and Company in 1963. 8) The Oily Bird, And in other news, today, instead of Columbus Day, its Farmer Al Falfas 100th birthday. Jeepers tries to make Creepers look like a hero to his nephew Frisky. FIDDLIN AROUND (12/62) Kneitel/Tafuri. Shorn of all the kid-friendly characters they had created, it looks like Paramount tried to get on the trend of more grown-up UPA-style cartoons with human characters. Music: Soul/R & B: 886919118025. Thinking about Bouncing Benny some more, the approach reminded of what was also being done by Disney during the time with the unique stop-motion works of Xavier Atencio and Bill Justice on such projects as Noahs Ark, A Symposium of Popular Songs as as a few opening title sequences. Welcome to Paramount Cartoons Wiki, a database about Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios that anyone can edit. He comes across a Martian who's proposing to a gum machine. Character Variants: During the time, there are character versions of the logo. NTA Variant: The opening "A Paramount Picture" title is replaced with the NTA logo; NTA shows the rest of the opening sequence, except for the fact that the words "Paramount PRESENTS" and "in TECHNICOLOR" are blacked out. Actually, it was Hearst Metrotone, with its News Of The Day (theatrical) and Screen News Digest (16mm) that were being funded under the counter by the U.S. Information Agency, who were attempting to use the newsreels to influence public opinion on the Vietnam war. Would like to know what the audience reaction was to these late entries. Luigi regrets renting an apartment above his Glassware store to a musical beatnik. DRUM UP A TENNANT (2/63) Kneitel/Reden. I know Gene Deitch wrote about his efforts to inject a bit of Herriman into his Krazys. Bugs, dressed for summer swimming, is making sure the groundhog sees his shadow. The Sarge wonders why none of the troops like him so, on the advice of the Chaplin, he changes his personality. But they later changed the name of the show to The Heckle and Jeckle Show in the 1950s. The company also distributed Krazy Kat cartoons, but it was later moved to Columbia Pictures in 1929. Could you imaging a couple years down the road and Honey Halfwitch was animated this way, I could! TAKE ME TO YOUR GENRUL (10/62) Kneitel/Taras. FROM DIME TO DIME (3/25/60) Kneitel/Johnson. List of Paramount theatrical cartoons View source By the complete list of Paramount theatrical cartoons, with the MPAA numbers. Eddie Lawrence does all the voices. The Cat (1960 - 1961, 3 Theatrical Cartoons.) Beck is currently on the faculty of Cal Arts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank teaching animation history. I believed Id mentioned this before, but the one actor who straddled Paramount Cartoons and Fred Ladds anime dubs (Astro Boy, Kimba, et al) was Gilbert Mack. Herman and Katnip (1952 - 1959, 27 Theatrical Cartoons.) Was he just moonlighting? They certainly went with Herriman-style art and stories, but while Herriman made Krazy sort of gender-ambiguous, Deitch and company went for a more female Krazy. Free Shipping on Orders over $25! After this, the Famous Studios logo appears on the same background (starting around 1952, it appeared on a red-orange screen). List of Paramount Pictures films (19601969), Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, "List of Paramount Pictures films"19601969, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Paramount_Pictures_films_(19601969)&oldid=1125396082, Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture, U.S. distribution only: movie produced by Amicus Productions and distributed in the UK by, Non-Italia distribution only; produced in Italy by Rafran Cinematografica and Euro International Film, U.S. distribution only, produced in France by, This page was last edited on 3 December 2022, at 19:59. Fifteen years ago, the marriage broker took $300 from an old maid to find her a husband. On the Color Classics short "Poor Cinderella", the logo is very small and part of a closing curtain background. Supposedly, on Amazon, there a few of the cartoons on compilation Terrytoon sets with Also, the words "COLOR CLASSIC" are seen between "Paramount" and "Picture". When I saw them as a kid in the 1970s & early 1980s on TV, they had their original Paramount opening/closing titles. Apparently Paramount kept releasing the live-action shorts through the end of 1968 (technically the 68-69 season) and this was a year after the last cartoons. Salesman Ignatz sells Kokonino suburbanite Kelly a house, a pool, and other things to keep up with his neighbor Krazy Kat. BUSY BUDDIES (6/60) Kneitel/Tafuri. Formerly known as "The Fleischer Studios", Famous produced every animated Paramount cartoon series. THE BOSS IS ALWAYS RIGHT (1/15/60) Kneitel/Tafuri. cartoons, and being SO disappointed by the results. There really isnt. They also produced several issues of Harvey-Toons using images (such as this from Harvey Hits Magazine #50, below click to enlarge) featuring the newly created Harveytoon title card. On Screen Song cartoons from 1932-33, the closing shot of a live-action performer would have the Paramount print logo of the time superimposed over the shot. 4) Big Bad Sindbad This cartoon Bouncing Benny never did much for me as a childit was mildly entertaining but not a favorite. Felix the Cat is an American animated television series featuring the cartoon character of the same name.. Like The Van Beuren Corporation before, Joe Oriolo gave Felix a more domesticated and pedestrian personality, geared more toward children, and introduced Felix's now-famous item of the "Magic Bag of Tricks", a satchel that can assume the shape and characteristics of anything Felix wants . Featuring Skit and Skat & amp ; B: 886919118025 is ALWAYS RIGHT 1/15/60... 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