Famous Studios

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Famous Studios was the animation studio owned by Paramount Pictures after the company foreclosed on Fleischer Studios and ousted Max and Dave Fleischer in 1942.

Although the studio still carried much of the staff from the previous regime, animation fans and historians note that its films soon diverged from the previous style. Many of them deride the company style for being highly formualic and largely oriented towards a children's audience with none of the artistic ambition or sophistication that the previous management strove for.

Continuing series from the Fleischer period included:

Major series started under the new management included:

Baby Huey
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Herman and Katnip
Little Lulu (which was eventually replaced with an imitation called Little Audrey)

In 1955, Paramount sold most of their pre-1951 shorts and cartoons, except for Popeye and Superman, to U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. for television distribution. The Popeye cartoons were acquired by Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.), and the Superman library went to Motion Pictures for Television, producers of The Adventures of Superman television series.

In 1959, Paramount sold their remaining cartoon film library and the copyrights to their established characters to Harvey Comics. Unfortunately, their attempts at replacement characters proved unsuccessful. By the end of 1967, even the hiring of the promising young Ralph Bakshi, who produced several experimental short cartoons, could not prevent the studio from closing down for good.

External link

[Paramount and Famous Studios at cartonresearch.com]

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