Noveltoon
| Noveltoons | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Isadore Sparber Dan Gordon (uncredited) Seymour Kneitel Bill Tytla David Tendlar Al Eugster (uncredited) Gene Deitch Howard Post Jack Mendelsohn Shamus Culhane |
| Produced by |
Sam Buchwald Isadore Sparber Dan Gordon Seymour Kneitel More... |
| Story by |
Jack Mercer Carl Meyer More... |
| Voices by |
Jack Mercer Mae Questel Cecil Roy Jackson Beck Frank Gallop Arnold Stang Sid Raymond More... |
| Music by |
Sammy Timberg (1943-1946) Winston Sharples (1943-1967) |
| Animation by |
Myron Waldman David Tendlar Tom Johnson Nicholas Tafuri Al Eugster John Walworth Tom Golden More... |
| Layouts by | N/A |
| Backgrounds by | N/A |
| Studio | Famous Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1943–1967 |
| Color process | 3-strip Technicolor Cinecolor Polacolor |
| Running time | 6–10 minutes (one reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English (usually) |
| Preceded by | Color Classics |
| Followed by |
GoGo Toons Merry Makers Fractured Fables |
Noveltoons was an anthology series of animated cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios from 1943 to the close of the studio in 1967. Casper the Friendly Ghost, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey all got their start from this series. It was the successor series to the Color Classics series produced by Fleischer Studios (indeed, several Noveltoons would feature characters who originated in Color Classics). This series was also very similar to the two series from Warner Bros., Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in that it features several recurring characters under one umbrella title.
The pre-October 1950 Noveltoons were sold to television distributor U.M. & M. TV Corporation in 1956. National Telefilm Associates acquired those cartoons soon afterward. Paramount sold the rest of the Noveltoons to Harvey Comics. As new Noveltoons were produced, they were also sold to Harvey, until 1962. Paramount still owns the remaining Noveltoons, and has reacquired the cartoons sold to U.M. & M., but a good deal of those cartoons have fallen into the public domain.
In total, 170 animated shorts in the series were produced.
On January 23, 2012, Thunderbean Animation released a restored collection of public domain Noveltoons with the following cartoons: Cilly Goose, Suddenly It's Spring, Yankee Doodle Donkey, Scrappily Married, A Lamb in a Jam, Cheese Burglar, Sudden Fried Chicken, The Stupidstitious Cat, The Enchanted Square, Much Ado About Mutton, The Wee Men, Naughty But Mice, Flip Flap, The Bored Cuckoo, Leprechauns Gold, Quack-a-Doodle Doo, Teacher's Pest, Ups an' Downs Derby, Pleased to Eat You and Saved by the Bell.
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