Title card of the series
Kartunes is a series of 12 theatrical shorts subjects released from 1951 to 1953.[ 1] The series was produced by Famous Studios for Paramount Pictures . It succeeded the Screen Songs series because Paramount Pictures lost the rights to the series' name and the term "Bouncing Ball" couldn't be used any more. Even though the series ended in 1953, Famous produced Candy Cabaret and Hobo's Holiday , which are part of the Noveltoons series.
The opening theme of each cartoon was "Sing a Song of Sixpence ".
Filmography
Film
Theme
Song
Director
Story
Animation
Scenics
Original release date
Vegetable Vaudeville
Vegetables
"Yes! We Have No Bananas "
I. Sparber
Larz Bourne
Myron Waldman Nick Tafuri
Robert Little
November 9, 1951
Snooze Reel
Newsreels
"I Got Spurs that Jingle Jangle Jingle "
Seymour Kneitel
Joe Stultz
Al Eugster Wm. B. Pattengill
Robert Owen
December 28, 1951
Off We Glow
Insects
"The Glow-Worm "
I. Sparber
Larz BourneTex Henson
Dave Tendlar Tom Golden
Robert Little
February 29, 1952
Fun at the Fair
Amusement Park
"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie "
Larz Bourne
Al Eugster Wm. B. Pattengill
Robert Owen
May 9, 1952
Dizzy Dinosaurs
Prehistory
"Sweet Adeline "
Seymour Kneitel
I. Klein
Myron Waldman Gordon Whittier
Robert Little
July 4, 1952
Gag and Baggage
Trains
"I've Been Working on the Railroad "
I. Sparber
Larz Bourne
Dave Tendlar Tom Golden
August 8, 1952
Forest Fantasy
Night
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon "
Seymour Kneitel
I. Klein
Myron Waldman Larry Silverman
Anton Loeb
November 14, 1952
Hysterical History
U.S.A. History
"Yankee Doodle Boy "
I. Sparber
Irving Spector
Al Eugster George Germanetti
Robert Owen
January 23, 1953
Philharmaniacs
Orchestra
"Alexander's Ragtime Band "
Seymour Kneitel
I. Klein
Tom Johnson John Gentilella
Jack Henegan
April 3, 1953
Aero-Nutics
Airplanes
"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine "
Irving Spector
Al Eugster George Germanetti
Robert Owen
May 8, 1953
Invention Convention
Applied Science
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart "
I. Sparber
I. Klein
Al Eugster Wm. B. Pattengill
Anton Loeb
June 10, 1953
No Place Like Rome
Italy
"Oh Ma-Ma (The Butcher Boy) "
Irving Spector
Al Eugster George Germanetti
Jack Henegan
July 31, 1953
Note: Hysterical History is the only Kartunes short in the public domain .Note 2: Dizzy Dinosaurs and Forest Fantasy are the only Kartune films which featuring Inchy the Worm .
TV distribution
The cartoons were later sold to TV distribution by Harvey Films to replace the original titles with the Harvey reissued ones, later being syndicated by Worldvision Enterprises . Currently, the Harvey reissued cartoons are distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution through its DreamWorks Animation subsidiary and their DreamWorks Classics unit.
References
External links
Theatrical short film series TV series People