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