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Noveltoons
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The Year when begining: 1943
Studios: Famous Studios


Noveltoons were a series of animated cartoons produced for Paramount Pictures by Famous Studios then later Paramount Cartoon Studios from 1943 to 1967. The series featured several characters which would go on to star in their own series of cartoons such as Casper, Herman the Mouse & Katnip. The series ended production in 1967 due to the studios closure.

The cartoons found their way to television starting in the 50s when The U.M.&M. TV Corporation purchased the pre October 1950 library of short subjects and cartoons from Paramount in 1955. Including every Famous and Fleischer cartoon up to the October 1950 cutoff point. Excluding the Popeye and Superman cartoons which are owned by Warner Bros. Later in 1957, National Teleflim Associates Inc. purchased U.M.&M. TV Corp thus gaining the cartoons. U.M.&M. by request from Paramount had to remove all Paramount logos and references from the cartoons. The company began to refilm new title sequences for the cartoons. When NTA bought the company, the remaining cartoons that did not yet have refilmed titles simply placed black bars over the Paramount name and copyrights. In 1959, Harvey Films bought the remaining Famous Studios cartoons cutting off at 1962. Of course excluding the Popeye cartoons.

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Sub-series[]

Main article: List of Famous Studios series#Noveltoons

Cartoons[]

In total, 167 animated shorts in the series were produced (170 if you count Rembrandt Films shorts).

U.M. & M. era (1943-1950)[]

Most of the shorts are in public domain.

Harveytoons era (1950-1962)[]

(*) In the public domain.

Paramount era (1962-1967)[]

Outsourced shorts[]

All shorts are produced by Rembrandt Films.

Trivia[]

  • Shining Time Station, a PBS show used the cartoons in the music videos.

Home media[]

On November 7, 2006, Classic Media released some Harvey-era Noveltoons shorts from 1950 to 1962.

On January 23, 2012, Thunderbean Animation released a restored collection of 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.

In October 2019, Thunderbean Animation re-released Noveltoons Original Classics on Blu-ray, with Sudden Fried Chicken was replaced by The Old Shell Game.

Paramount Home Entertainment released a restored print of Space Kid on the "Paramount Presents" Blu-ray re-release of the 1982 film 48 Hrs. in July 2021, making it the first Paramount cartoon from the 1960s decade to be restored on any form of home media

In February 2024, it was announced that Thunderbean Animation will release additional thirteen Noveltoons shorts. It will be released in 2025.

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