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 Bourne Tex Henson	Dave Tendlar Tom Golden	Robert Little	February 29, 1952
Fun at the Fair	Amusement Park	"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"	I. Sparber	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	Robert Little	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"	Seymour Kneitel	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)"	I. Sparber	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

Paramount Pictures Cartoon Studios

Paramount Pictures Cartoon Studios
Theatrical short film series	Popeye the Sailor (1942–1957, list of shorts) Superman (1942–1943) Noveltoons (1943–1967) Little Lulu (1943–1948) Screen Songs (1947–1951) Little Audrey (1948–1958) Baby Huey (1950–1959) Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950–1959) Buzzy and Katnip (1950–1954) Kartunes (1951–1953) Herman and Katnip (1950–1959) Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare ‎(1953–1957) Modern Madcaps (1958–1967) Jeepers and Creepers (1960) The Cat (1960–1961) Swifty and Shorty (1964–1965) Honey Halfwitch (1965–1967) Merry Makers (1967) GoGo Toons (1967) Fractured Fables (1967)
TV series	Felix the Cat (1958–1962) Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1962 season) Popeye the Sailor (1960–1963) King Features Trilogy (1961–1965) The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1964) The Mighty Thor (1966)
People	Joan Alexander Cosmo Anzilotti Ralph Bakshi Bill Ballard Dante Barbetta Jackson Beck Howard Beckerman Dave Barry Larz Bourne Willard Bowsky Sam Buchward Paul Busch Joe Cal Cagno Orestes Calpini George Cannata Bud Collyer Dana Coty Doug Crane James Culhane Gene Deitch Bill Thompson Joe Dommerque Irving Dressler John Dunn Gerry Dvorak Jack Ehret H.C. Ellison Frank Endres Al Eugster Tony Benedict Don Figlozzi Warren Foster Otto Feuer Woody Gelman John Gentilella Goerge Germanetti Tom Golden Dan Gordon Reuben Grossman Joseph Gottlieb Dick Hall LLoyd Hallock, Jr. Chuck Harriton Jack Henegan William Henning George Hill Margie Hines Bill Hudson Tom Johnson Isadore "I." Klein Abner Matthews Kneitel Seymour Kneitel Eddie Lawrence Bob Leffingwell Frank Little Robert Little Anton Loeb Jim Logan Jack Mercer Otto Messmer Carl Meyer Shane Miller Thomas Moore Jay Morton Steve Muffati Julian Noa Joe Oriolo Robert Owen Wm. B. Pattengill Harvey Patterson Graham Place Howard Post Al Pross Stan Quackenbush Mae Questel Lillian Randolph Sid Raymond Morey Reden Larry Riley Cecil Roy George Rufle Howard A. Schneider Winston Sharples Gordon A. Sheehan Larry Silverman Isadore Sparber Irving Spector Arnold Stang John Stanley Sam Stimson Joe Stultz Allen Swift Nick Tafuri Martin Taras David Tendlar Sammy Timberg William Turner Jim Tyer Bill Tytla Dave Ubinas Edith Vernick Myron Waldman John Walworth Jack Ward Bob Wickersham Gordon Whittier John Zago Lou Zukor Paul Frees
Bray Productions Fleischer Studios

Filmography

TV distribution

References

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