Noveltoons

Noveltoons
Directed by	Isadore Sparber; Dan Gordon; Seymour Kneitel; Bill Tytla; More...
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

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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.

List of Noveltoons

No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
The Henpecked Rooster (1944)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Cilly Goose (1944)
Suddenly It's Spring (1944)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Yankee Doodle Donkey (1944)^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)^{[lower-alpha 5]}
When G.I. Johnny Comes Home (1945)
Scrappily Married (1945)
A Lamb in a Jam (1945)
A Self-Made Mongrel (1945)^{[lower-alpha 6]}
The Friendly Ghost (1945)^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Cheese Burglar (1946)
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946)
Sheep Shape (1946)
The Goal Rush (1946)
Spree for All (1946)^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Sudden Fried Chicken (1946)^{[lower-alpha 9]}
The Stupidstitious Cat (1947)^{[lower-alpha 10]}
The Enchanted Square (1947)^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Madhattan Island (1947)
Much Ado About Mutton (1947)^{[lower-alpha 12]}
The Wee Men (1947)
The Mild West (1947)
Naughty But Mice (1947)
Santa's Surprise (1947)^{[lower-alpha 13]}
Cat o' Nine Ails (1948)
Flip Flap (1948)^{[lower-alpha 14]}
We're in the Honey (1948)
The Bored Cuckoo (1948)
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The Land of the Lost (1948)
Butterscotch and Soda (1948)
The Mite Makes Right (1948)
Hector's Hectic Life (1948)
The Old Shell Game (1948)
The Little Cut-Up (1949)
Hep Cat Symphony (1949)
The Lost Dream (1949)
Little Red School Mouse (1949)
A Haunting We Will Go (1949)^{[lower-alpha 16]}
A Mutt in a Rut (1949) ^{[lower-alpha 17]}
Campus Capers (1949)
Leprechauns Gold (1949)^{[lower-alpha 18]}
Song of the Birds (1949)^{[lower-alpha 19]}
Land of the Lost Jewels (1950)
Quack-a-Doodle-Doo (1950)^{[lower-alpha 20]}
Teacher's Pest (1950)
Tarts and Flowers (1950)
Ups an' Downs Derby (1950)
Pleased to Eat You (1950)
Goofy Goofy Gander (1950)
Saved by the Bell (1950)
Mice Meeting You (1950)
The Voice of the Turkey (1950)
Sock-a-Bye Kitty (1950)
One Quack Mind (1951)
Mice Paradise (1951)
Hold the Lion Please (1951)
Land of Lost Watches (1951)
As the Crow Lies (1951)
Slip Us Some Redskin (1951)
Party Smarty (1951)
Cat-Choo (1951)^{[lower-alpha 21]}
Audrey the Rainmaker (1951)
Cat Tamale (1951)^{[lower-alpha 22]}
By Leaps and Hounds (1951)
Scout Fellow (1951)
Cat Carson Rides Again (1952)^{[lower-alpha 23]}
The Awful Tooth (1952)^{[lower-alpha 24]}
Law and Audrey (1952)
City Kitty (1952)
Clown on the Farm (1952)
The Case of the Cockeyed Canary (1952)
Feast and Furious (1952)
Starting from Hatch (1953)
Winner by a Hare (1953)
Better Bait Than Never (1953)
Surf Bored (1953)
Huey's Ducky Daddy (1953)
The Seapreme Court (1954)
Crazytown (1954)
Hair Today Gone Tomorrow (1954)
Candy Cabaret (1954)
The Oily Bird (1954)
Fido Beta Kappa (1954)
No Ifs, Ands or Butts (1954)^{[lower-alpha 25]}
Dizzy Dishes (1955)
Git Along Lil' Duckie (1955)
News Hound (1955)
Poop Goes the Weasel (1955)
Rabbit Punch (1955)
Little Audrey Riding Hood (1955)
Kitty Cornered (1955)
Sleuth But Sure (1956)
Swab the Duck (1956)
Pedro and Lorenzo (1956)
Sir Irving and Jeames (1956)
Lion in the Roar (1956)
Pest Pupil (1957)
Fishing Tackler (1957)^{[lower-alpha 26]}
Mr. Money Gags (1957)
L'Amour the Merrier (1957)
Possom Pearl (1957)
Jumping with Toy (1957)
Jolly the Clown (1957)
Cock-a-Doodle Dino (1957)
Dante Dreamer (1958)
Sportickles (1958)
Grateful Gus (1958)
Finnegan's Flea (1958)
Okey Dokey Donkey (1958)^{[lower-alpha 27]}
Chew Chew Baby (1958)
Travelaffs (1958)
Stork Raving Mad (1958)
Dawg Gawn (1958)^{[lower-alpha 28]}
The Animal Fair (1959)
Houndabout (1959)
Huey's Father's Day (1959)^{[lower-alpha 29]}
Out of This Whirl (1959)^{[lower-alpha 30]}
Be Mice to Cats (1960)
Monkey Doodles (1960)
Peck Your Own Home (1960)
Silly Science (1960)
Counter Attack (1960) ^{[lower-alpha 31]}
Turning the Fables (1960)^{[lower-alpha 32]}
Munro (1960)^{[lower-alpha 33]}
Fine Feathered Fiend (1960)
The Planet Mouseola (1960)^{[lower-alpha 34]}
Northern Mites (1960)
Miceniks (1960)
The Lion's Busy (1961)^{[lower-alpha 35]}
Hound About That (1961)^{[lower-alpha 36]}
Alvin's Solo Flight (1961)^{[lower-alpha 37]}
Goodie the Gremlin (1961)^{[lower-alpha 38]}
Trick or Tree (1961)
Cape Kidnaveral (1961)
Turtle Scoop (1961)^{[lower-alpha 39]}
Abner the Baseball (1961)
Kozmo Goes to School (1961)^{[lower-alpha 40]}
Without Time or Reason (1962)^{[lower-alpha 41]}
Good and Guilty (1962)^{[lower-alpha 42]}
T.V. or No T.V. (1962)^{[lower-alpha 43]}
Anatole (1962)^{[lower-alpha 44]}
Yule Laff (1962)^{[lower-alpha 45]}
It's for the Birdies (1962)
Fiddlin' Around (1962)
Ollie the Owl (1963)
Good Snooze Tonight (1963)
A Sight for Squaw Eyes (1963)
Gramps to the Rescue (1963)
Hobo's Holiday (1963)^{[lower-alpha 46]}
Hound for Pound (1963)
The Sheepish Wolf (1963)
Hiccup Hound (1963)^{[lower-alpha 47]}
Whiz Quiz Kid (1964)
Laddy and His Lamp (1964)^{[lower-alpha 48]}
A Tiger's Tail (1964)^{[lower-alpha 49]}
Homer on the Range (1964)
Horning In (1965)^{[lower-alpha 50]}
A Hair-Raising Tale (1965)
The Story of George Washington (1965)^{[lower-alpha 51]}
A Leak in the Dike (1965)^{[lower-alpha 52]}
Tally-Hokum (1965)
Op, Pop, Wham and Bop (1966)
Sick Transit (1966)
Space Kid (1966)^{[lower-alpha 53]}
Geronimo & Son (1966)
The Trip (1967)^{[lower-alpha 54]}
Robin Hood-winked (1967)^{[lower-alpha 55]}

In total, 169 animated shorts in the series were produced.

Home media

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.

Notes

↑ First Noveltoon cartoon, and first appearances of Blackie the Lamb and Wolfie Wolf
↑ First appearances of Herman, Henry, and Bertha
↑ First sequel to the 1941 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941).
↑ Featuring Spunky, an alumus from the Color Classics series produced by Fleischer Studios.
↑ Based on three books by Margot Austin
↑ First appearance of Dog Face
↑ First appearance of Casper the Friendly Ghost, and also his first in the Noveltoons series.
↑ Featuring Snuffy Smith from the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; served as the bridge between the 1934-1936 Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Barney Google cartoon series and the 1963 Snuffy Smith cartoons produced specifically for the animated television series King Features Trilogy. Considered a lost film.
↑ This cartoon was featured in Smart House.
↑ First appearance of Buzzy the Crow
↑ Second and final sequel to the 1941 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941).
↑ Last appearance of Blackie the Lamb in the Noveltoon series, before he moved to the first Screen Songs color cartoon, Circus Comes to Clown.
↑ First appearance of Little Audrey
↑ This cartoon was narrated by Ken Roberts.
↑ Second appearance of Casper in the Noveltoons series.
↑ Last appearance of Casper in the Noveltoons series, before he moved on to his own series.
↑ A dog is at his wits' end when his mistress adopts a stray kitten, but a nightmare about Dog Heaven and Dog Hell makes Dogface change his ways. DVD 100 Cartoon Classics, Treeline Films, 2004.
↑ Sequel to The Wee Men (1947).
↑ Short is a semi-remake/reused plot of the 1934 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, The Song of the Birds (1934); featuring Little Audrey.
↑ First appearance of Baby Huey.
↑ First of two Buzzy and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.
↑ First of two Herman and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.
↑ Second and last of two Herman and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series, before they moved on to their own series.
↑ Second and last of two Buzzy and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.
↑ Banned from being aired on television, due to its exploitations and exhibitings of smoking habits.
↑ The 100th Noveltoon cartoon.
↑ Featuring Spunky, from the Hunky and Spunky cartoon sub-series of Max Fleischer's Color Classics.
↑ Last appearance of Little Audrey.
↑ Last appearance of Baby Huey
↑ Prototype of the two shorts, Kozmo Goes to School (1961) and its direct sequel Space Kid (1965).
↑ Featuring Scat the Cat, a sequel to this short was produced and was entitled The Planet Mouseola (1960).
↑ Featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare.
↑ Munro (1960) was a co-production with Rembrandt Films
↑ Featuring Scat the Cat, a sequel to Counter Attack (1960).
↑ Featuring Sir Reginald Tweedledum IV.
↑ Featuring Harry Hound.
↑ One of the only two post-1948 cartoons featuring the belated return of Little Lulu after the end of her own cartoon series, the other being the 1962 Comic Kings cartoon Frog's Legs.
↑ First appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.
↑ Last appearance of Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare.
↑ Featuring Kozmo the Space Kid, a short sequel followed just five years later under the title Space Kid (1965).
↑ Featuring Ralph and Percy, a sequel short followed this cartoon and was called T.V. or No T.V. (1962).
↑ Second appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.
↑ Featuring Ralph and Percy, a sequel to Without Time or Reason (1962).
↑ Anatole (1962) was a co-production with Rembrandt Films.
↑ Third appearance of Goodie the Gremlin, Santa Claus' second Noveltoon appearance following from Santa's Surprise (1947).
↑ The second and final of the two Screen Songs homages in the Noveltoons series.
↑ Last appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.
↑ Featuring Laddy and the Genie, a sequel later followed titled A Tiger's Tail (1964).
↑ Featuring Laddy and the Genie, a sequel to Laddy and His Lamp (1964).
↑ Featuring King Artie.
↑ Featuring Jacky, a sequel short followed entitled A Leak in the Dike (1965).
↑ Featuring Jacky, a sequel to The Story of George Washington (1965).
↑ Featuring Kozmo the Space Kid, a sequel to Kozmo Goes to School (1961).
↑ An animated short caper in the same vein as the stylized UPA limited animation cartoons of the 1950s and '60s.
↑ Featuring Sir Blur, the very last Noveltoon ever produced after the studio closed down.

External links

Freely downloadable Noveltoons shorts

[1] First Noveltoon cartoon, and first appearances of Blackie the Lamb and Wolfie Wolf

[2] First appearances of Herman, Henry, and Bertha

[3] First sequel to the 1941 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941).

[4] Featuring Spunky, an alumus from the Color Classics series produced by Fleischer Studios.

[5] Based on three books by Margot Austin

[6] First appearance of Dog Face

[7] First appearance of Casper the Friendly Ghost, and also his first in the Noveltoons series.

[8] Featuring Snuffy Smith from the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; served as the bridge between the 1934-1936 Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Barney Google cartoon series and the 1963 Snuffy Smith cartoons produced specifically for the animated television series King Features Trilogy. Considered a lost film.

[9] This cartoon was featured in Smart House.

[10] First appearance of Buzzy the Crow

[11] Second and final sequel to the 1941 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941).

[12] Last appearance of Blackie the Lamb in the Noveltoon series, before he moved to the first Screen Songs color cartoon, Circus Comes to Clown.

[13] First appearance of Little Audrey

[14] This cartoon was narrated by Ken Roberts.

[15] Second appearance of Casper in the Noveltoons series.

[16] Last appearance of Casper in the Noveltoons series, before he moved on to his own series.

[17] A dog is at his wits' end when his mistress adopts a stray kitten, but a nightmare about Dog Heaven and Dog Hell makes Dogface change his ways. DVD 100 Cartoon Classics, Treeline Films, 2004.

[18] Sequel to The Wee Men (1947).

[19] Short is a semi-remake/reused plot of the 1934 Max Fleischer Color Classic cartoon, The Song of the Birds (1934); featuring Little Audrey.

[20] First appearance of Baby Huey.

[21] First of two Buzzy and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.

[22] First of two Herman and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.

[23] Second and last of two Herman and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series, before they moved on to their own series.

[24] Second and last of two Buzzy and Katnip cartoons in the Noveltoon series.

[25] Banned from being aired on television, due to its exploitations and exhibitings of smoking habits.

[26] The 100th Noveltoon cartoon.

[27] Featuring Spunky, from the Hunky and Spunky cartoon sub-series of Max Fleischer's Color Classics.

[28] Last appearance of Little Audrey.

[29] Last appearance of Baby Huey

[30] Prototype of the two shorts, Kozmo Goes to School (1961) and its direct sequel Space Kid (1965).

[31] Featuring Scat the Cat, a sequel to this short was produced and was entitled The Planet Mouseola (1960).

[32] Featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare.

[33] Munro (1960) was a co-production with Rembrandt Films

[34] Featuring Scat the Cat, a sequel to Counter Attack (1960).

[35] Featuring Sir Reginald Tweedledum IV.

[36] Featuring Harry Hound.

[37] One of the only two post-1948 cartoons featuring the belated return of Little Lulu after the end of her own cartoon series, the other being the 1962 Comic Kings cartoon Frog's Legs.

[38] First appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.

[39] Last appearance of Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare.

[40] Featuring Kozmo the Space Kid, a short sequel followed just five years later under the title Space Kid (1965).

[41] Featuring Ralph and Percy, a sequel short followed this cartoon and was called T.V. or No T.V. (1962).

[42] Second appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.

[43] Featuring Ralph and Percy, a sequel to Without Time or Reason (1962).

[44] Anatole (1962) was a co-production with Rembrandt Films.

[45] Third appearance of Goodie the Gremlin, Santa Claus' second Noveltoon appearance following from Santa's Surprise (1947).

[46] The second and final of the two Screen Songs homages in the Noveltoons series.

[47] Last appearance of Goodie the Gremlin.

[48] Featuring Laddy and the Genie, a sequel later followed titled A Tiger's Tail (1964).

[49] Featuring Laddy and the Genie, a sequel to Laddy and His Lamp (1964).

[50] Featuring King Artie.

[51] Featuring Jacky, a sequel short followed entitled A Leak in the Dike (1965).

[52] Featuring Jacky, a sequel to The Story of George Washington (1965).

[53] Featuring Kozmo the Space Kid, a sequel to Kozmo Goes to School (1961).

[54] An animated short caper in the same vein as the stylized UPA limited animation cartoons of the 1950s and '60s.

[55] Featuring Sir Blur, the very last Noveltoon ever produced after the studio closed down.

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v t e Famous 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 (1952–1959) 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	The Harveytoons Show (1950-1962) Beany and Cecil (1962-1969) Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962) The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1964) King Features Trilogy (1963–1965)
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Directed by	Isadore Sparber Dan Gordon Seymour Kneitel Bill Tytla More...
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