![]() ![]() Note: Tashlin tried a few clever openings which combined the series title into the cartoon action (see WOLF CHASES PIGS below).Ĭartoon historian Cole Johnson wrote to me about these cartoons: Below are various opens as the series progressed through the 1940s. “Fables” ended in 1942 “Phantasy’s” were the last black & white theatrical cartoons – the final B/W Phantasy release was in 1946, then the series continued in two-color Cinecolor for another year. UPA apparently also created this “Columbia Favorite” end title (below far right), which obscures the “Proud Lady” Columbia logo on many reissues.įOX & CROW reissue title (left), lost original titles (right):Ĭolumbia Original Titles: Below is an example of Columbia’s color original titles during the 1940s.ġ940s Black & White titles: Scrappy and Krazy Kat became “Phantasy’s” and “Fables” in 1939. Later cartoons, reissued in the 1950s have their titles and credits replaced by this second reissue card (third from left), probably created by UPA circa 1950. Moocher” below), probably created in 1946 as it contains characters from later Screen Gems cartoons. Below are some of the rare original titles that still survive.Ĭolumbia Reprint titles: Most existing prints of Columbia’s color cartoons have their original titles (below left) replaced with a reissue card (see “Mr. Columbia’s reissue title card (see below), completely obscured the original cartoon title art, series titles and credits. Most of the original negatives, however, had reissue titles. I was involved with a restoration of the Screen Gems cartoon library in 1999. The Mintz-Screen Gems cartoons are rarely shown. Rare 1933-34 season Krazy Kat original opening title (above). Rare 1932-33 season original opening titles (above). ![]() Columbia began producing and releasing UPA cartoons in 1948. (It’s last cartoon releases appeared in 1949 – For the record: the Screen Gems name was reactivated in 1948 for Columbia’s TV production, and today is a label for Sony’s small budget theatrical feature films). This studio continued producing cartoons for Columbia release until it closed in 1946. SCREEN GEMS ORIGINAL TITLESThe first shot from the first Columbia cartoon release, RATSKIN (1929)Ĭolumbia Pictures slowly took over the Charles Mintz Studio (Scrappy and Krazy Kat) by folding it into the Screen Gems Studio in 1934. ![]()
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