Noveltoons was an anthology series of animated

Animation

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 cartoon

Cartoon

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s produced by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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' Famous Studios

Famous Studios

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 from 1943 to the close of the studio in 1967. Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...

, Herman and Katnip

Herman and Katnip

Herman and Katnip are a duo of cartoon characters . From 1944 to September 1950, Herman appeared without Katnip, who made his first appearance in November 1950 with Mice Meeting You. The two characters continued to star in animated cartoons by Famous Studios until 1959...

, Little Audrey

Little Audrey

Little Audrey is a fictional character, appearing in Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios cartoons from 1947 to 1958. She is considered a variation of the better-known Little Lulu, devised after Paramount decided not to renew the license on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic strip character...

, and Baby Huey

Baby Huey

Baby Huey is a gigantic and naïve duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios, and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. Although created by Famous for its animated cartoons, Huey first appeared in comic-book form in an original...

 all got their start from this series. It was the successor series to the Color Classics

Color Classics

Color Classics were a series of animated short subjects produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1941 as a competitor to Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. As the name implies, all of the shorts were made in color, with the first entry in the series, Poor Cinderella, being the...

 series produced by Fleischer Studios

Fleischer Studios

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 (indeed, several Noveltoons would feature characters who originated in Color Classics). This series was also very similar to the two series from Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

, Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

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 and Merrie Melodies

Merrie Melodies

Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...

, in that it features several recurring characters under one umbrella title.

The pre-October 1950 Noveltoons were sold to television distributor U.M.&M. T.V. Corp.

U.M.&M. T.V. Corp.

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 in 1956. National Telefilm Associates

National Telefilm Associates

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 acquired those cartoons soon afterward. Paramount sold the rest of the Noveltoons to Harvey Comics

Harvey Comics

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. 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 public domain.

List of Noveltoons

• No Mutton Fer Nuttin (1943)
• The Henpecked Rooster (1944)
• Cilly Goose (1944)
• Suddenly It's Spring (1944)
• Yankee Doodle Donkey (1944)
• Gabriel Churchkitten (1944)
• When G.I. Johnny Comes Home (1945)
• Scrappily Married (1945)
• A Lamb in a Jam (1945)
• A Self-Made Mongrel (1945)
• The Friendly Ghost
  The Friendly Ghost
  The Friendly Ghost is a cartoon released by Paramount Pictures on 16 November 1945 under its Noveltoons series of animated shorts. It is the first cartoon to feature Casper the Friendly Ghost.- Plot :...
  
   (1945)
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1945)
• Cheese Burglar (1946)
• Sheep Shape (1946)
• The Goal Rush (1946)
• Sudden Fried Chicken (1946)
• Spree for All (1946)
• The Stupidstitious Cat (1947)
• The Enchanted Square (1947)
• Madhattan Island (1947)
• Much Ado About Mutton (1947)
• The Wee Men (1947)
• The Mild West (1947)
• Naughty But Mice (1947)
• Santa's Surprise (1947)
• Cat O' Nine Ails (1948)
• Flip Flap (1948)
• We're in the Honey (1948)
• The Bored Cuckoo (1948)
• There's Good Boos To-Night
  There's Good Boos To-Night
  There's Good Boos To-Night is a 1948 American film directed by Izzy Sparber narrated by Frank Gallop featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost.- Plot summary :...
  
  (1948)
• 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)
• A Mutt in a Rut (1949)
• Campus Capers (1949)
• Leprechauns Gold (1949)
• Song of the Birds (1949)
• Land of the Lost Jewels (1950)
• Quack-A-Doodle-Doo (1950)
• 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)
• Audrey the Rainmaker (1951)
• Cat Tamale (1951)
• By Leaps and Hounds (1951)
• Scout Fellow (1951)
• Cat Carson Rides Again (1952)
• The Awful Tooth (1952)
• 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)
• Fide Beta Kappa (1954)
• No Ifs, Ands or Butts (1954)
• 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)
• 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)
• Finnigan's Flea (1958)
• Okey Dokey Donkey (1958)
• Chew Chew Baby (1958)
• Travelaffs (1958)
• Stork Raving Mad (1958)
• Dawg Gawn (1958)
• The Animal Fair (1959)
• Houndabout (1959)
• Huey's Father's Day (1959)
• Out of This Whirl (1959)
• Be Mice to Cats (1960)
• Monkey Doodles (1960)
• Peck Your Own Home (1960)
• Silly Science (1960)
• Counter Attack (1960)
• Turning The Fables (1960)
• Munro (1960)
• Fine Feathered Fiend (1960)
• The Planet Mouseola (1960)
• Northern Mites (1960)
• Miceniks (1960)
• The Lion's Busy (1961)
• Hound About That (1961)
• Alvin's Solo Flight (1961)
• Goodie the Gremlin (1961)
• Trick or Tree (1961)
• Cape Kidnaveral (1961)
• Turtle Scoop (1961)
• Abner the Baseball (1961)
• Kozmo Goes to School (1961)
• Good and Guilty (1962)
• T.V. or No T.V. (1962)
• Anatole (1962)
• Yule Laff (1962)
• It's For The Birdies (1962)
• Fiddlin' Around (1962)
• Without Time or Reason (1962)
• Good Snooze Tonight (1963)
• A Sight For Squaw Eyes (1963)
• Gramps To The Rescue (1963)
• Hobo's Holiday (1963)
• Hound For Pound (1963)
• The Sheepish Wolf (1963)
• Hiccup Hound (1963)
• Ollie the Owl (1963)
• Whiz Quiz Kid (1964)
• Laddy and His Lamp (1964)
• A Tiger's Tail (1964)
• Homer on the Range (1964)
• The Story of George Washington (1965)
• A Leak in the Dike (1965)
• Tally Hokum (1965)
• Geronimo & Son (1965)
• Horning In (1965)
• A Hair Raising Tale (1965)
• Space Kid (1966)
• Op, Pop, Wham And Bop (1966)
• Sick Transit (1966)
• The Trip (1967)
• Robin Hoodwinked (1967)

In total, 168 animated shorts in the series were produced.

External links

• Freely downloadable Noveltoons shorts