Margali's Midnight Matinee: The Raven
- 10 years ago
1942. "A Cartoon Travesty of THE RAVEN by Edgar Allen Poe", released by the Fleischer Studios (distributed by Paramount) on April 3, 1942, was the last of the two-reeler animated shorts produced by that studio, and among the very last of the cartoons created by
the folks behind the "Out of the Inkwell" classics and such characters as Koko the Clown, Bimbo, Grampy, and Betty Boop, as well as Popeye the Sailor and, near the end of the studio's run, their celebrated series of "Superman" cartoons. By late 1942, Max and Dave Fleischer were no longer working together, and neither was working for the studio that bore their name. It really was the end of an era for what had been one of Disney's keenest competitors.
Produced by Dave Fleischer, directed by Tom Johnson, and featuring the voices of Jack Mercer, Pinto Colvig and (as the narrator) Sam Parker (the voice of Gulliver in Fleischer's 1939 full-length feature,"Gulliver's Travels").
[As with so many of the Fleischer cartoons, this one was part of Paramount' pre-1950s cartoon library sold to U.M.&M. TV Corp., which in turn was acquired by National Telefilm Associates (NTA). The results of that shuffling about were the modified credits on cartoons, replacing or simply blacking out the original logos and copyright notices, and the eventual failure to renew those copyrights by NTA, placing "Raven" and many other Fleischer cartoons in public domain.]
Of course, that is probably more than you ever wanted to know about the subject -- so just enjoy the cartoon, Couch Pumpkin.
the folks behind the "Out of the Inkwell" classics and such characters as Koko the Clown, Bimbo, Grampy, and Betty Boop, as well as Popeye the Sailor and, near the end of the studio's run, their celebrated series of "Superman" cartoons. By late 1942, Max and Dave Fleischer were no longer working together, and neither was working for the studio that bore their name. It really was the end of an era for what had been one of Disney's keenest competitors.
Produced by Dave Fleischer, directed by Tom Johnson, and featuring the voices of Jack Mercer, Pinto Colvig and (as the narrator) Sam Parker (the voice of Gulliver in Fleischer's 1939 full-length feature,"Gulliver's Travels").
[As with so many of the Fleischer cartoons, this one was part of Paramount' pre-1950s cartoon library sold to U.M.&M. TV Corp., which in turn was acquired by National Telefilm Associates (NTA). The results of that shuffling about were the modified credits on cartoons, replacing or simply blacking out the original logos and copyright notices, and the eventual failure to renew those copyrights by NTA, placing "Raven" and many other Fleischer cartoons in public domain.]
Of course, that is probably more than you ever wanted to know about the subject -- so just enjoy the cartoon, Couch Pumpkin.