Superman (1940s animated film series)
Series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films released by Paramount Pictures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated superhero short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance.
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Produced by | Max Fleischer Sam Buchwald Dan Gordon Seymour Kneitel I. Sparber |
Starring | Bud Collyer Joan Alexander Julian Noa Jack Mercer Jackson Beck |
Music by | Sammy Timberg Winston Sharples (uncredited) Lou Fleischer (uncredited) |
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Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | September 26, 1941 – July 30, 1943 |
Running time | 10 minutes (one reel) |
Language | English |
They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, which completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Production was resumed in May 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, which produced eight more cartoons in 1942–1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated by Fleischer Studios before Famous Studios officially took over production.[1]
Although all entries are in the public domain,[2] ancillary rights, such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm master elements, are owned today by Warner Bros., which has also owned Superman's publisher, DC Comics, since 1969. In 2023, Warner Bros. released a Blu-ray set containing the 17 cartoons, taken from high-definition restorations of the original camera negatives.[3][4][5]