Phantasies

Not to be confused with Phantastes, the novel by George MacDonald.

Phantasy is a series of animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946.^[1] This series along with the Fables cartoons were brought in to replace the Scrappy and Krazy Kat series although they would be featured in some cartoons. The series, featuring characters such as Willoughby Wren and Superkatt, is notable as being the last theatrical animated series produced in black-and-white by a major studio. To cut costs, Columbia did not move the Phantasies out of black-and-white until the end of 1946, when it went to all-Cinecolor production.^[2] While the Screen Gems studio closed in 1946, the completed Phantasy cartoons continued to be released until 1948.

Phantasies
Title card used in 1943
Production company	Screen Gems
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1939 – June 3, 1948
Country	United States
Language	English

Filmography

Title	Release date	Director	Character(s)	Notes
The Charm Bracelet	September 1, 1939	Allen Rose	Scrappy
The Millionaire Hobo	November 24, 1939	Arthur Davis
The Mouse Exterminator	January 26, 1940	Allen Rose	Krazy Kat	Final Columbia cartoon featuring Krazy Kat.
Man of Tin	February 23, 1940		Scrappy
Fish Follies	May 10, 1940
News Oddities	July 19, 1940			Listed as a Krazy Kat cartoon in TV packages despite the character not appearing in this short at all.
School Boy Dreams	September 24, 1940		Scrappy
Happy Holidays	October 25, 1940
The Little Theatre	February 7, 1941			Final cartoon featuring Scrappy
There's Music in Your Hair	March 28, 1941	Arthur Davis
The Cute Recruit	May 2, 1941
The Wallflower	July 3, 1941	Ben Harrison
The Merry Mouse Cafe	August 15, 1941	Allen Rose
The Crystal Gazer	September 26, 1941	Sid Marcus
Dog Meets Dog	March 6, 1942	Alec Geiss	Butch Bulldog
The Wild and Woozy West	April 30, 1942	Lou Lilly and Allen Rose
A Battle for a Bottle	May 29, 1942	Alec Geiss
Old Blackout Joe	August 27, 1942	John Hubley and Paul Sommer	Joe	John Hubley's directorial debut
The Gullible Canary	September 18, 1942	Alec Geiss
The Dumbconscious Mind	October 23, 1942	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
Malice in Slumberland	November 20, 1942	Alec Geiss
Cholly Polly	December 18, 1942
The Vitamin G-Man	January 22, 1943	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
Kindly Scram	March 5, 1943	Alec Geiss
Willoughby's Magic Hat	April 30, 1943	Bob Wickersham	Willoughby Wren
Duty and the Beast	May 28, 1943	Alec Geiss
Mass Mouse Meeting	June 25, 1943
The Fly in the Ointment	July 23, 1943	Paul Sommer
Dizzy Newsreel	August 27, 1943	Alec Geiss
Nursery Crimes	October 8, 1943		Professor J. Snuffington Snodgrass
The Cocky Bantam	November 12, 1943	Paul Sommer
The Playful Pest	December 3, 1943
Polly Wants a Doctor	January 6, 1944	Howard Swift
Magic Strength	February 4, 1944	Bob Wickersham	Willoughby Wren
Lionel Lion	March 3, 1944	Paul Sommer		Lost.
Giddy-Yapping	April 7, 1944	Howard Swift
Mr. Fore by Fore	June 7, 1944
Tangled Travels	June 9, 1944	Alec Geiss
The Case of the Screaming Bishop	August 4, 1944	Howard Swift
Mutt 'n' Bones	August 25, 1944	Paul Sommer
As the Fly Flies	November 17, 1944	Howard Swift
Goofy News Views	April 27, 1945	Sid Marcus
Booby Socks	July 12, 1945	Howard Swift and Bob Wickersham
Simple Siren	September 20, 1945	Paul Sommer
Kongo-Roo	April 18, 1946	Howard Swift
Snap Happy Traps	June 6, 1946	Bob Wickersham
The Schooner the Better	July 4, 1946	Howard Swift		Last cartoon in black and white.
Fowl Brawl[3]	January 19, 1947			Lost cartoon. Starting with this short, all Phantasies are in Cinecolor.
The Uncultured Vulture	February 6, 1947	Bob Wickersham
Wacky Quacky	March 20, 1947	Alex Lovy	Quacky
Leave Us Chase It	May 15, 1947	Howard Swift	Superkatt
Tooth or Consequences	June 5, 1947		The Fox and the Crow
Kitty Caddy	November 6, 1947	Sid Marcus
Topsy Turkey	February 5, 1948
Short Snorts on Sports	June 3, 1948	Alex Lovy		Final Phantasy short.

See also

• Color Rhapsodies
• Noveltoons
• Modern Madcaps
• Animated Antics
• Cartune Classics
• ComiColor Cartoons
• Happy Harmonies
• Merrie Melodies
• Rainbow Parade
• Silly Symphonies
• Swing Symphony
• Puppetoons