Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on November 20, 1942. These cartoons are seen as some of the finest quality (and certainly, the most lavishly budgeted) animated cartoons produced during The Golden Age of American animation. It's a bird! The 8-disc Blu-ray boxset The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, released in June 2011, includes all the Max Fleischer cartoons in SD as bonuses on the discs for the two versions of Superman II. Famous Studios. The entire collected Fleischer / Famous cartoons were included in the box sets The Christopher Reeve Superman Collection and Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition, where both sets also included a 13-minute short documentary on the history of these cartoons, entitled First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series. 1942 Topics superman, max fleischer, japan Publisher Paramount Pictures, Action Comics & Superman Magazine. The Bosko Video release was not associated with DC Comics or their parent company Warner Bros. Another DVD was Superman: The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection from VCI Entertainment released on May 30, 2006, a month prior to the release of the film Superman Returns. The Paramount Superman cartoons are widely available on VHS, DVD and online. All eventually fell into the public domain, due to National failing to renew their copyrights; thus, they have been widely distributed on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. The ship eventually landed on Earth and was found by a motorist, who took the infant to an orphanage. When the Fleischers started work on the series, in the comic books, Superman could only leap from place to place (hence the classic phrase, "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound"). Produced by Famous Studios, the cartoon was originally released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on December 25, 1942. comment. This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Superman's Costume (First appearance) Vehicles: 1. At first the brothers did not want to do this series. The Fleischers were also well into production on their second, Mr. Bug Goes to Town. Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. Daily Planet 1.1.2. 1987), p. 312. The folow up to the series produced at the Fleischer Studios from 1941-1942. Full rights to Superman III and Supergirl are now with WB, but Paramount still has some partial rights to Superman IV (as part of the Cannon Films library), and TV distribution is now held (on Paramount's behalf) by Trifecta Entertainment & Media. Music for the series was composed by Sammy Timberg, the Fleischers' long-time musical collaborator. 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. Entertainment, which has also owned Superman's publisher, DC Comics, since 1967. When his world was on the verge of destruction, his father placed him in a rocket and launched it in the direction of Earth. In the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" tie-in comic, the world of those cartoons take place on the Earth-F before being destroyed by the Anti-Monitor. [4] To the Fleischers' shock, instead of withdrawing its request, Paramount entered into negotiations with them, and got the per-episode budget lowered to $50,000. Not wanting to risk becoming overworked (which could compromise the quality of each project), the Fleischers were strongly (but quietly) opposed to the idea of committing themselves to another major project when they were approached by their studio's distributor and majority owner since May 1941, Paramount Pictures. The Fleischers' last- and most- expensive series. The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in Technicolor by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman, making them his first animated appearance. 1996: Superman: The Animated Series – TV series, voiced by Tim Daly; 2005: Krypto the Superdog – TV series; Superman voiced by Michael Daingerfield (appears in episode one) 2006–2008: Legion of Super Heroes (Warner Bros.); featuring Yuri Lowenthal as Superman; 2007–2008: The Batman (Warner Bros.) – Superman is featured in the two-part season five premiere, "The Batman/Superman … [citation needed]. September 1941 als erster Teil der Fleischer-Cartoonserie Superman durch Verleiher Paramount Pictures in die Kinos. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!" Japoteurs (1942) is the tenth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The sleek look of the series continued, but there was a noticeable change in the storylines of the later shorts of the series after Famous replaced Fleischer as producer. Clark Kent, also known as Superman, was born on the planet Krypton. The Mad Scientist), was released on September 26, 1941, and was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. Diamond Bridge 2. It lost to Lend a Paw, a Pluto cartoon from Walt Disney Productions and RKO Pictures. The Mechanical Monsters itself was featured as part of Fantastic Animation Festival. The rights to all seventeen cartoons eventually reverted to National Comics, who licensed TV syndication rights to Flamingo Films (distributors of the TV series Adventures of Superman). As all of these cartoons are now in the public domain,[2] free downloadable links from the Internet Archive have been provided. They were originally produced by Fleischer Studios, who completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. Joan Alexander was the voice of Lois Lane, a role she also po… Shipping cost cannot be … Among the best reviewed of these various releases was a 1991 VHS set produced by Bosko Video, the somewhat incorrectly titled The Complete Superman Collection: Golden Anniversary Edition - The Paramount Cartoon Classics of Max & Dave Fleischer released as two VHS volumes which featured high-quality transfers from 35mm prints. They posted one episode per day with the final episode, "Secret Agent", going live on New Year's Day 2005. plus-circle Add Review. The voice of Superman for the series was initially provided by Bud Collyer, who also performed the lead character's voice during the Superman radio series. Famous Studios ended the series after a total of seventeen shorts had been produced, replacing it with a series of shorts based upon Marge's Little Lulu. Beck. This documentary (which was included on the Superman II two-disc special edition DVD) features interviews with surviving members, relatives and biographers of the animation and production team, also contemporary animators such as Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), Paul Dini and Dan Riba (Superman: The Animated Series) who detail the influence these cartoons have had on their own works. Superman is responsible for several acts of sabotage at the Yokohama Navy Yard in Japan. Production was resumed in May 1942 by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer, who produced eight more cartoons in 1942 and 1943. A 1988 music video for the song "Spy In The House of Love" by Chrysalis Records recording artists Was (Not Was) borrowed footage extensively from Famous' Secret Agent short. The first nine cartoons had more of a science fiction aspect to them, as they involved the Man of Steel fighting robots, giant dinosaurs, meteors from outer space, and other perils. Animation by William Bowsky and William Henning. By mid-1941, brothers Max and Dave Fleischer were running their own animation studio in Miami, Florida, and had recently finished their first animated feature film, Gulliver's Travels. The first "official" home video releases of the series were by Warner Home Video in 1987 and 1988, in a series of VHS and LaserDisc packages called TV's Best Adventures of Superman. Genres; Movies or TV; IMDb Rating; In Theaters; On TV; Release Year; Keywords; Animation (17) Short (17) Fantasy (10) Sci-Fi (8) Action (5) Adventure (4) Crime (3) War (3) … The first nine cartoons were released as part of the four-disc special edition Superman: The Movie set, and the eight remaining cartoons were included on the two-disc special edition Superman II set. It's Superman. Lois Lane (First appearance) 2. Also known as The Mad Scientist, Superman was produced by Fleischer Studios and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on September 26, 1941. It lost to Lend a Paw, a Pluto cartoon from Walt Disney Productions and RKO Pictures. [citation needed], This animated version of Superman was planned to be made as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Directed by Dave Fleischer, Steve Muffati. Mad Scientist's vulture sidekick (Single appearance) Locations: 1. On April 7, 2009, yet another release was made, this time a collection of all the cartoons released by Warner Home Video as the first authorized collection from the original masters, titled Max Fleischer's Superman: 1941-1942 with a suggested price at $26.99; the set included one new special feature in the form of "The Man, The Myth, Superman" featurette, along with an old special feature seen in the Superman II 2006 DVD release entitled "First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series".[13]. This animated short was created by Fleischer Studios. [14] The nine Fleischer Studios cartoons plus the 13-minutes feature First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series are on the Superman II - Original 1980/81 Theatrical Release disc and the eight Famous Studios cartoons are on the Superman II - The 2006 Richard Donner Cut disc. Music by Sammy Timberg. [5] In addition, Paramount cited waning interest in the Superman shorts among theater exhibitors as another justification for the series' cancellation.[8][9]. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. The high cost of the series kept it from continuing in the face of budgetary restrictions that were imposed after removing the Fleischers from the studio. Directors: Dave Fleischer, Orestes Calpini (uncredited) Writers: Joe Shuster (comic strip created by: Superman), Jerry Siegel (comic strip created by: Superman) (as Jerome Siegel) | 2 more credits » Metropolis 1.1.1. With Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer. Kryptonian Rocket Superman was the final animated series initiated by Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production.[1]. See, This page was last edited on 30 December 2020, at 01:22. A crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. In a rare move for a competing studio, Leon Schlesinger Productions, producers of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (which were distributed by WB), featured Timberg's Superman theme in Snafuperman, a 1944 Private Snafu cartoon Schlesinger produced for the U.S. Army. Mighty Mouse (deutsch auch Oskar, die Supermaus) ist eine Cartoon - und Zeichentrickfigur, die vom Studio Terrytoons für die Filmfirma 20th Century Fox im Jahr 1942 als gezeichneter und animierter Superheld erschaffen wurde. Able to soar higher than any plane!". Several of the iconic animated Fleischer/Famous shorts (now in the public domain) edited together to make a feature film. It's Superman!". More powerful than a locomotive! Superman arrives and destroys the mechanical monsters despite their flaming attack, and rescues Lois at the last moment from death. Four volumes were released, where each volume contained 2 selected episodes of the classic 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman (one black & white episode and one color episode), plus a selected Max Fleischer Superman short (marking the first "official" release of such as Warner holds the original film elements). Read our review of this episode in the "Fleischer Superman Cartoon Reviews". It's a plane! Approved | 8min | Animation , Short , Fantasy | 30 August 1942 (USA) When the circus' animals escape and threaten disaster, Superman must take action. Fourteen of the shorts are available for $1.99 for every two, while the other three are all in one video for the same price. After that studio was shut down by Paramount in early 1942, production began on nine more shorts at the new Famous Studios. Only the first nine cartoons were produced by Fleischer Studios; nonetheless, all 17 episodes are collectively known as "the Fleischer Superman cartoons". For the remaining Famous Studios-produced cartoons, the opening line was changed again to "Faster than a streak of lightning! Destruction Inc. (1942) is the thirteenth of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman. Perry White (First appearance) Antagonists: 1. In 1994, the first entry in the series was voted #33 on a list of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[3]. This release, like the Bosko Video release, was not associated with DC Comics or their parent company Warner Bros. A more "official" release from restored and remastered, superior original vault elements was released on DVD on November 28, 2006 as part of Warner Home Video's Superman film re-releases. 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Superman (First appearance) Supporting Characters: 1. Reviews Reviewer: infopablo00 - favorite favorite … With Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer. In 1985, DC Comics named Fleischer Studios as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great for its work on the Superman cartoons. [citation needed] The series strongly influenced the creation of the acclaimed animated television series Batman: The Animated Series, as well as the similar-looking Superman: The Animated Series. [2] Nonetheless, Warner Bros., via parent WarnerMedia's ownership of DC Comics, now owns the original film elements to the cartoons. After seeing the leaping fully animated, however, the Fleischers deemed it "silly looking", and asked permission from Action Comics (later DC Comics) to have him fly instead; the publisher agreed, and Superman was formally given the power of flight thereafter. 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