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CELEBRITY PRODUCTIONS
Celebrity Productions was the animation
studio owned by Ub Iwerks after his break from Disney. With the backing
of Pat Powers, Celebrity turned out cartoons from 1930 until 1936.
The first cartoons that was produced
by Celebrity was a series for MGM called Flip the Frog, which was
MGM's first sound cartoon. The first cartoon that Ub Iwerks made for
the series was called Fiddlesticks, which was released on August 16,
1930, and was also the first color sound cartoon ever made. Fiddlesticks
was made in two-color Technicolor. The rest of the Flip series were
made in black and white, except for Techno-Cracked in 1933.
Celebrity also produced a second series
for MGM called Willie Whopper. It wasn't as popular as the Flip the
Frog series and was only produced in 1933 and 1934.
In addition, Celebrity produced 25
cartoons for Pat Powers released as ComiColor Cartoons.
Here's the list of Flip
the Frog releases:
* Fiddlesticks, August 16, 1930
* Flying Fists, September 6, 1930
* The Village Barber, September 27, 1930
* Little Orphan Willie, October 18, 1930
* Cuckoo Murder Case, October 18, 1930
* Puddle Pranks, December, 1930
* The Village Smithy, January 31, 1931
* The Soup Song, January 31, 1931
* Laughing Gas, March 14, 1931
* Ragtime Romeo, May 2, 1931
* The New Car, July 25, 1931
* Movie Mad, August 29, 1931
* The Village Specialist, September 12, 1931
* Jail Birds, September 26, 1931
* Africa Squeaks, October 17, 1931
* Spooks, December 21, 1931
* The Milkman, February 20, 1932
* Fire! Fire!, March 5, 1932
* What A Life!, March 26, 1932
* Puppy Love, April 30, 1932
* School Days, May 14, 1932
* The Bully, June 18, 1932
* The Office Boy, July 16, 1932
* Room Runners, August 13, 1932
* Stromy Seas, August 22, 1932
* Circus, August 27, 1932
* Goal Rush, October 3, 1932
* Pony Express, October 27 1932
* The Music Lesson, October 29, 1932
* Nursemaid, November 26, 1932
* Funny Face, December 24, 1932
* Cuckoo The Magician, January 21, 1933
* Flip's Lunch Room, April 3, 1933
* Techno-Cracked (Cinecolor), May 8, 1933
* Bulloney, May 30, 1933
* Chinaman's Chance, June 24, 1933
* Pale-Face, August 12, 1933
* Soda Squirt, October 12 , 1933
Here's a list of the Willie Whopper
cartoons that were produced. Only 2 were in Cinecolor, the rest were
in black & white.
*The Air Race - Pilot Not Released
*Play Ball, September 16, 1933
*Spite Fright, October 14, 1933
*Stratos-Fear, November 11, 1933
*Davy Jones' Locker, (In Cinecolor) December 9, 1933
*Hell's Fire aka Vulcan Entertains, (In Cinecolor) January 6, 1934
*Robin Hood, Jr., February 3, 1934
*Insultin' The Sultan, April 14, 1934
*Reducing Creme, May 19, 1934
*Rasslin' Round, June 1, 1934
*Cave Man, July 6, 1934
*Jungle Jitters, July 24, 1934
*Good Scout, September 1, 1934
*Viva Willie, September 20, 1934
Iwerks also produced 25cartoons for
Pat Powers released as ComiColor Cartoons:
*Jack and the Beanstalk, November
30, 1933
*Little Red Hen, February 16, 1934
*Brave Tin Soldier, April 7, 1934
*Puss In Boots, May 17, 1934
*Queen Of Hearts, June 25, 1934
*Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp, August 10, 1934
*Headless
Horseman, October 1, 1934
*Valiant Tailor, October 29, 1934
*Don Quixote, November 26, 1934
*Jack
Frost, December 24, 1934
*Little
Black Sambo, February 6, 1935
*Bremen Town Musicians, March 6, 1935
*Old
Mother Hubbard, April 3, 1935
*Mary's Little Lamb, May 1, 1935
*Summertime, June 15, 1935
*Sinbad
The Sailor, July 30, 1935
*Three Bears, August 30, 1935
*Balloonland
aka The Pincushion Man, September 30, 1935
*Simple Simon, November 15, 1935
*Humpty Dumpty, December 30, 1935
*Ali
Baba, January 30, 1936
*Tom
Thumb, March 30, 1936
*Dick Whittington's Cat, May 30, 1936
*Little
Boy Blue, July 30, 1936
*Happy
Days, September 30, 1936
Here's a list of what posters we have
loaded from Celebrity
Productions so far.
Celebrity used Flampin Litho in NYC.
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