''Kartunes'' is a series of 12 theatrical shorts subjects released from 1951 to 1953. The series was produced by Famous Studios for Paramount Pictures. It succeeded the ''

Screen Songs ''Screen Songs'', formerly known as KoKo Song Car-Tunes, are a series of animated cartoons produced at the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1938. Paramount brought back the sing-along cartoons in 1945, n ...

'' series because Paramount Pictures lost the rights to the series' name and the term "Bouncing Ball" couldn't be used any more. Even though the series ended in 1953, Famous produced ''Candy Cabaret'' and ''Hobo’s Holiday'', which are part of the '' Noveltoons'' series. The opening theme of each cartoon was "Sing a Song of Sixpence".

Filmography

Note: ''Hysterical History'' is the only Kartunes short in the

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.
Note 2: ''Dizzy Dinosaurs'' and ''Forest Fantasy'' are the only Kartune films which featuring Inchy the Worm.

TV distribution

The cartoons were later sold to TV distribution by

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to replace the original titles with the Harvey reissued ones, later being syndicated by

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. Currently, the Harvey reissued cartoons are distributed by

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through its DreamWorks Animation subsidiary and their

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unit.

References

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* Famous Studios series and characters Animated film series American animated short films Film series introduced in 1951 Sing-along {{short-animation-film-stub