Noveltoons: Original Classics

Noveltoons: Original Classics

2012 · 150 min · Animation, Family

When Paramount removed Max Fleischer (Betty Boop, Popeye) from control of the Fleischer cartoon studio in 1942, the future looked grim. But under the new name of Famous Studios, a core group of artists kept at work - and brought a crazy cast of characters to life in Noveltoons a beautifully animated series of comedy and fantasy shorts. Now twenty of these classics are back, restored and remastered now in HD from original 35mm and 16mm film materials - brighter and more colorful than they've looked in decades. Famous stars like Raggedy Ann, Herman the Mouse, Blackie Sheep, and Baby Huey pop right off the screen... with anvils and shotguns in hand! Rediscover the Noveltoons or enjoy them for the first time!

Directed by Seymour Kneitel

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Jackson Beck Buzzy Crow
Mae Questel Little Audrey
Alan Shay Casper
Carl Meyer Katnip

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Noveltoons: Original Classics

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Miceniks · 1961

MovieAnimationComedy

Beatnik mice are chased by a square cat.

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Scout Fellow · 1951

Baby Huey dreams of becoming a Cub Scout, but the patrol out on a camping trip considers him to be too big and stupid to join. When a wolf shows up all the other ducks run away but Huey mistakes him for the scout master, and asks for his help. The wolf gives him several tasks to perform, all designed with Huey ending up on the wolf's dinner table, but dumb Huey turns the situations and the wolf is rendered harmless. The scouts make Huey an honorary member, and the battered wolf is used as a patrol flag.

Penny Antics

Penny Antics · 1955

MovieAnimationComedy

A virtual remake of Customers Wanted, with Popeye and Bluto running competing penny arcades showing customer Wimpy clips from past shorts, though in this case, rather than each arcade owner showing clips from the same story, they show different stories.

Popalong Popeye

Popalong Popeye · 1952

Popalong Popeye

MovieAnimationWestern

Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their spinach, he tells about how he arrived at the ranch and was humiliated by foreman Bluto until, of course, he ate his spinach.

Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor · 1960

Popeye the Sailor

SeriesAnimationKids

Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man. Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating sailor continues to delight young and old with his comic adventures, and the entire gang is around to provide plenty of rousing fun and action: Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Wimpy and Bluto.

House Tricks?

House Tricks? · 1946

MovieAnimationComedy

Olive is building a house when the boys happen by. They show off a bit to convince her to let them build her house for her. She decides to split the job in half by splitting the blueprints in half and having each build one side of the house. Of course, "cooperation" isn't in their vocabulary. Bluto does an extremely sloppy job on his half, and also takes every opportunity to either sabotage Popeye or trick him into doing more work. Meanwhile, Popeye's making enough of his own mistakes, many of which seem to involve wedging Olive into small bent pipes. Eventually, Popeye has his spinach and finishes the house, but the house collapses as they are celebrating with a kiss.

Little Swee'pea

Little Swee'pea · 1936

Little Swee'pea

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.

Krazy Kat

Krazy Kat · 1962

SeriesAnimation

A hilarious throwback collection of kooky escapades from this rare 1960s cartoon about lovable cats, mischievous mice and big mouthed pups.

The Mechanical Monsters

The Mechanical Monsters · 1941

The Mechanical Monsters

MovieActionAnimation

Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.

Billion Dollar Limited

Billion Dollar Limited · 1942

Billion Dollar Limited

MovieAnimationAction

Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman!

Superman

Superman · 1941

MovieActionAnimation

After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.

Electric Earthquake

Electric Earthquake · 1942

Electric Earthquake

MovieAnimationAction

A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his extortion plan!

Shaving Muggs

Shaving Muggs · 1953

Shore leave; Olive refuses to go out with either of the boys until they get a shave and haircut (Popeye actually has stubble). Barber Wimpy is out, so they take turns. First Popeye takes care of Bluto, making him actually look presentable; then it's Bluto's turn to give Popeye the works of course, he's going to get a different treatment.

Spooky Swabs

Spooky Swabs · 1957

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Olive board a run-down ship, which turns out to be haunted.

Poor Cinderella

Poor Cinderella · 1934

Poor Cinderella

MovieAnimationFantasy

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

The Underground World

The Underground World · 1943

The Underground World

MovieAnimationAction

Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs's "At the Earth's Core".

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