@mrmjb1960 No, sorry; it wasn't Raymond Scott who wrote this, but Sammy Timberg, the musical director at Paramount/Famous from the beginning of the animation dept. until 1946 (when Winston Sharples took over).
More often, 'qu4n7', the "Champion" re-releases were the equivalent of Warner Bros. "Blue Ribbon" Merrie Melodies reissues- honored by the Academy Awards or not, those cartoons were booked into theaters again after several years to squeeze a little more revenue out of them. After 1956, production budgets were drastically cut, and both animation and title cards looked "cheap"....Paramount's front office attitude was, "cheap or not, they'll still make money for us".
Actually, the "Jack-in-the Box" was the symbol of Paramount's "Noveltoons" from about 1948 through 1955. When Harvey Publications bought ALL rights to the 1950-'62 Paramount cartoon library [setting up Harvey Films to distribute them after 1959], the "Jack-in-the-box" became their "Harveytoons" symbol, including every refilmed title card on the Paramount cartoons.
@fromthesidelines also, there's the "reissue" variant, on which the film company was reffered as "A Paramount Champion" as most of those shorts were awarded by the academy
From "Naughty But Mice" and a bunch of other Noveltoons
themaster25478 6 months ago
Dear Kid Cairbre,
Do you know the title of this tune..written and arranged by Mr.Timberg?
TheStanbabe 7 months ago
that shit is OLD now and no copyrights too
5824balderrama 7 months ago
The opening music was written by a bandlaeder called Scott,responsible for the tune "Powerhouse"!
mrmjb1960 10 months ago
@mrmjb1960 No, sorry; it wasn't Raymond Scott who wrote this, but Sammy Timberg, the musical director at Paramount/Famous from the beginning of the animation dept. until 1946 (when Winston Sharples took over).
KidCairbre 10 months ago
More often, 'qu4n7', the "Champion" re-releases were the equivalent of Warner Bros. "Blue Ribbon" Merrie Melodies reissues- honored by the Academy Awards or not, those cartoons were booked into theaters again after several years to squeeze a little more revenue out of them. After 1956, production budgets were drastically cut, and both animation and title cards looked "cheap"....Paramount's front office attitude was, "cheap or not, they'll still make money for us".
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Actually, the "Jack-in-the Box" was the symbol of Paramount's "Noveltoons" from about 1948 through 1955. When Harvey Publications bought ALL rights to the 1950-'62 Paramount cartoon library [setting up Harvey Films to distribute them after 1959], the "Jack-in-the-box" became their "Harveytoons" symbol, including every refilmed title card on the Paramount cartoons.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
@fromthesidelines also, there's the "reissue" variant, on which the film company was reffered as "A Paramount Champion" as most of those shorts were awarded by the academy
qu4n7um5p33d 1 year ago
where did you find this "poor" version?
CartoonCookie93 2 years ago
oh, "ups and downs derby" haven'[t seen that toon in a while
CartoonCookie93 2 years ago