The Harvey Entertainment Company
Appearance
Company type | Name-only unit |
---|---|
Industry | Animated TV shows Theatrically feature films |
Founded | 1957 2001 (as in name-only unit) | (as animation arm)
Headquarters | |
Owner | Comcast |
Parent | DreamWorks Classics (DreamWorks Animation) (NBCUniversal) |
Harvey Films (also known as Harvey Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company or simply Harvey) is an animation production arm of comic book publisher Harvey Comics. It was founded in 1957.[1]
In the early 1960s, they created Harvey Funnies, the original entertainment company to produce The New Casper Cartoon Show.
Currently, Harvey Films is owned by DreamWorks Classics, formerly Classic Media, which is now owned by DreamWorks Animation which is now owned by NBCUniversal in 2016. Harvey Films produced Casper's Scare School, a 2006 direct-to-video film released through Classic Media.
List of Harvey Films productions
Theatrical films
- The Sad Sack (1957 film starring Jerry Lewis)
- Richie Rich (1994 theatrical film) co-production with Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Casper (1995 theatrical film) co-production with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
TV series
- Matty's Funday Funnies (1959-1962)
- The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963-1969) (co-production with Paramount Cartoon Studios)
- Casper and the Angels (1979-1980) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
- Casper's Halloween Special (1979) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
- Casper's First Christmas (1979) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
- The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980-1982) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
- The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (1982-1984) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
- Casper and Friends (1990-1994)
- Casper: Classics (1994-1995)
- The Baby Huey Show (1994-1995) (co-production with Carbunkle Cartoons (season 1) and Film Roman (season 2))
- Casper (1996-1998) (aka The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper) (co-production with Amblin Television and Universal Cartoon Studios)
- Richie Rich (1996) (co-production with Film Roman)
- The Harveytoons Show (1998-2001)
- Casper's Scare School (2009) (co-production with The Harvey Entertainment Company)
Direct-to-video
- Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) co-production with Saban and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
- Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1998)
- Casper Meets Wendy (1998) co-production with Saban and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
- Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998) co-production with Saban and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
- Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) (co-production with Rainmaker Entertainment)
- Casper's Scare School (2006) (co-production with Philips Filmstudio Inc.)
References
- ^ Meyer, Thomas A. (2010). Innovate!: How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times. Hoboken: Wiley. p. 16. ISBN 0470560584.