Stone Age Cartoons
Appearance
Stone Age Cartoons is a 1940 American series of 12 animated short films from Fleischer Studios. The films are set in a stone-age time much like 1960s series The Flintstones. When they did not get the anticipated reception, Fleischer turned their attentions to the Gabby Color Cartoons.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The 12 films in the series are:
- Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points (26 January 1940)
- Way Back When a Nag Was Only a Horse (8 March 1940)
- Way Back When a Nightclub Was a Stick (15 March 1940)
- Granite Hotel (26 April 1940)
- The Fowl Ball Player (24 May 1940)
- The Ugly Dino (14 June 1940) (First appearance of Danny Dinosaur)
- Wedding Belts (5 July 1940)
- Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit (26 July 1940)
- The Fulla Bluff Man (9 August 1940)
- Springtime in the Rockage (30 August 1940)
- Pedagogical Institution (College to You) (13 September 1940)
- Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (26 September 1940)
References
- ^ Richard Fleischer (2005). Out of the inkwell: Max Fleischer and the animation revolution. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813123550.
- ^ Jeff Lenburg (2006). Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 90. ISBN 1-55783-671-X.
- ^ Stuart B. McIver (1998). Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags. Pineapple Press Inc. p. 47. ISBN 1561641553.
- ^ Fred Grandinetti (2004). Popeye: an illustrated cultural history. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 078641605X.
- ^ Motion picture herald, Volume 139, Issues 1-6. Quigley Pub. Co. 1940. p. 53.
- ^ Leslie Cabarga (1998). The Fleischer story. DaCapo Press. ISBN 0306803135.
- ^ William C. Cline (1997). In the nick of time: motion picture sound serials. McFarland. pp. vii. ISBN 078640471X.
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