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*'''''[[A Cartoonist's Nightmare]]'''''
*'''''[[A Cartoonist's Nightmare]]'''''
*''[[The Fire Alarm]]''
*''[[The Fire Alarm]]''
*'''''[[Gold Diggers of '49]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied">Has only computer-colorized version</ref>
*'''''[[Gold Diggers of '49]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied">Has only computer-colorized version</ref>
*'''''[[Hollywood Capers]]'''''
*'''''[[Hollywood Capers]]'''''
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{{col-3}}
===1936===
===1936===
*'''''[[Alpine Antics]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Alpine Antics]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[The Blow Out]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[The Blow Out]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Boom Boom]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Boom Boom]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Fish Tales]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice">Has redrawn and computer-colorized versions</ref>
*''[[Fish Tales]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice">Has redrawn and computer-colorized versions</ref>
*'''''[[Little Beau Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Little Beau Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Milk and Money]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Milk and Money]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[The Phantom Ship (1936 film)|The Phantom Ship]]''
*''[[The Phantom Ship (1936 film)|The Phantom Ship]]''
*''[[Plane Dippy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Plane Dippy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky in the Northwoods]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky in the Northwoods]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky the Rainmaker]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky the Rainmaker]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Moving Day]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Moving Day]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Pet]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Pet]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Poultry Plant]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Poultry Plant]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Shanghaied Shipmates]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Shanghaied Shipmates]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[The Village Smithy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[The Village Smithy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Westward Whoa]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Westward Whoa]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
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{{col-end}}
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{{col-begin}}
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*''[[Porky the Wrestler]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky the Wrestler]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Badtime Story]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Badtime Story]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Building]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Building]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Double Trouble]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Double Trouble]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
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*''[[Injun Trouble (1938 film)|Injun Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Injun Trouble (1938 film)|Injun Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky & Daffy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky & Daffy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky at the Crocadero]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky at the Crocadero]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky in Egypt]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky in Egypt]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky in Wackyland]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky in Wackyland]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky the Fireman]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky the Fireman]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky the Gob]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky the Gob]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
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*'''''[[Porky's Poppa]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Poppa]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Spring Planting]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Spring Planting]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[What Price Porky]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[What Price Porky]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Wholly Smoke]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Wholly Smoke]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
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{{col-4}}
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*''[[Porky's Tire Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Tire Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Scalp Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Scalp Trouble]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Wise Quacks]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Wise Quacks]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
{{col-4}}
{{col-4}}
===1940===
===1940===
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*''[[The Chewin' Bruin]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[The Chewin' Bruin]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Patient Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Patient Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Pilgrim Porky]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Pilgrim Porky]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Baseball Broadcast]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Baseball Broadcast]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Hired Hand]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Hired Hand]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Last Stand]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Last Stand]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Poor Fish]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Poor Fish]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Prehistoric Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Prehistoric Porky]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Slap-Happy Pappy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Slap-Happy Pappy]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[The Sour Puss]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[The Sour Puss]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[The Timid Toreador]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[The Timid Toreador]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[You Ought to Be in Pictures]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[You Ought to Be in Pictures]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
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{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
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*''[[The Henpecked Duck]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[The Henpecked Duck]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Joe Glow, the Firefly]]''
*''[[Joe Glow, the Firefly]]''
*'''''[[Meet John Doughboy]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Meet John Doughboy]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Notes to You]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Notes to You]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Ant]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Ant]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
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*''[[Porky's Midnight Matinee]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Midnight Matinee]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Pooch]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Pooch]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Preview]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Porky's Preview]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Prize Pony]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Prize Pony]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Snooze Reel]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Snooze Reel]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
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*''[[Nutty News]]''
*''[[Nutty News]]''
*''[[Porky's Cafe]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Cafe]]''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*''[[Porky's Pastry Pirates]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Porky's Pastry Pirates]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Saps in Chaps]]''
*''[[Saps in Chaps]]''
*'''''[[Wacky Blackout]]'''''
*'''''[[Wacky Blackout]]'''''
*''[[Who's Who in the Zoo]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Who's Who in the Zoo]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
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{{col-3}}
===1943===
===1943===
*''[[Confusions of a Nutzy Spy]]''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Confusions of a Nutzy Spy]]''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Hop and Go]]''
*''[[Hop and Go]]''
*'''''[[Porky Pig's Feat]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Porky Pig's Feat]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Puss n' Booty]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Puss n' Booty]]'''''<ref name="colorizedtwice"/>
*'''''[[Scrap Happy Daffy]]'''''<refname="compcolorzied"/>
*'''''[[Scrap Happy Daffy]]'''''<ref name="compcolorzied"/>
*''[[Tokio Jokio]]''
*''[[Tokio Jokio]]''
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}

Revision as of 02:55, 21 October 2008

Sunset Productions was a television syndication company which existed in the 1950's.

Overview

Their best-known holdings were probably the black-and-white cartoons that they acquired from Warner Bros. for television distribution. This package consisted of the black-and-white Looney Tunes, plus Lady, Play Your Mandolin! - the first entry in the Merrie Melodies series. The remaining pre-1948 cartoons (which included all color releases from that period, plus the remaining Merrie Melodies) were sold to Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) in 1956.

At the time, WB did not want their name on television - so new opening and closing titles were made to remove any references to the studio. Any WB references in the cartoons themselves were also removed - such as in Porky in Wackyland, where the dodo zooms up with the WB shield to hit Porky Pig with a slingshot, then zooms back out.

A peculiar error is consistently seen on the copyright notices on Sunset Productions title cards, in which the copyright date is incorrectly rendered in Roman numerals as "MXM..." rather than the correct "MCM..." (ie. MXMXLI for 1941).

The actual distribution was handled by Guild Films, which then bought out Sunset a few years later, as well as Motion Pictures for Television (which distributed The Adventures of Superman, as well as the 1940s Superman cartoons which were originally distributed by Paramount Pictures - interestingly enough, Superman is also now a WB property). Guild Films itself was sold to Seven Arts Productions in the 1960s. Then, in 1967, Seven Arts bought WB and became Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

Soon after the WB-SA merger was complete, the studio had the some of the Sunset Productions cartoon package redrawn in color, and a lot of quality was lost in the process (79 cartoons were redone this way). The same 79 cartoons were colorized again in the early 1990s (along with 25 other cartoons not redrawn in 1968), this time using a computer to add color to the cartoons, thus preserving the original quality, but still the cartoons were shown in a way they were not meant to be seen (the end result was very close to the color Merrie Melodies that had been released around the same time). WB would also regain the cartoons they had sold to a.a.p. when they merged with Turner Entertainment, which by then owned the a.a.p. package.

Today, when using the terms "pre-1948" and "post-1948" to describe the television packages of WB cartoons, the former is usually used exclusively to refer to those cartoons in the a.a.p. package, and not including the cartoons sold to Sunset Productions.

List of cartoons sold to Sunset Productions

Note: All cartoons are Looney Tunes except where noted. Titles in boldface are (or will be) available on DVD as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Has only computer-colorized version
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by Has redrawn and computer-colorized versions

See also

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