The Fleischer & Famous Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films released by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman. All entries are now in the public domain.
The pilot and first eight shorts were produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to 1942, while the final eight were produced by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer Studios, from 1942 to 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated under Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production in May 1942.
The voice of Superman for the series was initially provided by Bud Collyer, who also performed the lead character's voice during the Superman radio series. Joan Alexander was the voice of Lois Lane, a role she also portrayed on radio alongside Collyer. Music for the series was composed by Sammy Timberg, the Fleischers' long-time musical collaborator.
The Fleischer cartoons were also responsible for Superman being able to fly. When they started work on the series, Superman could only leap from place to place (hence "Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" in the opening). But they deemed it as "silly looking" after seeing it animated and decided with Detective Comics Inc.'s permission, to have him fly instead.
The first cartoon had a budget of $50,000 (equivalent to $779,265.31 in 2012), and the other sixteen each had a budget of $30,000 (equivalent to $467,559.18 for each of the eight other Fleischer cartoons and $421,663.80 for each of the eight Famous Studios cartoons), bringing the total cost of the series to $530,000 (equivalent to $7,893,049.21 in 2012).
01 - Superman (Mad Scientist)
02 - The Mechanical Monsters
03 - The Billion Dollar Limited
04 - The Arctic Giant
05 - The Bulleteers
06 - The Magnetic Telescope
07 - Electric Earthquake
08 - Volcano
09 - Terror on the Midway
10 - Japoteurs
11 - Showdown
12 - The Eleventh Hour
13 - Destruction, Inc
14 - The Mummy Strikes
15 - Jungle Drums
16 - The Underground World
17 - Secret Agent
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Added note: These cartoons were made in an age before the almighty personal correctness age. Some content might offend but not my intention. Just providing the links folks. Cheers!
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Finally making it through some older stuff and getting it cataloged. Enjoy