Saturday, September 3, 2011

Saturday Morning cartoon: Up and Atom

Here's a cartoon from argueably the most overlooked cartoon studio in Hollywood:  The Columbia Cartoon Studios.   Columbia operated its own cartoon studio for several years, turning out a mix of mediocre cartoons from 1929-1946.   The studio never was able to produce stars of the Bugs Bunny calibur; their main stars were Krazy Kay, Scrappy, and the Fox and the Crow.   In 1946, Columibia began releasing cartoons from the independent UPA studios, and let their own cartoon studio die.   With UPA, they had a starring character named Mr. Magoo, plus the prestige that the UPA studio brought with it.   However, it's a shame, as the Columbia Studios produced some weird yet wonderful cartoons throughout the years.   Here is one of the best ones:  "Up and Atom"released in 1947.   Robert Clampett, the former Warner Bros. director, wrote this cartoon after leaving Warners, and Sid marcus directed.   Enjoy!


Up n Atom by Andrea_Dodgers

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