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In addition to continuing to write and direct new Tom & Jerry shorts, now in CinemaScope, Hanna and Barbera supervised the last seven shorts of Tex Avery's Droopy series and produced and directed the short-lived Spike and Tyke, which ran for two entries. With Quimby's retirement in May 1955, Hanna and Barbera became the producers in charge of the MGM animation studio's output.
Sequences for Anchors Aweigh, Dangerous When Wet and Invitation to the Dance and other shorts Gallopin' Gals, The Goose Goes South, Officer Pooch, War Dogs and Good Will to Men were also made and supervised The Bear and the Bean. However, they were awarded to producer Fred Quimby, who was not involved in the development of the shorts.
Seven of the cartoons won 7 Oscars for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) between 19, and five additional shorts were nominated for 12 awards during this period. Hanna supervised the animation, while Barbera did the stories and pre-production. Their very first success Tom and Jerry, centered around the madcap comical adventures of a cat and a mouse. Having worked at other studios since the early 1930s, they solidified an "eight-decade" working partnership. William Denby Hanna (Bill), native of Melrose, New Mexico and Joseph Roland Barbera (Joe), born of Italian heritage in New York City, first met at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio in 1937, while working at its animation division. History Tom and Jerry and birth of a studio (1937–1957) and it continues to produce new programming and material based on the studio's classic properties and using with their logo occasionally in select projects. Animation and later Cartoon Network Studios.Īlthough defunct, Hanna-Barbera became an in-name-only unit of Warner Bros. After Hanna died on March 22, 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was dissolved and merged into Warner Bros. Turner later merged in 1996 with Time Warner, rebranded as WarnerMedia in 2018 and is now part of Warner Bros. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System took over and used its back catalog as programming for its then-newly-created Cartoon Network, launched a year later. The profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication after H-B's fortunes declined by the 1980s. Its cartoons have won a record-breaking eight Emmys. Headquartered on Cahuenga Boulevard until 1998 and then at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California, until going defunct, it produced many television shows, including Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to close its in-house cartoon studio. Hanna-Barbera ( / ˈ h æ n ə b ɑːr ˈ b ɛər ə/ bar- BAIR-ə) was an American animation studio and production company that was active from 1957 to 2001.
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