Phantasies
| Phantasies | |
|---|---|
Title card used in 1943 | |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | September 1, 1939 – June 3, 1948 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Phantasy is a series of animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. The series, featuring characters such as Willoughby Wren and Superkatt, is notable as being the last theatrical animated series produced in black-and-white by a major studio. To cut costs, Columbia did not move the Phantasies out of black-and-white until the end of 1946, when it went to all-Cinecolor production. While the Screen Gems studio closed in 1946, the completed Phantasy cartoons continued to be released until 1948.