United Productions of America
| United Productions of America | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1944 |
| Seat | |
| Branch | Movie |
United Productions of America was an American cartoon production company .
history
founding
The UPA emerged in 1944 from the Industrial Film & Poster Service founded in . The former Disney employees Zack Schwartz , David Hilberman and Stephen Bosustow , who were laid off after a strike in 1941, produced the animated film Hell-Bent for Election under the direction of Chuck Jones in 1944 , which campaigned for the re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
Under the new name UPA, they initially received some government contracts, but with the beginning of the McCarthy era , these contracts did not materialize. However, in the late 1940s it was possible to close a contract with Columbia Pictures . The first animated films Robin Hoodlum and The Magic Fluke produced for Columbia were nominated for an Oscar . In 1949 the figure of Mister Magoo was created , UPA's greatest success. Two Magoo films received an Oscar; When Magoo Flew and Magoo's Puddle Jumper . Another Oscar went to a story by Dr. Seuss based animated film Gerald McBoing-Boing . Between 1949 and 1959, the UPA productions received a total of fifteen Oscar nominations.
In 1956, a contract to produce an animated television series was signed with CBS , on which Ernest Pintoff and Jimmy T. Murakami collaborated. Due to financial difficulties Bosustow sold the UPA in 1960 to Henry G. Saperstein . Under Saperstein, Mr. Magoo was adapted into a television series, but film production was completely discontinued. The animation studio was closed in 1964, but the UPA retained the rights to the successful characters Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing , while the rights to the films made until 1959 remained with Columbia. In the 1970s and 1980s UPA was only active as a distributor for the Japanese Toho Studios .
Filmography (selection)
- 1948: Robin Hoodlum
- 1949: The Magic Fluke
- 1950: Trouble Indemnity
- 1951: Gerald McBoing-Boing
- 1952: Rooty Toot Toot
- 1952: Pink and Blue Blues
- 1952: Madeline
- 1953: Christopher Crumpet
- 1953: The Tell-Tale Heart
- 1955: When Magoo Flew
- 1956: The Jaywalker
- 1956: Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
- 1956: Magoo's Puddle Jumper
- 1957: Magoo Goes Overboard
- 1958: Trees and Jamaica Daddy
- 1959: Bwana Magoo
Web links
- United Productions of America at IMDb (English)
swell
Jeff Lenburg Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television ISBN 978-1557836717 , pages 34–35
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinema: Boing! time.com (English)
- ↑ filmreference biography Stephen Bosustow (English)
- ↑ filmreference Cartoons - The golden era (English)
- ↑ allemovie.com (English)
- ↑ IMDb Awards (English)
- ↑ The Independent (English)