Template:Short description Template:For Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios produced three theatrical shorts featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost from the Noveltoon series: The Friendly Ghost in 1945, There's Good Boos To-Night in 1948, and A Haunting We Will Go in 1949. From 1950 to 1959, Paramount produced a series of Casper the Friendly Ghost theatrical shorts.
Filmography
No. | Title | Release date | Notes |
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1 | The Friendly Ghost | November 16, 1945 |
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2 | There's Good Boos To-Night | April 23, 1948 |
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3 | A Haunting We Will Go | May 13, 1949 |
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4 | Casper's Spree Under the Sea | October 27, 1950[1] | Casper (voiced by Alan Shay)[1][2] explores the ocean and meets a pretty goldfish named Goldie (voiced by Mae Questel).[2][3]
Copyright was renewed.[4] |
5 | Once Upon a Rhyme | December 20, 1950[5] | Casper goes to Mother Goose Land and meets various fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters.[6]
Copyright was renewed.[8] |
6 | Boo Hoo Baby | March 30, 1951 | Casper finds himself caring for, and entertaining, the babies (voiced by Mae Questel)[9] at a foundling home's nursery.
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7 | To Boo or Not to Boo | June 8, 1951 | Casper covers himself in whitewash and attends a Halloween party.
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8 | Boo Scout | July 27, 1951 | Casper decides to be a boy scout so he will be able to make friends. |
9 | Casper Comes to Clown | August 10, 1951 | Casper saves a bear cub he names Brownie and teaches him to juggle.
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10 | Casper Takes a Bow-wow | December 7, 1951 | Casper befriends a stray puppy he names Pal.
Copyright was renewed.[16] |
11 | The Deep Boo Sea | February 15, 1952 | Casper plays pirates with a boy named Billy (voiced by Mae Questel)[17] and ends up finding real treasure.
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12 | Ghost of the Town | April 11, 1952 | Casper becomes a nationwide celebrity after saving a Baby (voiced by Mae Questel)[19] from a building fire. |
13 | Spunky Skunky | May 30, 1952 | Casper meets Skunky, a young skunk covered in white paint who believes he's become a ghost as well.
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14 | Cage Fright | August 8, 1952 | Casper travels to a local zoo and befriends a baby elephant named Alfred (voiced by Mae Questel).[23] |
15 | Pig a Boo | September 12, 1952 | Casper meets the Three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. |
16 | True Boo | October 24, 1952 | Casper pretends to be Santa Claus in order to give a little boy a happy Christmas.
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17 | Frightday the Thirteenth | February 13, 1953 | Casper tries to find a good luck charm for an unlucky black kitten named Lucky (voiced by Mae Questel).[31] |
18 | Spook No Evil | March 13, 1953 | Casper is banished by his fellow ghosts to a tropical island and befriends a baby monkey he names Jocko.[33] |
19 | North Pal | May 29, 1953 | Casper plays with a baby seal in the North Pole.
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20 | By the Old Mill Scream | July 3, 1953 | Casper helps a young beaver overcome having a tiny tail. |
21 | Little Boo Peep | August 28, 1953[39] | Casper finds himself in a land of nursery rhyme characters and helps Little Bo Peep (voiced by Mae Questel)[40] find her missing sheep. |
22 | Do or Diet | October 16, 1953 |
Features a farmer & Timothy Turkey from a previous cartoon short, The Voice of the Turkey. |
23 | Boos and Saddles | December 25, 1953 | Casper visits an Old West town and befriends a little boy named Billy the Kid (voiced by Mae Questel).[43]
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24 | Boo Moon | January 1, 1954 |
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25 | Zero the Hero | February 26, 1954[47] | Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[48] helps a dog named Zero (voiced by Sid Raymond)[47] redeem himself in his owner's eyes.
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26 | Casper Genie | May 28, 1954 | Casper (voiced by Alan Shay)[15] finds himself in over his head when he pretends to be a little boy's magic genie. |
27 | Puss 'n Boos | July 16, 1954 | Casper saves two stray Kittens (voiced by Mae Questel)[51] and decides to find them a home.
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28 | Boos and Arrows | October 15, 1954 | Casper finds a Friendly Indian Village and meets an Indian boy named Little Feather (voiced by Mae Questel).[53] |
29 | Boo Ribbon Winner | December 3, 1954 | An overweight, aptly named greyhound, Molasses, wins a dog race with Casper's help. |
30 | Hide and Shriek | January 28, 1955 | Spooky's debut, minus the derby. |
31 | Keep Your Grin Up | March 4, 1955[58] | At a circus, Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[59] finds a depressed Hyena (voiced by Jack Mercer)[59][60] and decides to help make him laugh. |
32 | Spooking with a Brogue | May 27, 1955 | In Ireland, Casper decides to play along when a little Irish Boy (voiced by Mae Questel)[61] mistakes him for a leprechaun, unaware the boy is looking for real gold to save him and his mother from eviction. |
33 | Bull Fright | July 15, 1955 | In Mexico, Casper meets, and makes friends with, a little bull named Poncho (voiced by Mae Questel).[63] |
34 | Red White and Boo | October 21, 1955[65] | Casper travels back in time, hoping to make friends in the past. |
35 | Boo Kind to Animals | December 23, 1955 | Casper helps a small, overworked pack mule find a better job. |
36 | Ground Hog Play | February 10, 1956 | Casper makes friends with a little groundhog named Hillary (voiced by Mae Questel)[70] by pretending to be her missing shadow.
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37 | Dutch Treat | April 20, 1956 | Casper travels to Holland and teaches a Dutch boy named Hans (voiced by Mae Questel)[72] how to work and have fun at the same time.
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38 | Penguin for Your Thoughts | June 15, 1956 | Casper must bring a Baby Penguin (voiced by Mae Questel)[74] to his parents at the South Pole when he accidentally scares away the stork tasked with delivering it. |
39 | Line of Screamage | August 17, 1956 | Casper teaches a little boy how to play football. |
40 | Fright from Wrong | November 2, 1956 | The Ghostly Trio gets a taste of their own medicine after they force Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[78] to take "Mean Pills". |
41 | Spooking About Africa | January 4, 1957 | Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[79] helps an elephant named Wheezy (voiced by Sid Raymond)[34] figure out what's causing him to constantly sneeze. |
42 | Hooky Spooky | March 1, 1957 | Casper teaches Spooky (voiced by Jack Mercer)[80][81] a lesson he'll never forget when his cousin decides to skip school. |
43 | Peekaboo | May 24, 1957 | A wicked cat takes advantage of Casper's kindness. |
44 | Ghost of Honor | July 19, 1957 | |
45 | Ice Scream | August 30, 1957 | Casper pretends to be a little boy's snowman come to life and teaches him how to ice skate. |
46 | Boo Bop | November 11, 1957[10][86] | At the Museum of Music, Casper helps the ghost of composer Franz Schubert complete his "Unfinished Symphony".
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47 | Heir Restorer | January 24, 1958 | Casper travels to Montague Castle in England and meets and helps Sir Montague, the spirit of the manor, who's unable to leave until his missing heir can be found. |
48 | Spook and Span | February 28, 1958 | Casper has a hard time keeping a pig clean for the County Fair when all the pig wants to do is play in the mud. |
49 | Ghost Writers | April 24, 1958[90] | At Paramount Cartoon Studios, two gag writers (both voiced by Jackson Beck)[90][91] think of good stories to write for Casper. |
50 | Which is Witch | May 2, 1958 | When Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[92] takes Wendy (voiced by Mae Questel)[92] to the beach, Spooky (voiced by Jack Mercer)[93] plots to spoil their enjoyment. |
51 | Good Scream Fun | September 12, 1958[95] | When a crate containing a baby ostrich named Ozzie gets left behind, Casper decides to bring Ozzie to his new home.
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52 | Doing What's Fright | January 16, 1959 | Cousin Spooky (voiced by Jack Mercer)[97] is back and he sets out to play April Fool's Day pranks. |
53 | Down to Mirth | March 20, 1959[99] | Casper must save the world from a mad scientist bent on its destruction.
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54 | Not Ghoulty | June 5, 1959 | The Spookpreme Court decides to take Casper's powers away until he can actually scare someone. As the cartoon progresses, Casper (voiced by Norma Macmillan)[102] constantly forgets he does not possess his powers, which angers those he tries to help. Eventually he manages to scare a group of ghosts and regain his powers.
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55 | Casper's Birthday Party | July 31, 1959 | Casper (voiced by Cecil Roy)[15][104] goes out to get some Friends to come to his Birthday Party.
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Home media
Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.). In 2011, Shout! Factory released a DVD set titled Casper the Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection - 1945-1963 which contains The Friendly Ghost, There's Good Boos To-Night, A Haunting We Will Go, all 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show.[106]
The 2D full screen version of Boo Moon was later reissued as the home media stand-alone reissue on VHS and Laserdisc released in the 1990s and distributed by MCA Universal Home Video.[107] It was released on VHS along with Gandy Goose and Sourpuss in Dingbat Land, a standalone HarveyToon reissue of the short Crazy Town, and the Harvey Films reissue of The Seapreme Court featuring Little Audrey[108] by United American Video.[109]
See also
References
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