Paramount Cartoon Logo History (1933-1953)

In 1940, Paramount asked Fleischer Studios to create a Superman cartoon-but the Fleischers wanted nothing to do with it. Animating a realistic, muscular hero with action- heavy scenes sounded nearly impossible for the era, so they tried to scare Paramount off by quoting a massive $100,000 price tag-four times what a normal cartoon cost. To their shock, Paramount simply said yes. Suddenly locked into the project they'd hoped to avoid, the Fleischers had to invent new techniques on the fly, using