Paramount Pictures / Famous Studios «Casper the Friendly Ghost» cartoons (1945 - 1959)
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 theatrical shorts of Casper the Friendly Ghost.
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- DirectorIzzy SparberNick TafuriStarsFrank GallopJack MercerPurv PullenDepressed by the antics of the other ghosts, Casper leaves home to make friends. After unintentionally scaring several potential pals, Casper befriends two young children. They take him home, where Casper frightens their mother. Casper is again upset because he believes that he will always scare away his potential buddies. However, Casper scares away a banker who is coming to foreclose on the woman's house, and this wins her heart for Casper.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsFrank GallopJack MercerSid RaymondCasper makes friends with a fox cub. But the new friendship is threatened when a fox hunter and his two hounds come on the scene.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsFrank GallopJack MercerMae QuestelCasper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector.
- DirectorBill TytlaGeorge GermanettiStarsSid RaymondJackson BeckJack MercerCasper is kicked out of the Society of Ghosts when he admits he does not like scaring people. Dejected, desperate and friendless, he decides to drown himself. And, evidently, confused, also. There, he discovers that he has friends among the fish. When all of his new friends, including Goldie, the pretty goldfish, are caught in the net of two fishermen, Casper rises to the occasion and the surface, frightens the two fishermen away, and becomes a hero to the fish.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper the Friendly Ghost doesn't like to haunt and wishes he could be in Mother Gooseland. He gets his wish and frightens the spider away from Little Miss Muffet. He them comes upon the old lady in the shoe but frightens her away, also. He is depressed, but when he rescues Red Riding Hood from the wold, Mother Goose rewards him by making up a rhyme about him.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelMild-and-meek Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is depressed and glum because people will have nothing to do with him despite the fact that he has read "How To Win Friends, and Influence People" from cover-to-cover. This is especially true on his favorite holiday, Halloween, but as soon as all the children and grown-ups realize he is a real ghost, they run away. But he perks up when he meets a cute girl ghost at a barn dance.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerSid RaymondAlan ShayCasper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus, but a gorilla proves to be much scarier than any ghost.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsIzzy SparberJack MercerAlan ShayCasper, the Friendly Ghost, who does not like scaring people, is hauled up before the Ghost Tribunal and is quickly convicted of Friendship-in-the-First Degree and is booted out of the local ghost community. Ostracized, but head still held high, Casper makes friends with a lonesome puppy, who he later rescues from the dog-pound along with all the other lost dogs. Casper becomes highly respected in the dog community.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper plays pirates with a young boy and rescues his brothers from a whale.
- DirectorIzzy SparberSteve MuffatiStarsJackson BeckGwen DaviesJack MercerIn this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from Ghost Town/Heaven/Territory, because he refuses to frighten living people. He saves a baby from a burning building and is acclaimed a hero and is appearing on a television show. His fellow ghosts see the program and are afraid he will ruin the ghost business, and fly to the television studio. However, Casper tells the audience that the ghosts are there to entertain them, and the people laugh. The mayor gives Casper a skeleton-key to the city.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper is once again looking for a friend, and he met a skunk.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper, the friendly ghost, likes people but people are afraid of him. So Casper goes to the zoo looking for a friend, which he quickly makes with a baby elephant, and, together, they go out playing in the night. The mother elephant finds him missing and raises an alarm. Casper returns with his new friend and is allowed to remain in the elephant's cage with his new friend.
- DirectorIzzy SparberSteve MuffatiStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper befriends Junior Pig and confronts the Wolf.
- DirectorIzzy SparberSteve MuffatiStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondIt's Christmas Eve, and what Casper wants for Christmas is a friend. When his uncles steal his note for Santa, he goes out to find one. But whenever he tries, they run away because he's a ghost. When he hears the cries of a boy named Billy, Casper decides to play Santa and make presents for him from the materials in the house. Billy's mother wakes up and evicts Casper/Santa out of the house. Billy cries for him, and his mom wants Casper/Santa back in.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelAlan ShayCasper goes out on Frightday (Friday) the 13th in hopes of making friends.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper befriends a baby monkey on a tropical island.
- DirectorIzzy SparberSteve MuffatiStarsSid RaymondJack MercerAlan ShayCasper, the friendly ghost, makes friends with a baby seal at the North Pole. Mama and Papa Seal are afraid of Casper, but the baby and Casper becomes playmates. The baby is menaced by a huge bear, but Casper scares the bear out of his skin. Now unafraid, Mama and Papa return and accept Casper.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper befriends Short Tail, the beaver.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper, the Friendly Ghost, is thrown out of The Frightening Army by its Unfiendly Ghost's members, and wander on over to Fairy Tale Land, where he finds Little Bo Peep crying over her lost sheep. He decides to go to her aid but none of the other fairyland citizens will help him. He finally sees a bad wolf preparing to make a dinner out of one on Miss Peep's sheep, scares him away and returns her sheep to Miss Peep. She gives him a kiss as a reward.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerSid RaymondAlan ShayAs usual, Casper, the Friendly Ghost, is out to make friends but the only creature willing to respond is a fat turkey worrying his wattles off about the upcoming Thanksgiving Day. Casper does all he can do to get his friend to go on a diet and lose weight but the turkey keeps eating and getting fatter. Thanksgiving arrives and here comes Farmer Jones, axe in hand, ready to execute the main course of his holiday dinner. But the farmer sees Casper and flees in panic, so Casper has a new friend...at least until next Thanksgiving.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondBack in the Old West, Casper the Friendly Ghost meets a little boy who calls himself Billy the Kid.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerSid RaymondCasper emerges from a subway station, following a crowd of scared strangers. He encounters a man saying "see the wonders of the moon for ten cents," and offering a sight through a telescope. Casper scares the man away, then uses the telescope to see the moon. He then flies to the moon for a visit. Casper lands on the moon, disappointed to find no man on the moon. He lies down to nap, then tiny moon men emerge from holes. They capture Casper, like Lilliputians did to Gulliver, then place him in a cage on wheels, in which they tow him to the Ruler of the Moon, King Luna. The King addresses Casper as a monster, and treats him as an enemy. Casper playfully picks up King Luna, and the king has him placed in the royal dungeon. A dejected Casper is imprisoned. Then animated trees attack the city of the moon men. The moon men defend their fortified city with flaming missiles. The tree monsters fight back with water, then break through the town walls. When the fight seems lost to the tree monsters, Casper escapes his cage, and helps the moon men. Casper goes underground. The friendly ghost then pulls trees' parts through the moon surface and ties them together, immobilizing the trees. The frustrated trees writhe and strain against the knots Casper has tied. Casper and the moon men have won. Then, and only then, does King Luna embrace Casper as a friend. King Luna knights Casper for the valiant defense of his people. Then all the moon men join in singing the Casper theme song.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerSid RaymondCecil RoyZero the Dog, already a failure as a bloodhound or a retriever, is just as bad as a watchdog, and is frightened when a burglar appears. Casper the Friendly Ghost, unknown to Zero, comes to his aid and frightens the burglar away. Zero thinks he did it on his own, and gains back all of his lost self-respect.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelTom GoldenStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper, the Friendly Ghost, who has a hard time making a friend, is in search of a friend and comes upon a young boy reading about Aladdin and his magic lamp. Casper decides he can make a pal by masquerading as the genie of the lamp. But a burglar, seeing Casper performing for the boy, steals the lamp. Casper foils the burglar, who ends up in the hands of the police, while Casper, the genie and boy all take a nap together.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelSid RaymondAlan ShayCasper the Friendly Ghost saves three kittens and they accept the unpopular little ghost as their friend. They and Casper have a lot of fun and the level-headed little specter stays busy keeping them out of mischief. Casper finds a good home for the orphaned-kittens but, despite the comforts of their new home, the kittens escape and return to their ghost-friend.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelAlan ShayCasper saves a Native American boy and the village welcomes him in as a member.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerAlan Shay
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsGilbert MackJack MercerMae QuestelHere is Casper, the friendly little ghost, on the prowl again for friends. This time the circus is the locale and ticket takers, the tattooed man and other freaks take flight at his approach.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckGwen DaviesJack MercerCasper the Friendly Ghost goes to Ireland, where he meets Billy, a young boy whose widowed mother is about to be evicted my a miserly landlord. Billy thinks Casper is a leprechaun and demands a crock of gold. Casper can only come up with gold-painted eggs, golden corn and gold fish. But when the landlord arrives and sees Casper, he runs away, and Casper gives the miser's gold to the boy.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper, the Friendly Ghost, travels south of the border down Mexico way. He comes upon a baby bull, who is attempting to imitate his father, a hero of the bull-ring. Casper trains the calf in the art of bull-fighting. When papa bull becomes incapacitated in the bull-ring and is in danger of being killed by the matador, the son, with Casper's help, charges into the ring and bests the bullfighter.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerSid RaymondThrough the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age, Casper frightens cave-men and women. Robert Fulton's steamboat makes a successful first trip when Casper's ghostly form frightens it into action. Casper assists Paul Revere on his famous ride when Revere's horse, frightened by Casper, ceases to balk and breaks into a gallop. George Washington, crossing the Delaware River, is sped up by Casper's appearance, and Casper becomes a hero by besting the British Redcoats.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelTom GoldenStarsMae QuestelCasper the Friendly Ghost covers himself with soot and pretends to be a groundhog's shadow.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelCecil RoyCasper, the always friendly and friend-seeking ghost, is in Holland where little Hans is a willing playmate as he does his chores. They spot a hole in the dike which Hans tries to plug with his finger while Casper goes for help, but all of the adults are afraid of him. Just as the dike breaks, Casper covers the hole with a glass-window, stops the potential flood and gives the town an aquarium in the process.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelTom GoldenStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondCasper discovers a baby penguin and is determined to help the little guy journey to the South Pole.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondBig brother disallows little Billy from playing football with the big boys. Casper comes to the rescue.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelTom GoldenStarsJackson BeckJack MercerSid RaymondCasper's three companions are fed up with him being friendly so they decide to make him just as mean as they are. However they are soon in the jam with the "new Casper."
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerSid RaymondCecil RoyCasper is in an African jungle. He frightens a zebra at a watering hole. Wheezy the elephant has a terrible sneezing problem; he sneezes all the feathers off a peacock and a group of monkeys out of their perches. Casper decides to help, and in the process dislodges the feather that was making the elephant sneeze. But then a fire breaks out, and the elephant is unable to sneeze on command.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelCecil RoyOn their way to Night School, Casper the Friendly Ghost and his pal, Spooky Ghost, pass a zoo. Spooky has a good time scaring the animals until Casper, posing as the ghost of the scared denizens of the zoo, scares Spooky.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelCecil RoyCasper meets a baby kitten which isn't scared of anything, including dogs and ghosts. The kitten pursues a big dog and, just when the dog is about to wreak havoc on the kitten, Casper steps in and saves the kitten.
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelCasper the Friendly Ghost attends a premiere of one of his own cartoons and is interviewed in the lobby. He is asked how he happened to become a movie star, and gives a lively account of his Hollywood venture. The telephone operators, who have never seen a ghost before, flee in panic, and so do the script writers, animators and color artists.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelTom GoldenStarsJack MercerCecil RoyCasper tries to help the ghost of composer Franz Schubert complete his "Unfinished Symphony."
- DirectorIzzy SparberMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelGilbert MackCecil RoyCasper the Friendly Ghost, and world-traveler, visits a castle in England which is haunted by a really-old titled ghost, who is forced to remain until an heir can be found to replace him, and he can go to the Ghost Retiremnt Home. Casper, always obliging to a fault, volunteers to search for one, and finds an infant heir in a ghost orphanage, thereby enabling the old ghost to take his stock options and retire.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelCecil RoyWhen the citizens decide to each enter an animal in the County Fair contest, Casper picks a pig as his choice, though the pig is not real happy leaving his mud puddle. Casper finally cleans the pig up by force and enters him, and the pig wins...and heads back to his mud puddle.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelGeorge GermanettiThomas JohnsonStarsMae QuestelJackson BeckJack MercerTwo writers at Paramount Cartoon Studios try to think of good stories for Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerMae QuestelCecil RoyWhen Spooky learns that Casper has a date with Wendy to the beach instead of playing baseball, he plays tricks on them.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsJack MercerCecil RoyCasper, the Friendly (and always helpful) Ghost, finds a lost crate containing Ozzie, a baby ostrich. Casper tries to deliver it to the address on the crate while the baby ostrich is eating up everything in sight. After finally completing his mission, Casper realizes that he has delivered Ozzie to a taxidermist's shop, and he must rescue Ozzie.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsGwen DaviesJack MercerSid RaymondCasper, the Friendly Ghost, encounters his misbehaving fellow-ghost, Spooky, and Spooky immediately makes Casper an April-Fool's victim. Wimpy (as always) Casper tries his best to persuade Spooky to stop playing tricks on people but to no avail. Casper decides that Spooky has to be taught a lesson and sets out to do so.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelNick TafuriStarsJackson BeckNorma MacMillanJack MercerA mad scientist invents an anti-gravity machine, and is using it to create havoc on earth. Casper, the Friendly Ghost, gets involved with the mad-man and eventually forces him to destroy the machine and bring earth back to earth.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIzzy SparberFrank EndresStarsMae QuestelGilbert MackNorma MacMillanHis fellow ghosts bring Casper up on charges for breaking the Ghostly Laws ,since he will not scare people, and he loses his ghostly powers. He realizes he needs to do something drastic, so he, disguised as a man, invades a meeting of ghosts planning a scare-campaign, and gives them a taste of their own medicine. He regains his standing in the Ectoplasm Society.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelIzzy SparberSteve MuffatiStarsJack MercerMae QuestelNorma MacMillanCasper with no success goes out to make friends that he can invite to his birthday party.