HANNA BARBERA Production Layout Drawings 1960s

zHANNA BARBERA PRODUCTIONS

BILL Hanna and JOE Barbera

 

Item Type: 2 (two) Original 1960s Production Layout Drawings; featuring the two Studio Founders

Size: 12.5 x 20.5 (12 Field)

Hanna–Barbera Productions, Inc. (pronounced /ˌhænə bɑrˈbɛrə/) (also known as Hanna–Barbera Cartoons, Hanna–Barbera Enterprises or Hanna–Barbera Studios) is an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century. The company was originally formed in 1957 by former Metro Goldwyn Mayer animation directors, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and live-action director George Sidney, in partnership with Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems television division, as H–B Enterprises.[1] Established after MGM shut down its animation studio in 1957, H–B Enterprises was re-named Hanna–Barbera Productions in 1959. Over the next three decades, the studio produced many successful cartoon shows, including The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Jetsons, The Yogi Bear Show, Jonny Quest, The Huckleberry Hound Show, Top Cat, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Space Ghost, Wacky Races, The Smurfs and The Magilla Gorilla Show. In the mid-1980s, the company's fortunes declined somewhat after the profitability of Saturday morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. In 1991, the company was purchased by Turner Broadcasting System.

 

Both Hanna and Barbera went into semi-retirement, yet continued to serve as ceremonial figureheads for the studio, as well as remaining active as producers and sporadically as writers and directors. During the late 1990s, Turner turned Hanna–Barbera towards primarily producing new material for Cartoon Network, the programming for which was originally significantly made up of reruns from the Hanna–Barbera library. During this period, Hanna–Barbera was responsible for most of the successful Cartoon Cartoons shows, including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls and I Am Weasel. In 1994, the company was renamed Hanna–Barbera Cartoons. In 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner. With Bill Hanna's death in 2001, Hanna–Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation, and Cartoon Network Studios assumed production of Cartoon Network output. Joe Barbera remained with Warner Bros. Animation until his death in 2006. The Hanna–Barbera name and studio is today used only to market properties and productions associated with Hanna–Barbera's "classic" works such as The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo

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