Phantasies

Phantasy is a series of animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. This series along with the Fables cartoons were brought in to replace the Scrappy and Krazy Kat series although they would be featured in some cartoons. The series, featuring characters such as Willoughby Wren and Superkatt, is notable as being the last theatrical animated series produced in black-and-white by a major studio. To cut costs, Columbia did not move the Phantasies out of black-and-white until the end of 1946, when it went to all-Cinecolor production. While the Screen Gems studio closed in 1946, the completed Phantasy cartoons continued to be released until 1948.