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U.M. & M. TV Corporation is an American media company best known as the original purchaser of the pre-October 1950 short films and cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures, excluding ''Popeye'' and ''Superman''. The initials stand for United Film Service (which once employed Walt Disney and other animators many years earlier), MTA TV (Motion Picture Advertising Service) of New Orleans, and Minot T.V. Operations of the three above-mentioned companies were consolidated into a new company, U.M & M., in October 1954. The companies were previously producing TV commercials. Matty Fox, head of Motion Pictures for Television, signed a ten-year agreement with U.M & M. to handle sub-distribution of its TV series.〔Box Office October 9, 1954 issue〕 U.M. & M. handled the physical distribution of the television series ''Paris Precinct'' and ''Sherlock Holmes'', and others. It did not market the shows, leaving the actual syndication to Guild Films. ==Deals== In 1955, Paramount Pictures announced it was selling its short films and cartoons, and even a few of its features, including the Max Fleischer animated features ''Gulliver's Travels'' and ''Mr. Bug Goes to Town''. Represented by A. W. Schwalberg, a former Paramount sales executive, U.M. & M. won the bid in December 1955, buying 1,600 short subjects for $3.5 million.〔Box Office, December 3, 1955, page 36.〕 U.M. & M. got most of the material that Paramount put up for sale. The ''Popeye'' cartoons (including his first appearance, the ''Betty Boop'' cartoon ''Popeye the Sailor'') were sold in April 1956 to Associated Artists Productions (and in succeeding years to United Artists, MGM/UA Entertainment Co. and Turner Entertainment Co. – today Turner is a division of Time Warner). The ''Superman'' cartoons were not included in the sale, as their rights had already reverted from Paramount to National Comics when the studio's film rights to the character expired; TV rights to those shorts were licensed by National to Flamingo Films, distributors of the ''Adventures of Superman'' television series. The material that U.M. & M. obtained from Paramount also included many live action short subjects, such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington shorts from the 1930s. Burns and Allen shorts were also included, as well as an early short, ''Singapore Sue'', featuring a young Cary Grant. Other short subjects included in the sale included the following: * ''Inkwell Imps'', The Max Fleischer Ko-Ko the Clown cartoons that were originally distributed by Paramount * ''Screen Songs'', except the last six entries which were sold to Harvey Comics * ''Talkartoons'', Early Paramount sound cartoon series * ''Betty Boop'' * ''Color Classics'' * ''Gabby'' * ''Stone Age Cartoons'' * ''Animated Antics'' * The Fleischer two-reelers ''Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy'' and ''The Raven'' * Almost all ''Noveltoons'' released prior to October 1950, including three early appearances from Casper * ''Little Lulu'' cartoons produced by Famous Studios * George Pal ''Puppetoons'' * ''Speaking of Animals'' shorts produced by Jerry Fairbanks, now owned by Shields Pictures The latest-released cartoon in the package was the ''Screen Songs'' cartoon, ''Boos in the Nite'', released September 22, 1950. A total of 513 animated productions (shorts and features) from Fleischer, Famous, and George Pal were included in the package. The package was eyed by NBC for airing nationally, but this deal apparently fell through. Ironically, ABC would air a repackaging of many Paramount cartoons released after September 1950 once these cartoons were sold to Harvey Films. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「U.M. & M. TV Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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