1948-1959
United Productions of America was originally formed in 1941 as the Industrial Film and Poster Service by a group of ex-Disney animators during the Disney strike of 1941. It initially produced war and propaganda films, but in 1948, it got its big break to produce films for Columbia Pictures, supplanting its original in-house cartoon studio. Although the company made the last few cartoons featuring Columbia's The Fox and the Crow, it managed to make its own creations Gerald McBoing Boing and Mr. Magoo, which was proven to be successful. UPA would later be supplanted as Columbia's cartoon provider by Hanna-Barbera in 1958. Henry G. Saperstein bought out UPA in 1960, and the studio closed its doors in 1970. The library became the roots of Classic Media in May 2000. The company never used a logo until 1950.
Summary
Sound Effects Used
- Censor Bleep (Heard in "Magoo's Moose Hunt" that used for electric eye)
- Columbia Pictures Gunshot Sound 1
- Columbia Pictures Heavy Water Splash
- Disney Big Junk Crash
- H-B AUTO, CARTOON - ANTIQUE AUTO RUNNING WITH SPUTTERING MOTOR/Sound Ideas, AUTO, CARTOON - CHUGGY CAR: RUN SLOW, CONSTANT
- Hollywoodedge, Funny 1920s Car Engi CRT055604
- Hollywoodedge, Hawaii Guitar Slide CRT046706 (Heard once in "The Ragtime Bear".)
- Hollywoodedge, Hollowbomp Impact CRT030404
- Hollywoodedge, Long Crash Tire Skid CRT055201
- Hollywoodedge, Trap Drum Set Licks CRT048202/Sound Ideas, DRUMS, CARTOON - SHORT BREAK WITH XYLO, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "Destination Magoo".)
- R-B CARTOON - ELECTRICAL HUMMING
- RICOCHET - RICCO AND WHINE 06/Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - TWANGY RICOCHET, BULLET 02 (Heard in "Bric's Stew")
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, CAT - TOM CATS, FIGHTING, HISSING, GROWLING
- Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - MANY JUNGLE BIRDS CHIRPING AND CALLING (Heard in "Bwana Magoo".)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SPROING 01 (Heard once in "Madcap Magoo" and "Magoo's Canine Mutiny")
- Sound Ideas, BONK, CARTOON - SEVERAL RAPID BONKS/Sound Ideas, FALL, CARTOON - TIMP AND BLOCK FALL/Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - LOW DULL HITS (Heard once in "Love Comes to Magoo".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - LIGHT GLASS SMASH, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - SMALL GLASS SMASH, CARTOON 02
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, JUNK - JUNK CRASH, CARTOON (Heard in "Magoo's Three Point Landing".)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 01 (H-B) (Heard once in "Magoo Express" and "Magoo's Three Point-Landing")
- Sound Ideas, Explosions - Firing a railroad gun or large Navy gun . . . 8 shots (Heard in "Magoo's Private War")
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, CARTOON - COMEDY CROWD RUNNING 02
- Sound Ideas, GUN, CANNON - LARGE NAVEL CANNON: SINGLE SHOT (Heard in "Magoo's Private War")
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE SHOT AND RICOCHET (Heard in "Bric's Stew", ricochet only)
- Sound Ideas, MOTOR, CARTOON - STEAM MOTOR CHUGGING FAST
- Sound Ideas, Music/Bells - "Boing" or spring sounds 04 (Heard once in "Madcap Magoo" and "Magoo's Canine Mutiny")
- Sound Ideas, RATCHET, CARTOON - LARGE RATCHET: SEVERAL TURNS (Debut; first heard in "Big Tim")
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - LONG SHELL SCREAM RICCO (Heard in "Bric's Stew")
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - MORTAR HIT AND SHELL SCREAM RICCO
- Sound Ideas, ROCKET - FAST TAKE OFF, CARTOON (Heard in "Magoo's Private War")
- Sound Ideas, ROCKSLIDE - HEAVY CAVE IN (Heard once in "Magoo Goes Skiing")
- Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - SHORT SKID (R-B)
- Sound Ideas, SMASH, GLASS - GLASS SMASH 03
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - SHORT RUBBER STRETCHING SQUEAK 03 (Heard once in "The Rise of Duton Lang".)
- Sound Ideas, WINCH - CHAIN WINCH: LONG CONTINUOUS CRANK (Debut; first heard in "Big Tim")
- STANDARD RADIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES - SQUAD CAR EFFECTS - WITH SIREN, START, LEAVE, FADE
- STANDARD RADIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES - AUTOMOBILE EFFECTS - FAST TIRE SKID
- STANDARD RADIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES - AUTOMOBILE EFFECTS - SKID (Heard once in "Four Wheels No Brakes")
- UPA Diesel Train Horn (Used as Big Tim's horn in his eponymous short.)
- UPA High Bell Ring
- UPA String Twangs (Heard in "Robin Hoodlum", "Bungled Bungalow" and "Sloppy Jalopy")
- UPA Zipping Accent Sound