Boo Moon
| Boo Moon | |
|---|---|
| Casper the Friendly Ghost series | |
| Directed by |
Izzy Sparber Seymour Kneitel |
| Produced by |
Seymour Kneitel Izzy Sparber |
| Story by | I. Klein |
| Voices by |
Cecil Roy (Casper) Jackson Beck (King Luna/Moon People) Jack Mercer (Moon People) Allen Swift (Lookout character(s)) |
| Music by | Winston Sharples |
| Animation by |
Myron Waldman Nick Tafuri Larry Silverman Gordon Whittier |
| Studio | Famous Studios |
| Distributed by |
Paramount Pictures (original) Harvey Films (TV distribution) |
| Running time | 7:25 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Boos and Saddles (1953) |
| Followed by | Zero the Hero (1954) |
Boo Moon is a theatrical cartoon short released on New Year's Day 1954 in 3D format as a Stereotoon. It was produced by Famous Studios for the Casper the Friendly Ghost series and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Casper 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 on Gulliver's Travels, and 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, tree monsters 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. All the moon men then join in singing the Casper theme song, before the cartoon concludes with a shot of the moon giving a wink to the audience.
Trivia
This is the second Paramount cartoon released in 3D format. The first one was Popeye, the Ace of Space released on 2 October 1953 in the Popeye the Sailor series. The 2-D print of Boo Moon was released on March 5, 1954.
External links
- Boo Moon at the Internet Movie Database