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Famous Studios Film Company, one of several companies which in 1912 became Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, the company which founded Paramount Pictures. Paramount's music publishing branch, which held the rights to all of the original music in the Fleischer/Famous cartoons, was named Famous Music. Many of the Famous Studios productions are currently owned by AT&T's WarnerMedia through Turner Entertainment (for "Popeye The Sailor" and "Superman") and Comcast's NBCUniversal through DreamWorks Animation (for Harvey Comics and "Felix the Cat"). The 1962-1967 cartoons are still owned by Paramount Pictures today along with the pre-October 1950 Noveltoons through Republic Pictures. Fleischer Studios was a successful animation