Editing Screen Gems (animation studio) (section)

== Legacy ==
The Screen Gems cartoons were regarded as ones of varying quality, comparable to those produced by [[Famous Studios]] and [[Terrytoons]]. The studio - especially in its later period - was noted for their mismanagement of talent and attempts at aping the success of other animation studios. The shorts produced by Katz and Binder in particular were criticized for being "pale carbons of the Warner Brothers shorts," to the point of creating characters strikingly similar in appearance to [[Sylvester the Cat]] and [[Daffy Duck]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Of_Mice_and_Magic/xp9PEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA221&printsec=frontcover |title=Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated |last2=Beck |first2=Jerry |date=1987-12-01 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-452-25993-5 |language=en}}</ref> In spite of the studio's affairs, the Screen Gems' cartoons were still moderately successful, with three more cartoons achieving [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Awards nominations]]. 

Screen Gems never achieved a level of success comparable to its rivals, but also served as a stepping stone for key figures of the industry who would later work for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]], [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]], [[Walter Lantz Productions]] or the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon Studio]]. This includes founders/producers like [[Walt Disney]], [[Walter Lantz]], [[Hugh Harman]] and [[Rudolf Ising]], as well as animators such as [[Arthur Davis (animator)|Arthur Davis]], [[Ray Patterson (animator)|Ray Patterson]], [[Don Patterson (animator)|Don Patterson]], [[Manny Gould]] and [[Emery Hawkins]].

In 1999, [[Columbia TriStar International Television]] produced ''[[Totally Tooned In]]'' - a syndicated TV package showcasing Columbia's classic cartoon library. With the aid of animation historian [[Jerry Beck]], Columbia restored and remastered the majority of the color Screen Gems cartoons (as well as all the UPA cartoons) from their original 35mm elements. The show aired in several international markets before making its American television debut on [[Antenna TV]] on January 8, 2011. They would later be aired on ''[[Toon In With Me]]'' on the [[MeTV]] Network in November 2021.<ref>Beck, Jerry. [http://www.cartoonresearch.com/tooned1.html Totally Tooned In episode guide]. Accessed 3 September 2012.</ref> Despite these restoration efforts, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] has no current plans to release these shorts on DVD or Blu-ray. Since CPE Holdings, Inc. became dormant on May 9, 2024, [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] now owns the theatrical distribution on behalf of [[Columbia Pictures]], while [[Sony Pictures Television]] owns the television distribution on behalf of CPT Holdings, Inc. to the majority of the color Screen Gems cartoons (as well as all the UPA cartoons) library.