Stone Age Cartoons

{{short description|1940 American series of animated short films}}

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Stone Age Cartoons is a 1940 American series of twelve animated short films from Fleischer Studios. The films are set in the Stone Age era, much like the 1960s series The Flintstones. When they did not get the anticipated reception, Fleischer turned their attention to the Gabby cartoon series.{{cite book|last=Richard Fleischer|title=Out of the inkwell: Max Fleischer and the animation revolution|year=2005|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813123550|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NOXQGDR5sQC&dq=%22Stone+Age+Cartoons%22%2C+Paramount&pg=PT126}}{{cite book|last=Jeff Lenburg|title=Who's who in animated cartoons: an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=1-55783-671-X|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinanimate0000lenb/page/90 90]|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinanimate0000lenb|url-access=registration|quote=Stone Age Cartoons, Paramount.}}{{cite book|last=Stuart B. McIver|title=Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags|year=1998|publisher=Pineapple Press Inc.|isbn=1561641553|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dreamersschemers0000mciv/page/47 47]|url=https://archive.org/details/dreamersschemers0000mciv|url-access=registration|quote=Stone Age Cartoons, Paramount.}}{{cite book|last=Fred Grandinetti|title=Popeye: an illustrated cultural history|year=2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=078641605X|pages=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3XCHkn64cYkC&dq=%22Stone+Age+Cartoons%22%2C+Paramount&pg=PA46}}{{cite book|title=Motion picture herald, Volume 139, Issues 1-6|year=1940|publisher=Quigley Pub. Co.|pages=53}}{{cite book|last=Leslie Cabarga|title=The Fleischer story|year=1998|publisher=DaCapo Press|isbn=0306803135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwHWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Stone+Age+Cartoons%22,+Paramount}}{{cite book|last=William C. Cline|title=In the nick of time: motion picture sound serials|year=1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=078640471X|pages=vii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE6_olMS_2oC&dq=%22Stone+Age+Cartoons%22%2C+Paramount&pg=PR7}}