DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (or DFE Films) was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. They produced theatrical cartoons, animated series, commercials, title sequences and television specials. Notable among these is a line of Dr. Seuss adaptations made for CBS including 1971's The Cat in the Hat. Most DFE productions are owned by The Walt Disney Company; exceptions are all Looney Tunes cartoons (owned by Warner B...
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DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (or DFE Films) was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. They produced theatrical cartoons, animated series, commercials, title sequences and television specials. Notable among these is a line of Dr. Seuss adaptations made for CBS including 1971's The Cat in the Hat. Most DFE productions are owned by The Walt Disney Company; exceptions are all Looney Tunes cartoons (owned by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment), all non-Looney Tunes theatrical cartoons (owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), the Dr. Seuss cartoons, including The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Hoober-Bloob Highway, Halloween Is Grinch Night, Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (currently being owned only by Universal Studios), and What's New, Mr. Magoo? and The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (both currently being owned by Classic Media). Another DFE production with outside ownership is The Oddball...
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