Harvey Films

It was founded in 1957.

Harvey Films
Harvey Entertainment

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Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Animated TV shows Theatrical feature films
Founded	1957; 67 years ago (1957) (as animation arm) 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (as in-name-only unit)
Headquarters	United States
Parent	DreamWorks Classics

In the early 1960s, they created Harvey Funnies, the original entertainment company to produce The New Casper Cartoon Show.

The series is now owned by DreamWorks Animation, because of their buyout of Classic Media in 2012.

On October 28, 1986, Harvey Films had a lawsuit with Columbia Pictures claiming that the logo for the film Ghostbusters was similar to the logo for The Ghostly Trio, specifically the ghost in the logo was similar to Fatso, and Columbia argued that Fatso was only a portion of their, at the time, renewed trademark, and there were three ghosts instead of just one. The court argued that the logos are largely dissimilar and that The Ghostly Trio had only the words of the trademark and the three ghosts while the logo for Ghostbusters has a sign for prohibition with only the torso and head of only one ghost. The expressions are different, with their ghosts having mischievous or evil facial expressions, while the other one is bewildered. The court said:

Accordingly, the Court concludes that the claimed likelihood of confusion has no material basis in fact. The sole evidence which Harvey has produced on this issue are excerpts from magazine articles which suggest a general association between the "Ghostbusters" logo and "Casper" comics. It is clear from reading these articles that there was no confusion whatsoever on the part of the authors. A finding of general association, that the "Ghostbusters" logo is reminiscent of "Casper" characters, does not mean that the prospective moviegoer in purchasing a ticket for "Ghostbusters" thinks that he is going to see a "Casper" cartoon. Neither does it mean that he will think that "Ghostbusters" is derived from "Casper" cartoons or that it is sponsored by the same source as "Casper".

The court dismissed the case for not violating their trademark.

Theatrical films

• The Sad Sack (1957 film starring Jerry Lewis)
• Richie Rich (1994 theatrical film) (co-production with Warner Bros. Family Entertainment)
• Casper (1995 theatrical film) (co-production with Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)

TV series

• Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1962)
• The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1964) (co-production with Paramount Cartoon Studios)
• Casper and the Angels (1979–1980) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
  • Casper's Halloween Special (TV special) (1979) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
  • Casper's First Christmas (TV special) (1979) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
• The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
• The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (1982–1984) (co-production with Hanna-Barbera)
• Casper and Friends (1990–1994)
• Casper: Classics (1994–1995)
• The Baby Huey Show (1994–1996) (co-production with Carbunkle Cartoons (season 1) and Film Roman (season 2))
• Casper (1996–1998) (aka The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper) (co-production with Amblin Television and Universal Cartoon Studios)
• Richie Rich (1996) (co-production with Film Roman)
• The Harveytoons Show (1996–2001)
• Casper's Scare School (2009) (co-production with Classic Media, MoonScoop Group and DQ Entertainment)
• Harvey Girls Forever! (2018–2020) (co-production with DreamWorks Animation Television)

Direct-to-video

• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) (co-production with Saban Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• Casper Meets Wendy (1998) (co-production with Saban Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
• Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998) (co-production with Saban Entertainment and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment)
• Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999) (co-production with Columbia TriStar Home Video)
• Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) (co-production with Universal Home Entertainment and Mainframe Entertainment)
• Casper's Scare School (2006) (co-production with Classic Media and Philips Filmstudio Inc.)