Sunset Productions, Inc. was a television production and licensing subsidiary of

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headed by

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. It was an entity separate from

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History

Sunset was originally established as a subsidiary of

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that focused on television. Its first production was a series of half-hour shows. On February 12, 1955, Warner Bros. sold the TV distribution rights to 191 of their

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cartoons to Guild Films through Sunset. The cartoons part of the deal were the black-and-white ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.

'' and all of the non-Harman-Ising black-and-white ''

Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

''. All references to Warner Bros. in the cartoons were removed because Warner did not want to antagonize theater owners as a result of their television deals. Guild Films would hold onto the TV distribution rights to the cartoons until its bankruptcy on March 6, 1961, and the TV rights to the 191 cartoons would be acquired by

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. Sunset eventually began to produce TV commercials. In April 1957, Sunset Productions changed its name to Warner Bros. TV Commercial and Industrial Films. Jack M. Warner would continue to run the subsidiary.

References

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