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In a move that remains controversial to the present day ( though it has not been closely examined by film historians ), Paramount took over the Fleischer studio completely and brought it under the fold of their own studio, renaming it Famous Studios and continuing the work that the Fleischers began.

Paramount also discontinued the expensive Superman cartoons in 1943.

The departure of the Fleischers had an immediate effect on the studio: the Paramount cartoons of the war years continued to be entertaining and popular and still retained most of the Fleischer style and gloss.

After the war ended in May 1945, a decline in story and animation quality began that would become more and more evident as the decade came to a close.