"The Hardy Boys" (1969) TV series 1969-1971

Directors:

Hal Sutherland
Anatole Kirsanoff

Writers:

Ken Sobol (1969)
Edward Stratemeyer (novels)
(more)

Release Date:

6 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Hardy Boys | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Byron Kane	...	Frank Hardy / Fenton Hardy / Peter Jones (voice)
Dal McKennon	...	Joe Hardy / Chubby Morton (voice)
Jane Webb	...	Wanda Kay Breckenridge / Aunt Gertrude (voice)

Directed by
Hal Sutherland
Anatole Kirsanoff		(senior director) (1969)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Blair		1969
H.F. Mauberly		1969
David Melmuth		1969 (as David Melmoth)
Ken Sobol		1969
Edward Stratemeyer		novels (as Franklin W. Dixon)

Produced by
Norm Prescott	....	producer
Lou Scheimer	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(1969) (as Marc Ellis)

Art Direction by
Don Christensen		(1969)

Production Management
Rock Benedetto	....	production manager (1969) (as Rock Benedict)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Reed	....	associate director (1969)
Don Towsley	....	associate director (1969)

Art Department
Oscar Dufau	....	storyboard artist (1969)
Mike Hazy	....	key art assistant (1969) (as Mike Hazey)
Sherman Labby	....	storyboard artist (1969)

Sound Department
Dan Finnerty	....	sound effects (1969)
Sam Horta	....	sound effects (1969)
George Mahana	....	sound effects (1969)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Brown	....	camera supervisor (1969)
Ron Lapeer	....	camera operator (1969) (as Ron LaPeer)
Ray Lee	....	camera supervisor (1969)
Roger Sims	....	camera operator (1969)

Animation Department
Virgilio Arce	....	background artist (1969)
Betty Brooks	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Sheila Brown	....	background artist (1969)
Jim Brummett	....	animator (1969)
Martha Buckley	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Frank Carr	....	animator (1969)
George Dane	....	animator (1969) (as G. Jorgensen)
Butch Davis	....	animator (1969)
Clark Davis	....	animator (1969)
Venetia Epler	....	background artist (1969)
Otto Feuer	....	animator (1969)
Martin Forte	....	background artist (1969)
Jack Foster	....	animator (1969)
Ed Friedman	....	animator (1969)
Fred Grable	....	animator (1969)
Ann Guenther	....	background artist (1969) (as Ann Gunther)
Dick Hall	....	animator (1969)
Laverne Harding	....	animator (1969)
Maurice Harvey	....	background artist (1969)
Herb Hazelton	....	layout artist (1969)
Jack Healey	....	background artist (1969)
Marilee Heyer	....	layout artist (1969)
Jim Jones	....	background artist (1969)
Les Kaluza	....	animator (1969)
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	background director (1969) (as Erv Kaplan)
Mel Keefer	....	layout artist (1969)
Pat Keppler	....	background artist (1969) (as Pat Frye)
George Kreisl	....	animator (1969)
Paul Krukowski	....	animator (1969) (as P. Krukowski)
Marsh Lamore	....	animator (1969) (as Marshall La More)
Barbara Leighton	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Phil Lewis	....	background artist (1969)
Bill Loudenslager	....	background artist (1969)
Carol Lundberg	....	layout artist (1969) (as Carol Marshall)
Michael O'Connor	....	animator (1969) (as Michael O'Conner)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (1969)
Rod Parkes	....	animator (1969)
Ralph Penn	....	background artist (1969)
Jane Philippi	....	checking supervisor (1969)
Barney Posner	....	animator (1969) (as Bernard Posner)
Bill Pratt	....	animator (1969)
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator (1969)
Lenn Redman	....	animator (1969)
John Remmel	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Royal Rohrdanz	....	ink and paint supervisor (1969)
Virgil Ross	....	animator (1969)
Louise Sandoval	....	animator (1969)
Larry Silverman	....	animator (1969)
Barbara Smith	....	background artist (1969)
Ralph Somerville	....	animator (1969)
Emerson Terry	....	background artist (1969)
Reuben Timmins	....	animator (1969)
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor (1969)
Ray Vinella	....	layout artist (1969)
Paul Xander	....	background artist (1969)

Editorial Department
Jim Blodgett	....	editorial (1969)
Joseph Simon	....	editorial (1969)

Music Department
Jim Golden	....	music producer: songs (1969)
Bill Traut	....	music producer: songs (1969)

Other crew
June Gilham	....	film coordinator (1969)

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Other Companies

• Fox Fanfare Music  music publisher

Runtime:

30 min (34 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

Unlike the Archies, a group of musicians were recruited by Bill Traut and Jim Golden of Dunwich Productions, Chicago with the help of the film's producers, Filmation, to record for RCA and go out on the road to perform the songs live.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in It's a Haunted Happenin'! (2002) (V)

Saturday morning rockers produced some great tunes

Back in the late sixties,enterprising rock music executives used children's shows as springboards for promoting pop and rock records, broadening the appeal of the music to an ever-younger audience. The Archies were the first and most successful example, but there were other, lesser entries that produced excellent, if not successful, records. Such is the case of the Hardy Boys, one of numerous efforts that coat-tailed in on the Archies'success. Filmation, something of an animation sausage factory in the 70s (and the Archies' production company as well), produced the show. Despite the trivia claim, Don Kirshner had nothing to do with the Hardys, although the powers that be did use live musicians in promotions and to perform live. Bill Traut and Jim Golden of Dunwich Productions acted as musical supervisors and producers of the records. The Hardys produced two albums and three singles, all to negligible notice. This is not to say they were bad; the records are good compared to some of the other offerings from Saturday morning groups, especially the second Lp,"Wheels", which boasts some some of the best country/blues/pop hybrids ever put on wax by cartoon characters. Speaking of cartoon characters, the show itself wasn't that great; it was produced on the cheap and shows its seams 36 years later. Camera zooms and quick cuts create a sense of movement where there is none, a necessity when one is limited by time and money to use limited cell animation. Some of the voice over actors affect grating accents--the actor voicing Chubby Morton is particularly annoying--and it often is hard to differentiate between different character's voices, giving the impression the same guy is doing all the voice-overs. Still, the "videos" for the songs are jewels of late sixties kitsch, with lots of pulsating, psychedelic backgrounds, shifting designs, quick cuts, spinning frames, etc. High art it ain't, but surely a pleasant, although rather dated, diversion.