Tropes/Creator/Argosy



Argosy Media, Argosy Pictures, or just Argosy, started out as a fiction magazine, but is now better known as a rival to Disney.

In 1882, Frank A. Munsey started a magazine known as the "Golden Argosy", later shortened to "Argosy". This magazine eventually ended up in the hands of the Calathriner family, who performed a hostile takeover of the Edison Trust in 1913.

Until the 1930s, Argosy was a B-movie studio, mainly specializing in monster films and European imports. In 1930, the Argosy Avenue series of theatrical short cartoons premiered. The Calathriners took a gamble on animation, and it paid off. Along with existing film companies (Warner Bros' Looney Tunes, MGM's Tom & Jerry, AoFM's Daniel & Cindy, Paramount's Popeye, Universal's Woody Woodpecker, Johnson's Ludicrous Limericks) and upstart studios (Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies, Dorothy Wilson's DreamToons), Argosy defined the Golden Age of American Animation.