"Pink Panther"

Original drawing, hand-colored production still (C106/2 ). "The Pink Panther" is a series of short animated films produced by DePatie-Freleng Studios between 1964 and 1980. The early episodes were directed by Fritz Frieling, a famous animator for many Warner Bros. cartoons. 1930—1950 Each Pink Panther film features a theme song composed by Henry Mancini. The very first animated film with the Panther, “The Pink Phink,” released in 1964, won an Oscar