Obituaries
With characters including Superman and Fat Albert, Lou Scheimer’s Filmation grew to become a Saturday morning cartoon powerhouse. It held out against overseas production but was criticized for lacking artistry.
Oct. 20, 2013
Lou Scheimer dies at 84; founder of cartoon studio Filmation
Entertainment & Arts
The cartoons Lou Scheimer makes for kids follow a predictable pattern.
Aug. 25, 1987
A French company is negotiating to buy Filmation, a Woodland Hills cartoon factory that is part of Westinghouse’s Group W division, the studio’s president confirmed.
Aug. 11, 1988
Archives
THE PRE-EMINENT VIEW in Manhattan Beach is the broad stretch of sand, the sublime Pacific and, of course, the season’s newest swimsuits.
Feb. 12, 1989
California
Combating Woodland Hills’ image as a sleepy, “boring” bedroom community may be too tough for the local chamber of commerce.
Jan. 22, 1986
The curves of a 1988 design by Southern California Institute of Architecture co-founder Ray Kappe evoke an ocean liner.
April 4, 2010
The pearl of Manhattan Beach’s Strand
Westinghouse Electric’s Group W Productions shut down its Filmation cartoon factory in Woodland Hills last Friday and fired nearly all of the studio’s 229 employees just one day before a federal plant closing law took effect that would have required it to give workers 60 days’ written notice or face stiff fines.
Feb. 8, 1989