<P> The Friendly Ghost , the first Noveltoon to feature Casper , was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book . In the cartoon adaptation , Casper is a cute ghost - child with a New York accent , who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living . Casper , however , is a noncomformist among ghosts : he would prefer to make friends with people . He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world , hoping to find friends . However , the animals that he meets ( a rooster , a mole , a cat , a mouse named Herman , and a group of hens ) take one horrified look at him and run off in the other direction . Distraught , Casper unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide ( apparently forgetting that he is already dead ) by lying down on a railway track before an oncoming train , before he meets two children named Bonnie and Johnny who become his friends . The children 's mother -- apparently widowed and impoverished -- at first is frightened of Casper , but later welcomes him into the family after he ( unintentionally ) frightens off a greedy landlord , who , unwilling to own a `` haunted '' house , tears up the mortgage and gives her the house outright . The short ends with the mother kissing Bonnie , Johnny , and Casper as she sends them off to school , with Casper wearing clothing as if he were a living child . </P>
<P> The Friendly Ghost , the first Noveltoon to feature Casper , was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book . In the cartoon adaptation , Casper is a cute ghost - child with a New York accent , who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living . Casper , however , is a noncomformist among ghosts : he would prefer to make friends with people . He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world , hoping to find friends . However , the animals that he meets ( a rooster , a mole , a cat , a mouse named Herman , and a group of hens ) take one horrified look at him and run off in the other direction . Distraught , Casper unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide ( apparently forgetting that he is already dead ) by lying down on a railway track before an oncoming train , before he meets two children named Bonnie and Johnny who become his friends . The children 's mother -- apparently widowed and impoverished -- at first is frightened of Casper , but later welcomes him into the family after he ( unintentionally ) frightens off a greedy landlord , who , unwilling to own a `` haunted '' house , tears up the mortgage and gives her the house outright . The short ends with the mother kissing Bonnie , Johnny , and Casper as she sends them off to school , with Casper wearing clothing as if he were a living child . </P>
when did casper the friendly ghost come out
when did casper the friendly ghost come out
1945
1945