1889 in animation
Events in 1889 in animation.
Events[edit]
- January 14: Charles-Émile Reynaud receives a French patent for his animated moving picture system Théâtre Optique. He also received a British patent for the system on February 8. The system was displayed at the world's fair Exposition Universelle (May-October, 1889) in Paris.[1][2][3]
Births[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1: Count Cutelli, Italian-American actor (provided sound effects for various 1930s Hollywood cartoons), (d. 1944).[4]
February[edit]
- February 4: Walter Catlett, American actor and comedian (voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio), (d. 1960).[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
March[edit]
- March 3: William Pennell, American singer and actor (original voice of Bluto in Popeye), (d. 1956).[16]
- March 18: Gene Byrnes, American cartoonist (created the long-running comic strip Reg'lar Fellers, which received the animated adaptations Happy Days by Ub Iwerks and Boy Meets Dog! by Walter Lantz), (d. 1974).[17][18][19]
- March 23: Mario Gallina, Italian actor (Italian voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio, the Ringmaster in Dumbo), (d. 1950).[20]
- March 30: Herman Bing, German-American actor (voice of the Ringmaster in Dumbo), (d. 1947).[21]
June[edit]
- June 2: Martha Wentworth, American actress (voice of Madam Mim in The Sword in the Stone, Mama Katzenjammer in The Captain and the Kids, and Nanny, Queenie and Lucy in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d.1974).[22]
- June 7: Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, Russian animation director, illustrator, screenwriter and sculptor (Post, The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda, The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, The Frog Princess, The Wild Swans), (d. 1965).[23][24][25][26][27]
- June 27: Moroni Olsen, American actor (voice of Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1954).[28][29]
July[edit]
- July 31: Frans Masereel, Belgian painter, graphic artist, and wood engraver (The Idea), (d. 1972).[30][31][32]
November[edit]
- November 5: Charles Mintz, American film producer and distributor (Winkler Pictures, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit), (d. 1939).[33][34][35][36][37]
References[edit]
- ^ Myrent 1989, p. 193; 195-198.
- ^ Bendazzi 1994, p. 5.
- ^ Rossell 1995, p. 119.
- ^ "Voice that delighted millions, stilled by death".
- ^ Wilson, Scott (September 16, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Catlett Stars in Coast Piece". Elmira Star-Gazette. January 15, 1914 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hollywood Walk of Fame - Walter Catlett". walkoffame.com. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on May 15, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "Hollywood Star Walk: Walter Catlett". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (September 16, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clarke, James (2012-09-30). Animated Films - Virgin Film - James Clarke. Random House. ISBN 9781448132812. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Harrington, Seán J. (9 February 2015). The Disney Fetish - Seán J. Harrington. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969081. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television ... - Jeff Lenburg. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557836717. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Brode, Douglas (2009-01-27). Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment - Douglas Brode. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292783300. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Sanders, Joseph L. (1995). Functions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Thirteenth ... - Joseph L. Sanders. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313295218. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Disney Theatrical Animated Features - Edited by Paul Muljadi". Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Tim Lawson, Alisa Persons (2004-12-09). The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors. University Press of Mississippi. p. 26. ISBN 1-578-06696-4. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VML4-7M9 : accessed 21 Feb 2013), Eugene Byrnes, July 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ Tack Knight entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Accessed Nov. 1, 2018.
- ^ George Carlson entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. Accessed Nov. 1, 2018.
- ^ "Mario Gallina's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "COMEDIAN KILLS HIMSELF; Herman Bing, of Films, Leaves Note Ascribing Act to Nerves". The New York Times Archives. January 10, 1947. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 221. ISBN 9780786486946. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Mikhail Tsekhanovsky". Animator.ru.
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. — Rowman & Littlefield, p. 751—752 ISBN 978-1-4422-6842-5
- ^ Sergei Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation. — Moscow: Algorithm, p. 699—700, 244
- ^ A Breath of Freedom. Diaries of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky from the Notes by Film Historian magazine № 54, 2001, p. 172, 208—211 ISSN 0235-8212 (in Russian)
- ^ Vera Kuznetsova, Erast Kuznetsov (1973). Tsekhanovsky Archived 2012-07-09 at WebCite. — Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 116 pages
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (6 October 2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486946.
- ^ "Stage and Screen Actor Moroni Olsen Dies at 65". Spokane Daily Chronicle. 23 November 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Moritz 1998, p. 94.
- ^ Willett 2005, p. 130.
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Frans Masereel".
- ^ "In Memoriam: Charles Mintz". Scrappyland. September 24, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014. Social Security Administration.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (2006). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-43822-X.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Dobson, Nichola (April 2010). The a to Z of Animation and Cartoons. ISBN 978-1-4616-6402-4.
Sources[edit]
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (1994). Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253209374.
- Moritz, William (1998). "Bartosch's The Idea". In Pilling, Jayne (ed.). A Reader In Animation Studies. John Libbey Publishing. pp. 93–103. ISBN 978-0-86196-900-5.
- Myrent, Glenn (1989). "Emile Reynaud: First Motion Picture Cartoonist". Film History. 3 (3). Indiana University Press: 191–202. JSTOR 3814977.
- Rossell, Deac (1995). "A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896". Film History. 7 (2). Indiana University Press: 115–236. JSTOR 3815166.
- Willett, Perry (2005). "The Cutting Edge of German Expressionism: The Woodcut Novel of Frans Masereel and Its Influences". In Donahue, Neil H. (ed.). A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism. Camden House Publishing. pp. 111–134. ISBN 978-1-57113-175-1.