1887 in animation explained

Events in 1887 in animation.

Events

• July 9: Publication of Animal Locomotion, a chronophotographic series by Eadweard Muybridge. It comprised 781 collotype plates, each containing up to 36 pictures of the different phases of a specific motion of one subject (over 20,000 images in total).^[1] The series is a result of Muybridge's interest in motion studies and his work on the zoopraxiscope. ^[2] Historians and theoreticians have proposed that Muybridge's work on animal locomotion influenced a number of other artists, photographers and filmmakers, including Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Eakins, Walt Disney, among others.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Specific date unknown: Étienne-Jules Marey created a large zoetrope with a series of plaster models based on his chronophotographs of birds in flight.^[7]

Births

January

• January 16: Ralph Ince, American cartoonist, animator, actor, film director and screenwriter (worked as an animator under Winsor McCay), (d. 1937).^{[8] [9] [10]}

February

• February 19: Paul Terry, American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and film producer (Terrytoons, Farmer Alfalfa, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg), (d. 1971).^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

June

• June 6: Charles Bowers, American comedian, animator and cartoonist (Barré Studio, Walter Lantz), (d. 1946).^{[19] [20]}

August

• August 6: Oliver Wallace, English-American composer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1963).^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

November

• November 23: Boris Karloff, British actor (narrator and voice of the title character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Baron Boris von Frankenstein in Mad Monster Party?), (d. 1969).^{[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]}

December

• December 23: Eric Blore, English actor and comedian (voice of Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), (d. 1959).^[35]
• December 28: Walter Ruttmann, German film director and cinematographer (pioneer of abstract animation, directed the animated short film Lichtspiel: Opus I, the "oldest fully abstract motion picture known to survive, using only animated geometric forms, arranged and shown without reference to any representational imagery"; served as a special effects artist in the animated feature film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, making the film's moving backgrounds and magic scenes), (d. 1941).^{[36] [37] [38] [39]}

Sources

• Book: Jacobs , Stephen . Boris Karloff: More Than A Monster . Tomahawk Press . 2011 . 978-0955767043.

Notes and References

1. Book: Muybridge . Eadweard . Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements: prospectus and catalogue of plates . 1887 . Philadelphia: Printed by J.B. Lippincott company.
2. Web site: Eadweard Muybridge: Animal Locomotion . Huxley-Parlor Gallery . 2017 . 27 February 2022.
3. Web site: Campany . David . Moving with the times: Eadweard Muybridge I . Tate Museum . 26 February 2022.
4. Web site: Legacy . 4 December 2013 . Muybridge the Movie . 26 February 2022.
5. Web site: Infamy and Influence . 23 February 2016 . Cleveland Institute of Art . 26 February 2022.
6. Web site: Eadweard Muybridge . Kingston Heritage Service . 26 February 2022.
7. Herbert, Stephen. (n.d.) From Daedaleum to Zoetrope, Part 2. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
8. Book: Encyclopedia of Early Cinema . 9780203482049 . Abel . Richard . August 2004 . Taylor & Francis .
9. http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=2160&iid=32189_1220702381_0015-00270&fn=Ralph+W&ln=Ince&st=r&ssrc=&pid=5705 Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1921, p. 267 – Ancestry.com
10. News: Ralph Ince Killed In Crash In London. The New York Times. April 12, 1937. 1.
11. News: 2023-10-22 . PAUL H. TERRY, 84, DREW TERRYTOONS - The New York Times . The New York Times . 2024-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022110749/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/26/archives/paul-h-terry-84-drew-terrytoons-animation-pioneer-created-tales-of.html . October 22, 2023 .
12. Book: Hamonic . W. Gerald . Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory . 2018 . John Libbey Publishing Ltd . 978-0861967292 . 207–223 . Here I Come to Save the Day!: The Mouse that Saved a Cartoon Studio, 1942-1945.
13. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . 1997 . Watson-Guptill Publications . 978-0823083152 . 19 March 2020. 210.
14. Book: Rovin . Jeff . The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals . 1991 . Prentice Hall Press . 0-13-275561-0 . 8 April 2020 . 101–102.
15. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 73.
16. Web site: Paul Terry. Lambiek.net. December 23, 2017.
17. Web site: Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Heckle and Jeckle. Donald D.. Markstein. Toonopedia.com. December 23, 2017.
18. News: Paul Terry, Now 78, Finds Plenty To Do: Cartoon Pioneer Retired...Not Bored . Null . Henry . 1965-06-19.
19. Book: Lenburg, Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 37-39 . registration . 16 May 2020.
20. News: Charles Bowers, Pioneer in Animated Cartoons, Dead . . November 27, 1946 . 20. Newspapers.com.
21. Web site: Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76. Associated Press. September 17, 1963. Sarasota Journal. June 4, 2015.
22. News: . The Week's Best Releases . Billboard . 66 . September 26, 1942 . June 17, 2014.
23. Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 3, ed. Benjamin F. Shearer (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), p. 836
24. Thomas S. Hischak, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), pp. 691–693,
25. News: Boris Karloff in Hospital . The New York Times . 20 February 1968 .
26. News: . Karloff Out of Hospital . The New York Times . 25 February 1968 .
27. News: Role Changed His Life. Boris Karloff, Master Horror-Film Actor, Dies . The New York Times . 4 February 1969 .
28. https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312429/Boris-Karloff Biography
29. Web site: Past Winners Search for "grinch". Grammy.com. 26 December 2013.
30. News: Brundage . David . Tony the Tiger, not Frankenstein, sang 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' . 20 December 2021 . The Washington Post . December 24, 2016 . . GrinchSinger.
31. News: Humphrey . Hal . December 12, 1966 . Seuss Menagerie to Star on Sunday . 92 . . December 11, 2023.
32. In the Making of: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1994). TNT
33. Jacobs, pp. 374-475
34. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 189–190.
35. "Eric Blore, Perfect Film Butler Dies", The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 2 March 1959, p. 2
36. Book: Ruttmann.
37. Web site: Betancourt . Michael . Walther Ruttmann's Lichtspiel Films . Cinegraphic . 20 August 2021 . from: An Excerpt from 'The History of Motion Graphics'.
38. Book: Reiniger, Lotte . Shadow Theatres, Shadow Films . 1970 . London . BT Batsford . 978-0-7134-2286-3 . registration .
39. Web site: Lotte Reiniger's Introduction to The Adventures of Prince Achmed . Milestone Films . 9–11 . 2001 . 25 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091122140333/http://www.milestonefilms.com/pdf/AchmedPK.pdf . 22 November 2009 .