1889 in animation explained

Events in 1889 in animation.

Events

• 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.

Births

January

• January 1: Count Cutelli, Italian-American actor (provided sound effects for various 1930s Hollywood cartoons), (d. 1944).^[1]

February

• February 4: Walter Catlett, American actor and comedian (voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio), (d. 1960).^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

March

• March 3: William Pennell, American singer and actor (original voice of Bluto in Popeye), (d. 1956).^[12]
• 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).^{[13] [14] [15]}
• March 23: Mario Gallina, Italian actor (Italian voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow in Pinocchio, the Ringmaster in Dumbo), (d. 1950).^[16]
• March 30: Herman Bing, German-American actor (voice of the Ringmaster in Dumbo), (d. 1947).^[17]

June

• 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).^[18]
• 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).^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}
• June 27: Moroni Olsen, American actor (voice of Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1954).^{[24] [25]}

July

• July 31: Frans Masereel, Belgian painter, graphic artist, and wood engraver (The Idea), (d. 1972).^[26]

November

• November 5: Charles Mintz, American film producer and distributor (Winkler Pictures, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit), (d. 1939).^{[27] [28] [29] [30] [31]}
• November 30: Ramsay Hill, British actor (voice of Labrador Retriever and TV Announcer in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d. 1976).^{[32] [33]}

Sources

• Book: Bendazzi, Giannalberto . Giannalberto Bendazzi . Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation . . 1994 . 0253209374.
• Book: Moritz , William . Pilling. Jayne. A Reader In Animation Studies. https://books.google.com/books?id=DxvnBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94. 1998. John Libbey Publishing. 978-0-86196-900-5. Bartosch's The Idea. 93–103.
• Myrent . Glenn . Emile Reynaud: First Motion Picture Cartoonist . Film History . . 1989 . 3 . 3 . 191–202 . 3814977 .
• Rossell . Deac . A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896 . Film History . . 1995 . 7 . 2 . 115–236 . 3815166 .
• Book: Willett , Perry . A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism. Donahue. Neil H.. https://books.google.com/books?id=zjvV48n-ngUC&pg=PA111. 2005. Camden House Publishing. 978-1-57113-175-1. 111–134. The Cutting Edge of German Expressionism: The Woodcut Novel of Frans Masereel and Its Influences.

Notes and References

1. News: Voice that delighted millions, stilled by death.
2. Book: Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. September 16, 2016. McFarland. 9781476625997. Google Books.
3. News: Catlett Stars in Coast Piece . January 15, 1914 . . Newspapers.com.
4. Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Walter Catlett . walkoffame.com . Hollywood Chamber of Commerce . February 11, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170515105711/http://www.walkoffame.com/walter-catlett . May 15, 2017 . dead.
5. News: Hollywood Star Walk: Walter Catlett. Los Angeles Times. November 18, 2014.
6. Book: Animated Films - Virgin Film - James Clarke . 2012-09-30 . 9781448132812 . 2015-07-02. Clarke . James . Random House .
7. Book: The Disney Fetish - Seán J. Harrington . 9 February 2015. 9780861969081 . 2015-07-02. Harrington . Seán J. . Indiana University Press .
8. Book: Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television ... - Jeff Lenburg . 9781557836717 . 2015-07-02. Lenburg . Jeff . 2006 . Hal Leonard Corporation .
9. Book: Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment - Douglas Brode . 2009-01-27 . 9780292783300 . 2015-07-02. Brode . Douglas . University of Texas Press .
10. Book: Functions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Thirteenth ... - Joseph L. Sanders . 1995 . 9780313295218 . 2015-07-02. Sanders . Joseph L. . Bloomsbury Academic .
11. Web site: Disney Theatrical Animated Features - Edited by Paul Muljadi . 2015-07-02.
12. Book: The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors . Tim Lawson, Alisa Persons . University Press of Mississippi. 26. 1-578-06696-4 . 2014-03-25. 2004-12-09 .
13. "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).
14. http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=KNIGHT%2c+TACK Tack Knight entry
15. http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CARLSON%2c+GEORGE George Carlson entry
16. Web site: Mario Gallina's dubbing contributions. Antoniogenna.net . 13 October 2018.
17. Web site: COMEDIAN KILLS HIMSELF; Herman Bing, of Films, Leaves Note Ascribing Act to Nerves . The New York Times Archives . January 10, 1947 . subscription . May 5, 2018 . May 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180504090910/https://www.nytimes.com/1947/01/10/archives/comedian-kills-himself-herman-bing-of-films-leaves-note-ascribing.html . live .
18. Book: Hischak. Thomas S.. Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. 2011. McFarland. 9780786486946. 221. 25 January 2018. en.
19. Web site: Mikhail Tsekhanovsky. Animator.ru.
20. Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. — Rowman & Littlefield, p. 751—752
21. Sergei Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation. — Moscow: Algorithm, p. 699—700, 244
22. http://www.kinozapiski.ru/ru/article/sendvalues/626/ A Breath of Freedom. Diaries of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky
23. Vera Kuznetsova, Erast Kuznetsov (1973). Tsekhanovsky . — Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 116 pages
24. Book: Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. 9780786486946. Hischak. Thomas S.. 6 October 2011. McFarland .
25. News: Stage and Screen Actor Moroni Olsen Dies at 65 . 19 October 2023 . Spokane Daily Chronicle . 23 November 1954 . 16 . en.
26. Web site: Lambiek Comiclopedia . Frans Masereel .
27. News: In Memoriam: Charles Mintz. September 24, 2012. Scrappyland. May 21, 2018. en-US.
28. Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014. Social Security Administration.
29. Book: Gabler, Neal. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. 2006. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 0-679-43822-X. registration.
30. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . June 6, 2020 . 66–67.
31. Book: The a to Z of Animation and Cartoons. 978-1-4616-6402-4. Dobson. Nichola. April 2010.
32. News: Personal Data: Deaths. September 5, 1976. The Hollywood Reporter. 27. C.S. Ramsay-Hill, 85, former British actor, died Feb. 3 at Valley Presbyterian Hospital after a long illness. He started in radio and later became a technical director for films. He played in 'On a Clear Day You Can See Forever' and 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown.' As a young man, he served in the 11th Hussars in the British Army. Services will be Thursday at 11 A.M. at Praiswater Funeral Home in Van Nuys followed by interment at Valhalla Memorial Park, No. Hollywood. He is survived by his wife Polly.. .
33. House, Adrian (1995). The Great Safari : The Lives of George and Joy Adamson. London: Harper Collins. p. 354. .