1890 in animation explained

Events in 1890 in animation.

Events

• Specific date unknown:
  • Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film Le Clown et ses chiens (The Clown and His Dogs) for his Théâtre Optique. It would not be exhibited to an audience until 1892. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Births

March

• March 19: Gayne Whitman, American actor (occasional voice of Barney Bear), (d. 1958).^[5]

April

• April 26: Thoralf Klouman, Norwegian satirical illustrator and actor (produced the animated film Admiral Palads (1917), about the American president Woodrow Wilson), (d. 1940).^{[6] [7]}

June

• June 12: Junius Matthews, American actor (voice of Archimedes in The Sword in the Stone, Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1978).^{[8] [9]}

July

• July 15: Arch Heath, American cartoonist, animator, film director and screenwriter (general manager of production at the Eastern Film Corporation), (d. 1945).^{[10] [11] [12]}
• July 20: Verna Felton, American actress (voice of Mrs. Jumbo and the Elephant Matriarch in Dumbo, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora and Queen Leah in Sleeping Beauty, Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones, Winifred in The Jungle Book), (d. 1966).^[13]

August

• August 12: George Debels, aka Joe Stan, Belgian-Dutch animator, illustrator and comics artist (De Dierenmars^[14]), (d. 1973).^[15]
• August 16: Grim Natwick, American animator and film director (Fleischer Studios, designed Betty Boop, worked for Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Animation Studios, UPA, Richard Williams), (d. 1990).^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}
• August 29: Charles Thorson, Canadian political cartoonist, character designer (Snow White, Bugs Bunny), children's book author and illustrator (The Captain and the Kids), (d. 1966).^{[23] [24]}

November

• November 1: Byington Ford, American cartoonist, theatrical director and businessman (director of the Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco), (d. 1985).^{[25] [26]}

Date uncertain

• Walter Hoban, American cartoonist (created the comic strip Jerry on the Job, which received several animated adaptations by the animation studio Bray Productions), (d. 1939).^{[27] [28]}
• K-Hito, Spanish caricaturist, animator, sports journalist, film producer, publisher and comics writer and artist (Francisca, la mujer fatal, La Vampiresa Morros de Fresa), (d. 1984).^{[29] [30] [31]}

Sources

• Book: Mazurkewich, Karen . Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators . . 1999 . 1-55278-093-7.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles-Émile Reynaud . Who's Who of Victorian Cinema . 2007-03-11.
2. Web site: Théâtre optique (Reconstitution) (AP-95-1724) - Collection - Catalogue des appareils cinématographiques - la Cinémathèque française.
3. Book: Tissandier, Gaston. Le Théâtre optique de M. Reynaud. 1892-07-23.
4. Web site: The moving picture shows of Émile Reynaud | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
5. News: Gayne Whitman. The New York Times. 4 September 1958.
6. Encyclopedia: Thoralf Klouman . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 24 November 2009 .
7. Encyclopedia: Thoralf Klouman . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Thoralf . Berg . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian . 24 November 2009 .
8. Web site: Here's What Happened to Disney's Original 'Winnie the Pooh' Voice Cast. August 3, 2020.
9. Web site: Junius Matthews - 2 Character Images. Behind The Voice Actors.
10. Krows . Edwin . Motion Pictures-Not for Theatres . The Educational Screen . September 1939 . VVIII . 244 . Apr 14, 2019.
11. Award will honor World War Writers . Motion Picture Daily . Jul 8, 1947 . 2 . Apr 14, 2019.
12. News: Arch Heath, Veteran Film Executive, is Stricken . Apr 14, 2019 . Boxoffice . Jan 13, 1945.
13. Book: Wilson . Scott . Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. . 19 August 2016 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-2599-7 . 238 . November 21, 2021 . en.
14. Web site: George Debels. www.nicodubois.com. May 20, 2020.
15. Web site: Joe Stan. lambiek.net. May 20, 2020.
16. Web site: Myron Grim Natwick,Original Creator of Betty Boop. August 2, 2020.
17. Web site: Myron Natwick, 100; Animated Betty Boop. October 10, 1990. The New York Times. August 2, 2020.
18. Book: Williams, Richard. The Animator's Survival Kit: Expanded Edition. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2009. 978-0-86547-897-8. 35.
19. http://www.cartoonhalloffame.org/2005/12/natwick-myron-grim.html Myron "Grim" Natwick (Hollywood Cartoon Hall of Fame)
20. Book: Leonard Maltin . Of mice and magic . 1980 . McGraw Hill Higher Education; 1ST edition . Internet Archive . 978-0-07-039835-1 . 96.
21. Web site: Worth . Stephen . 2022-03-16 . Exhibit: Grim Natwick- Golden Age Animator . 2022-07-26 . AnimationResources.org - Serving the Online Animation Community . en-US.
22. Book: Culhane, Shamus . Talking animals and other people . 1986 . New York : St. Martin's Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-312-78473-7 . 80.
23. Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (NAL and McGraw Hill, 1980; revised edition, November 1987), p. 242
24. Book: Neal Gabler. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. 2007. Vintage Books. 978-0-679-75747-4. 431–.
25. Web site: The fabulous career Byington Ford . Eisner . Judith A. . September 24, 1970 . archive.org . Carmel Pine Cone . 2020-04-11 .
26. News: Byington Ford. Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1985-01-31. 2020-09-23.
27. http://www.toonopedia.com/jerryjob.htm Markstein, Don. Toonopedia.
28. http://lambiek.net/artists/h/hoban.htm Lambiek
29. Web site: K-Hito. lambiek.net. May 29, 2020.
30. http://www.brianlemay.com/History/timeline1931-1940.html The Animated Cartoon Factory – History of Animation Timeline
31. http://www.yayyan.com/Yayyan/personajes/garcialopez.htm Yayyan, la separata cultural de Jaén·on·line