1891 in animation explained

Events in 1891 in animation.

Events

• Specific date unknown:
  • Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete). The film consists of 500 individually painted images, and originally lasted for about 15 minutes. It would not be exhibited to an audience until 1892. ^[1]
  • Magic lantern slides with jointed figures set in motion by levers, thin rods, or cams and worm wheels were produced commercially and patented in 1891. A popular version of these "Fantoccini slides" had a somersaulting monkey with arms attached to a mechanism that made it tumble with dangling feet. Fantoccini slides are named after the Italian word for puppets like marionettes or jumping jacks.^[2]
  • George R. Tweedie gained fame in 1891 by running a popular magic lantern show, titled "Gossip about Ghosts". The show, which cost sixpence, consisted of fifty slides, each illustrating a story about ghosts or supernatural occurrences.^{[3] [4] [5]}
  • Two different British patents for magic lantern slides with moving jointed figures (fantoccini slides) were granted in 1891.^[6]

Births

March

• March 3: Norman Spencer, American musician and songwriter (Leon Schlesinger Productions), (d. 1940).^[7]

July

• July 3: Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (voice of the Rose in Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1968).^[8]
• July 16: Lou Fleischer, American composer (Fleischer Studios) and actor (J. Wellington Wimpy in the Popeye cartoon "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard"), (d. 1985).^[9]

August

• August 21: Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1959).^[10]

September

• September 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), (d. 1963).^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

October

• October 1: Svend Methling, Danish actor and film director (The Tinderbox), (d. 1977).
• October 15: Burt Gillett, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company, The Van Beuren Corporation, Walter Lantz Productions), (d. 1971).^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

November

• November 10: Carl W. Stalling, American composer, (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Looney Tunes), music arranger, voice actor, (voice of Mickey Mouse in The Karnival Kid), and co-inventor of the click track, (d. 1972).^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}
• November 26: Scott Bradley, American composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor (Walt Disney Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Iwerks Studio), (d. 1977).^{[24] [25] [26] [27]}

Sources

• • • • Book: Sigall, Martha. Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation. The Boys of Termite Terrace. 2005. University Press of Mississippi. 9781578067497. https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&pg=PA85.
  • Book: Goldmark. Daniel. Taylor. Yuval. Strauss . Neil. The Cartoon Music Book . Tunes for Toons: A Cartoon Music Primer. 2002 . A Capella Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Inc.. 978-1569764121. https://books.google.com/books?id=5rfRdOMfTqsC&pg=PA7.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles-Émile Reynaud . Who's Who of Victorian Cinema . 2007-03-11.
2. Web site: Luikerwaal - Fantoccini Slides.
3. Web site: Gossip about ghosts . Slide Readings Library . The Magic Lantern Society . 26 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728062407/http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/srllists/srldetails/92320.html . 28 July 2011 .
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=b48tCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Tweedie%22++%22Gossip+about+Ghosts%22&pg=PA35 Page 35
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYAAAAAMAAJ&dq=George+R.+Tweedie&pg=PA220 Page 220
6. Web site: Fantoccini Slides. www.luikerwaal.com.
7. Sigall (2005), pp. 84–86
8. Book: Ellenberger . Allan R. . Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory . 2001 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5019-0 . 22 March 2020 . en.
9. Dial, Donna (2000) Cartoons in Paradise: How the Fleischer Brothers Moved to Miami and Lost Their Studio. Florida: Florida Historical Society pp. 309-30
10. http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/estilo-134504 Molina Campos y la taba
11. Book: Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic.
12. Book: Merritt . Russell . Kaufman. J. B. . 2016 . Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series . Glendale, CA . 2nd . . 200–203 . 978-1-4847-5132-9 .
13. Book: Holtz . Allan . American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide . 2012 . The University of Michigan Press . Ann Arbor . 9780472117567 . 400.
14. Web site: Markstein . Don . Col. Heeza Liar . Don Markstein's Toonopedia . 2 April 2020.
15. Barrier (2007), p. 71–72
16. Barrier (2007), p. 74
17. Web site: Molly Moo-Cow entry . Toonopedia . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/6frtKRXT1?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/mollymoo.htm . 2016-03-09 .
18. Koszarski (2008), p. 319-320
19. Sito (2006), unnumbered pages
20. Neuwirth (2003), unnumbered pages
21. Sigall (2005), p. 88-90
22. Strauss (2002), pp. 5–13.
23. Web site: Funnyworld Revisited: Carl Stalling. Michaelbarrier.com. 10 October 2018.
24. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/scott-bradley-at-walter-lantz-14807.html Scott Bradley at Walter Lantz|Cartoon Brew
25. Goldmark, Daniel (2005), "Tunes for 'Toons: Music and Hollywood Cartoons", University of California Press, p. 46.
26. Maltin, Leonard (1987), "Of Mice and Magic", Penguin Books.
27. Book: Bradley, Scott . Goldmark . Daniel . Taylor . Yuval . The Cartoon Music Book . Chicago Review Press . November 1, 2002 . 115–120 . Music In Cartoons . 978-1556524738.