1894 in animation explained

Events in 1894 in animation.

Films released

• December: Autour d'une cabine (Around A Cabin), directed by Émile Reynaud. It is an animated film made of 636 individual images hand painted in 1893.The film showed off Reynaud's invention, the Théâtre Optique. It was shown at the Musée Grévin from December 1894 until March 1900.^{[1] [2]}

Births

February

• February 14: Jack Benny, American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and violinist (portrayed and voiced himself in The Mouse that Jack Built, and The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians), (d. 1974).^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
• February 26: Olga Khodataeva, Russian animation director, animator, art director, and screenwriter (China in Flames, One of Many, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ, Sarmiko, The Flame of the Arctic), (d. 1968).^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

March

• March 18: Stuart Buchanan, American voice actor, casting director, radio and television producer, and educator (voiced the Huntsman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Goofy in The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air , and an unnamed flight attendant in Saludos Amigos), (d. 1974).^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}
• March 26:
  • Richard Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director (worked for Amedee J. Van Beuren), (d. 1981).^[19]
  • Will Wright, American actor, (voice of Friend Owl in Bambi), (d. 1962).^{[20] [21] [22]}
• March 28: Wallace Carlson, American animator, film director and comics artist (worked for J.R. Bray, founder of Carlson Studios), (d. 1967).^{[23] [24] [25] [26]}

June

• June 10: Bill Nolan, American animator, director and animation writer (Pat Sullivan, Margaret J. Winkler, Walter Lantz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), (d. 1954).^{[27] [28] [29]}

July

• July 7: Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power (technical consultant and live-action commentator in the animated feature film Victory Through Air Power), (d. 1974).^{[30] [31]}
• July 14: Dave Fleischer, American animator, film producer and director (co-founder of Fleischer Studios, Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye, Let's All Go to the Lobby), (d. 1979).^{[32] [33] [34]}

August

• August 19: Ralph A. Wolfe, American comic book artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1985).^[35]

September

• September 12: Billy Gilbert American comedian and actor (voice of Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Willie the Giant in Fun and Fancy Free), (d. 1971).^{[36] [37]}
• September 24: Billy Bletcher, American voice actor (voice of Pete and the Big Bad Wolf, the Pincushion Man in Balloon Land, Owl Jolson's disciplinarian father in I Love to Singa, the Menacing Spider in Bingo Crosbyana, Spike the Bulldog and Tom Cat in Tom and Jerry, Papa Bear in The Three Bears, and the Villainous Wolf in Little Red Riding Rabbit), (d. 1979).^{[38] [39] [40]}

December

• December 8: E.C. Segar, American comics artist (creator of Popeye), (d. 1938).^[41]
• December 29: Harry E. Lang, American actor (voice of Tom in a few Tom and Jerry cartoons), (d. 1953).^[42]

References

Sources

• Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American way of Life. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Autour d'une cabine (Around a Bathing Hut). 2021-05-22.
2. Web site: The Optical Theater. 2021-05-22.
3. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 314.
4. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 104–106.
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNRptoRrpBk Jack Benny's Funeral at Hillside Memorial Park
6. Book: Alleman, Richard. Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A.. 2013. Crown/Archetype. 9780804137775. Google Books.
7. http://www.snopes.com/glurge/jackbenny.asp Posthumous Roses
8. News: Obituaries. July 6, 1983. Variety. 10. 311. 78. Proquest.
9. Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age at Google Books, p. 76—79
10. [Maurice Horn]
11. Sergey Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, pp. 14–15, 21, 691–692
12. Sergei Asenin (2012). The World of Animation // The Tropes of Soviet Animation. — Moscow: Print-on-Demand, p. 44
13. News: The Fairest One of All. J.B. Kaufman. November 13, 2012 . May 7, 2022.
14. Book: Dunning . John . On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio . 1998 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-507678-3 . 458 . April 18, 2023.
15. Web site: Three Top Men in Ohio Story Presentation . newspapers.com . Lancastr (Ohio) Eagle Gazette . March 2, 2023 . May 24, 1948, p. 12.
16. https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&q=buchanan&pg=PA44 Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary by Thomas S. Hischak
17. Barbara Vancheri and Sharon Eberson, "A look back at Snow White", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1, 2012.
18. Book: Terrace. Vincent. Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. 1999. McFarland & Company, Inc.. 978-0-7864-4513-4. 228.
19. Web site: Dick Loederer. Lambiek.net. 6 November 2021.
20. Obituary Variety, June 27, 1962, p. 52.
21. News: Will Wright, 68, an Actor Known for Character Roles. 1962-06-21. The New York Times.
22. News: Will Wright: Obituary. 1962-06-20. Chicago Daily Tribune. B10.
23. Web site: Wallace Carlson. lambiek.net. May 27, 2020.
24. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 26.
25. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 29.
26. http://www.toonopedia.com/nebbs.htm Toonopedia
27. Web site: William Nolan. IMDb. May 19, 2020.
28. https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/that-crazy-cat-bill-nolan/ That Crazy Cat Bill Nolan
29. News: 1937-07-03 . The first "Skippy" UA subject ready . Boxoffice.
30. Markstein, Don. "Victory Through Air Power." Don Markstein's Toonopedia, 2008. Retrieved: May 16, 2009.
31. Watts 2001, pp. 234-235.
32. News: The Downfall of Betty Boop's Creators, the Fleischer Brothers . Fischer . William . 2022-04-24 . 2022-05-01 . Collider.
33. Shostak, Stu (November 19, 2008) Interview with Ray Pointer [radio broadcast]. Stu's Show. Los Angeles: Shokus Internet Radio.
34. Web site: What Dave Fleischer did after "Mr. Bug" . 2013-02-13 . 2022-05-01 . Beck . Jerry . Jerry Beck.
35. Web site: Ralph A. Wolfe. lambiek.net. September 27, 2022.
36. Web site: Billy Gilbert. Los Angeles Times. May 20, 2020.
37. Book: Ellenberger . Allan R. . Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory . May 1, 2001 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-0983-9 . 227 . December 30, 2022 . en.
38. Book: Katchmer, George A.. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Western Actors and Actresses. 2002. Cary. 9780786486946. en.
39. Web site: Interview with Billy Bletcher, by Michael Barrier and Milton Gray . Funnyworld . 1978. 2017-02-21.
40. Web site: Barbara Bletcher U'Ren Obituary - North Hollywood, CA . 2023-12-27 . Dignity Memorial . en-us.
41. Web site: Elzie Crisler Segar. lambiek.net. May 21, 2020. May 14, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200514202302/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/segar.htm. live.
42. News: Harry Lang Dies . August 5, 1953 . June 30, 2022 . The Times Union. Associated Press.