1908 in animation explained

Events in 1908 in animation.

Films released

• April 25 – The Airship, or 100 Years Hence (United States)^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
• August 17 – Fantasmagorie (France)^{[6] [7]}
• October 31 – Hôtel électrique (France)^{[8] [9]}

Births

January

• January 7: Eliot Daniel, American songwriter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1997).^{[10] [11]}
• January 11: Lionel Stander, American actor (voice of Buzz Buzzard in Woody Woodpecker, Kup in ), (d. 1994).
• January 16: Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (portrayed herself and sang in 3 Betty Boop cartoons, voice of Mombi in Journey Back to Oz, Lilly Loraine in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), (d. 1984).
• January 19: Jack Cutting, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1988).^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

February

• February 1: George Pal, Hungarian-American animator, film director, special effects maker and film producer (Puppetoons, Tulips Shall Grow, John Henry and the Inky-Poo, Tubby the Tuba), (d. 1980).^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}
• February 6: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, (d. 1981).^{[21] [22]}
• February 26: Tex Avery, American animator, cartoonist, film director, and voice actor (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), creator or further developer of several characters (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, The Big Bad Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior), (d. 1980).^{[23] [24] [25]}

March

• March 11: Frank Smith, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Harman-Ising), (d. 1986).^[26]
• March 13: Paul Stewart, American actor (voice of Mighty Mightor), (d. 1986).^[27]
• March 16: Seymour Kneitel, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1964).^{[28] [29] [30]}
• March 20: Michael Redgrave, British actor and director (narrator in A Christmas Carol), (d. 1985).^[31]
• March 31: Anton Loeb, American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator (Fleischer Studios), (d. 1984).^[32]

April

• April 13: Bob Nolan, American country singer and actor (sang in the Pecos Bill segment in Melody Time), (d. 1980).^[33]
• April 19: Robert Stokes, American animator (Harman-Ising, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1980).
• April 23: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (worked for Fleischer Brothers and Hal Seeger), (d. 2006).^{[34] [35]}

May

• May 3: Jack Zander, American animator (The Van Beuren Corporation, Terrytoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), (d. 2007).^{[36] [37] [38]}
• May 15: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2005).^{[39] [40] [41]}
• May 17: Ralph Wright, American animator, storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company) and actor (voice of Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1983).^[42]
• May 20: James Stewart, American actor (voice of Wylie Burp in ), (d. 1997).^[43]
• May 22: Nino Pagot, Italian comics artist and animator (Calimero), (d. 1972).^[44]
• May 25: Barbara Luddy, American actress (voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp, Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty, Rover in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Kanga in Winnie the Pooh), (d. 1979).
• May 30: Mel Blanc, American voice actor (voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and various other characters in the Looney Tunes franchise, Barney Rubble and Dino in The Flintstones, Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons, original voice of Woody Woodpecker), (d. 1989).^[45]

June

• June 14: John Scott Trotter, American arranger, composer and orchestra leader (Peanuts), (d. 1975).^[46]
• June 18: Bud Collyer, American actor (voice of the title character in Superman), (d. 1969).^[47]
• June 29: John Hench, American animator, designer and creative director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2004).^[48]

July

• July 23: Karl Swenson, American actor (voice of Merlin in The Sword in the Stone), (d. 1978).^[49]
• July 25: Harold Peary, American actor and comedian (voice of the Devil in the Private Snafu cartoon Hot Spot, Herman in The Roman Holidays, Fenwick Fuddy in The Galloping Ghost, and Yogi's Space Race, Big Ben in Rudolph's Shiny New Year and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), (d. 1985).^[50]

August

• August 4: Wally Maher, American actor (original voice of Screwy Squirrel), (d. 1951).^[51]
• August 20: Alan Reed, American voice actor (voice of Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones, Dum Dum in Touche Turtle and Dum Dum, Boris the Russian Wolfhound in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1977).^[52]
• August 24: John Reed, American animator, special effects artist, and animation director (Fantasia, Bambi, Animal Farm), (d. 1992).^{[53] [54] [55]}

September

• September 10: Raymond Scott, American composer, (d. 1994).^[56]
• September 13: Mae Questel, American actress (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl), (d. 1998).^[57]
• September 15: Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (voice of Jane Jetson in The Jetsons), (d. 2003).^[58]
• September 26: Shug Fisher, American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, and comedian (voice of Uncle Pecos in the Tom and Jerry short "Pecos Pest"), (d. 1984).^[59]
• September 30: Wetzel Whitaker, American animator, film director, and film producer (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan), (d. 1985).^[60]

October

• October 22: José Escobar Saliente, Spanish animator, comics writer and artist, (d. 1994).^[61]
• October 24: Preston Blair, American animator (Walter Lantz, Charles Mintz, Walt Disney Company, MGM, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1995).^{[62] [63] [64]}

November

• November 12: Shamus Culhane, American animator and film producer (J.R. Bray, Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walter Lantz) and film director (The Barber of Seville), (d. 1996).^{[65] [66] [67]}

December

• December 2: Cal Dalton, American film director and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company), (d. 1974).^[68]
• December 14: Morey Amsterdam, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (voice of narrator in Gay Purr-ee, Brady and James in Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, One Million (O.M) in Rudolph's Shiny New Year), (d. 1996).^{[69] [70]}

Specific date unknown

• Stamatis L. Polenakis, Greek comic artist and animated film director (O Ntoútse afigeítai, translated as The Duce Narrates), (d. 1997).^[71]

Sources

• Book: Barrier, Michael. Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. 1999. 0-19-503759-6.
  • Hardy, Phil. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies. Woodbury, Tennessee: Woodbury Press, 1984. .
• Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1995. .
• Book: Sigall, Martha . Living life inside the lines: Tales from the Golden age of Animation . . 2005 . 1-57806-749-9.

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E6D9133FE13BBC4C52DFBE66838A659EDE "Blackton, pioneer In movies, dies, 66. ex-Commodore of Atlantic Yacht Club here. Is victim of auto accident. A founder of Vitagraph. Producer of 'Black Diamond Express' thriller. Began as marine artist."
2. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002637998/ "Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 5."
3. Paris 1995, p. 12.
4. https://archive.org/stream/variety143-1941-08#page/n123/mode/1up "Commodore Blackton, who went from riches to relief, dies at 66."
5. Hardy 1984, p. 30.
6. Book: Beckerman, Howard. Animation: the whole story. 16 August 2011. 1 September 2003. Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. 978-1-58115-301-9. 17.
7. News: The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation . . Eric . Vilas-Boas . John . Maher . 5 October 2020 . The next year, Cohl made Fantasmagorie, whose title is a reference to the “fantasmograph,” a mid-19th-century variant of the magic lantern that projected ghostly images onto surrounding walls..
8. Web site: Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé - Hôtel électrique. filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com. 2020-05-05.
9. Book: Hamus-Vallée . Rejane . Renouard . Caroline . . 2018 . Armand Colin . 9782200622237 . 16 July 2020--> . La American Vitagraph Company: les effets de l'amination.
10. Web site: Songs written by Eliot Daniel . SecondHandSongs . 2015-01-26 . mdy-all.
11. Web site: Original versions of Blue Shadows on the Trail . SecondHandSongs . 2015-01-26 . mdy-all.
12. Book: Ghez, Didier. [{{Google books|zOzpwaDTR2wC|plainurl=yes}} Walt's People - Volume 9: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him].
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14. Web site: Mickey Mouse Park: The Story of Walt Disney's Lost First Theme Park. 2015-05-03. Theme Park Tourist. 2022-02-13.
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16. Web site: Worth . Stephen . Biography: George Pal . AnimationResources.org . 17 October 2023 . 29 November 2010.
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18. Web site: Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement . www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
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20. Web site: 2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call . December 16, 2015 . Library of Congress.
21. Book: Beck. Jerry. The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals. 1994. Turner Pub.. Atlanta. 1-878685-49-X. 1st. registration.
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23. News: Haile. Bartee. Nothing Funny About Sad Life Of Daffy Duck Creator. The Lone Star Iconocast. January 20, 2010. February 19, 2010.
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27. News: Paul Stewart is Dead at 77; Stage, Screen and TV Actor. The New York Times . 19 February 1986 . Associated Press, The New York Times, February 19, 1986. 2014-10-22.
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33. Web site: Bob Nolan: The Final Years (1950–1980) . Bob Nolan Web Site . January 14, 2012.
34. News: Kehr . Dave . Myron Waldman, Who Drew Cartoon Stars, Is Dead at 97 . 21 January 2022 . . 6 February 2006.
35. News: Myron Waldman, 97; Cartoon Animator for Betty Boop, Superman . 21 January 2022 . . 7 February 2006.
36. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/arts/20zander.html?ref=obituaries Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99"
37. https://archive.today/20120719183529/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/Z/Zander_s_Animation_Parlour/Tippi_Turtle Tippi Turtle
38. http://snl.jt.org/skit.php?i=56 Tippi Turtle at SNL Archives
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43. News: James Stewart, the Hesitant Hero, Dies at 89 . October 31, 2019 . The New York Times . July 3, 1997 . October 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191031212635/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/03/movies/james-stewart-the-hesitant-hero-dies-at-89.html . live .
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45. News: Mel Blanc: His Voice Is His Fortune. Aljean. Harmetz. November 27, 1988. Sun-Sentinel. July 19, 2013. November 8, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131108110354/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-27/features/8803090392_1_noel-blanc-mel-blanc-bugs-bunny. dead.
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47. Web site: Bud Collyer Dies; Host Of TV Shows; Ran 'Beat the Clock,' 'To Tell the Truth,' 'Break the Bank'. The New York Times. September 9, 1969. Google Groups.
48. Web site: Disney Legend John Hench Dies. Animation World Network. December 10, 2022.
49. News: Actor Karl Swenson Dies . September 5, 2016 . Lakeland Ledger . October 9, 1978 . 2A.
50. Hastings, Deborah (1985). "Harold Peary, Star of Radio's 'The Great Gildersleeve,' 76, Dies", Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1985, p. 3. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
51. News: Services Pending For Wally Maher, 43, Radio Actor . March 12, 2022 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . December 17, 1951 . 2. Newspapers.com.
52. Web site: Alan Reed Jr. remembers 'The Flintstones' at 55. Nick. Thomas. USA Today. September 23, 2015. November 1, 2017.
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58. Web site: The Associated Press . Penny Singleton Dies at 95; Played Blondie in Film Series . . 2023-03-29.
59. https://www.mcalesternews.com/opinion/cathey-a-son-of-ulan-and-a-sons-of-the-pioneers/article_b61fbb93-4fc2-5870-a386-97b637a1e583.html McAlester News-Capital, June 30, 2019
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65. News: Shamus Culhane, a Pioneer in Film Animation, Dies at 87 . August 1, 2008 . The New York Times . April 2, 1996 . Lawrence . Van Gelder.
66. Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators, by Jeff Lenburg, p. 95-97
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68. Web site: Hare-Um Scare-Um (1939) Theatrical Cartoon- Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series . https://archive.today/20120722032910/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/552-Hare-Um_Scare-Um.html . dead . July 22, 2012 . Bcdb.com . 1939-08-12 . 2012-11-06.
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71. Web site: Stamatis L. Polenakis. lambiek.net. 17 August 2023.