1894 in animation

none 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.Autour d'une cabine (Around a Bathing Hut) https://m.filmaffinity.com/ca/movie.php?id=124202 2021-05-22The Optical Theater http://www.cinematheque.fr/zooms/reynaud/index_en.htm 2021-05-22 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).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 314Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 6 June 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up 104–106Jack Benny's Funeral at Hillside Memorial Park YouTube. Retrieved February 1, 2015.https://books.google.com/books?id=OPRKEpwjfLQC&q=jack+benny+hillside+memorial&pg=PA362 Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A. Richard Alleman 2013 Crown/Archetype 9780804137775 Google BooksPosthumous Roses snopes.com. Retrieved February 1, 2015.Obituaries July 6, 1983 Variety 10 311 78 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).Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age at Google Books, p. 76—79Maurice Horn (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Volume 4. — London: Chelsea House Publishers, p. 409 0791051854Sergey Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, pp. 14–15, 21, 691–692Sergei Asenin (2012). The World of Animation // The Tropes of Soviet Animation. — Moscow: Print-on-Demand, p. 44 978-5-458-30516-7 March March 12: Carl Meyer, American actor (voice of Smack in Mr. Bug Goes to Town), animator and animation writer (Fleischer Brothers, Paramount Animation), (d. 1972). 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).http://www.jbkaufman.com/fairest-one-all The Fairest One of All J.B. Kaufman November 13, 2012 May 7, 2022Dunning John On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio 1998 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-507678-3 458 https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&q=%22Mickey+Mouse+Theater+of+the+Air%22&pg=PA458 April 18, 2023Three Top Men in Ohio Story Presentation https://www.newspapers.com/image/296029657/?terms=%22stuart%20buchanan%22&match=1 newspapers.com Lancastr (Ohio) Eagle Gazette March 2, 2023 May 24, 1948, p. 12Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary by Thomas S. HischakBarbara Vancheri and Sharon Eberson, "A look back at Snow White", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 1, 2012.Terrace Vincent Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows 1999 McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-4513-4 228 March 26: Richard Loederer, American comics writer, comics artist and animation art director (worked for Amedee J. Van Beuren), (d. 1981).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/loederer_dick.htm Dick Loederer Lambiek.net 6 November 2021 Will Wright, American actor, (voice of Friend Owl in Bambi), (d. 1962).Obituary Variety, June 27, 1962, p. 52.Will Wright, 68, an Actor Known for Character Roles 1962-06-21 The New York TimesWill Wright: Obituary 1962-06-20 Chicago Daily Tribune B10 March 28: Wallace Carlson, American animator, film director and comics artist (worked for J.R. Bray, founder of Carlson Studios), (d. 1967).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carlson_wa.htm Wallace Carlson lambiek.net May 27, 2020Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 6 June 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/26/mode/2up 26Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 6 June 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/28/mode/2up 29Toonopedia 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).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634366/ William Nolan IMDb May 19, 2020That Crazy Cat Bill Nolan1937-07-03 The first "Skippy" UA subject ready Boxoffice 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).Markstein, Don. "Victory Through Air Power." Don Markstein's Toonopedia, 2008. Retrieved: May 16, 2009.Watts 2001, pp. 234-235. 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).The Downfall of Betty Boop's Creators, the Fleischer Brothers https://collider.com/fleischer-brothers-who-are-they/ Fischer William 2022-04-24 2022-05-01 ColliderShostak, Stu (November 19, 2008) Interview with Ray Pointer [radio broadcast]. Stu's Show. Los Angeles: Shokus Internet Radio.https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/what-dave-fleischer-did-after-mr-bug-2/ What Dave Fleischer did after "Mr. Bug" 2013-02-13 2022-05-01 Beck Jerry Jerry Beck August August 19: Ralph A. Wolfe, American comic book artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1985).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wolfe_ralph.htm Ralph A. Wolfe lambiek.net September 27, 2022 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).http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/billy-gilbert/ Billy Gilbert Los Angeles Times May 20, 2020Ellenberger Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory May 1, 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-0983-9 227 https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Billy+Gilbert%22+actor&pg=PA227 December 30, 2022 en 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).https://books.google.com/books?id=qkOeCQAAQBAJ A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Western Actors and Actresses Katchmer George A. 2002 Cary 9780786486946 enhttp://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Bletcher/Bletcher.htm Interview with Billy Bletcher, by Michael Barrier and Milton Gray Funnyworld 1978 2017-02-21 2012-02-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229055538/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Bletcher/Bletcher.htm dead Barbara Bletcher U'Ren Obituary - North Hollywood, CA https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/north-hollywood-ca/barbara-bletcher-uren-6739082 2023-12-27 Dignity Memorial en-us December December 8: E.C. Segar, American comics artist (creator of Popeye), (d. 1938).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/segar.htm 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 December 29: Harry E. Lang, American actor (voice of Tom in a few Tom and Jerry cartoons), (d. 1953).Harry Lang Dies https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FLogin_18%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201953%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201953%2520a%2520-%25202064.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffdb1ad522%26DocId%3D5745808%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2ea%2B2eb%2B2ef%2B2f0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FLogin_18%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201953%2FAlbany%2520NY%2520Times%2520Union%25201953%2520a%2520-%25202064.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffdb1ad522%26DocId%3D5745808%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2ea%2B2eb%2B2ef%2B2f0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false August 5, 1953 June 30, 2022 The Times Union Associated Press References Sources Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American way of Life. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001. 0-8262-1379-0. Category:1890s in animation Category:1894 in mass media Category:1894 in the arts