1908 in animation

none Events in 1908 in animation. Films released April 25 – The Airship, or 100 Years Hence (United States)"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."The New York Times, August 14, 1941. Retrieved: May 28, 2019."Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 5." Library of Congress, (Congress.gov). Retrieved: May 27, 2019.Paris 1995, p. 12."Commodore Blackton, who went from riches to relief, dies at 66." Variety, August 20, 1941, p. 4.Hardy 1984, p. 30. August 17 – Fantasmagorie (France)Beckerman Howard Animation: the whole story https://books.google.com/books?id=EjW6cCE4v1QC&pg=PA17 16 August 2011 1 September 2003 Skyhorse Publishing Inc. 978-1-58115-301-9 17https://www.vulture.com/article/most-influential-best-scenes-animation-history.html The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation Vulture 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. October 31 – Hôtel électrique (France)Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé - Hôtel électrique http://filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/2204-electric-hotel filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com 2020-05-05 2019-09-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20190911184233/http://filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/2204-electric-hotel deadHamus-Vallée Rejane Renouard Caroline Special effects in the cinema: 120 years of creations in France and worldwide 2018 Armand Colin 9782200622237 https://books.google.com/books?id=oIlQDwAAQBAJ La American Vitagraph Company: les effets de l'animation Births January January 7: Eliot Daniel, American songwriter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1997).0199614 Eliot Danielhttp://www.secondhandsongs.com/artist/23474 Songs written by Eliot Daniel SecondHandSongs 2015-01-26 mdy-allhttp://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/93271 Original versions of Blue Shadows on the Trail SecondHandSongs 2015-01-26 mdy-all January 11: Lionel Stander, American actor (voice of Buzz Buzzard in Woody Woodpecker, Kup in The Transformers: The Movie), (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).Ghez Didier Walt's People - Volume 9: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him zOzpwaDTR2wC yeshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-23-mn-805-story.html Jack Cutting; Pioneer Disney Animator 1988-08-23 Los Angeles Times 2022-02-13https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20150415/30162/mickey-mouse-park-lost-theme-park-designed-walt-disney-himself?page=2 Mickey Mouse Park: The Story of Walt Disney's Lost First Theme Park Theme Park Tourist 2015-05-03 2022-02-13Mitenbuler Reid Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation sMYKEAAAQBAJ yes 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).Worth Stephen Biography: George Pal https://animationresources.org/biography-george-pal-2/ AnimationResources.org 17 October 2023 29 November 2010Lloyd Fran Applied Arts in British Exile from 1933 10 Making Animation Matter: Peter Sachs Comes to Britain 191 5 April 2019 191–211 10.1163/9789004395107_012 978-90-04-39510-7 https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004395107/BP000011.xml subscription Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement www.achievement.org American Academy of Achievement https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award December 6, 2012 Comic-Con International: San Diegohttps://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-216.html 2015 National Film Registry: "Ghostbusters" Gets the Call December 16, 2015 Library of Congress February 6: Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, (d. 1981).Beck Jerry The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals 1994 Turner Pub. Atlanta 1-878685-49-X 1st registration https://archive.org/details/50greatestcartoo00beckMichael Maltese papers 1907–1981 1941–1981 https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah07794.xml June 22, 2021 rmoa.unm.edu https://web.archive.org/web/20210628104341/https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah07794.xml June 28, 2021Barrier 1999 475Sigall 2005 79 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).Haile Bartee Nothing Funny About Sad Life Of Daffy Duck Creator The Lone Star Iconocast January 20, 2010 http://lonestaricon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451 February 19, 2010Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pagesAdamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, New York: Da Capo Press, 1975. March March 11: Frank Smith, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Harman-Ising), (d. 1986).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/smith_frank.htm Frank Smith lambiek.net May 29, 2020 March 13: Paul Stewart, American actor (voice of Mighty Mightor), (d. 1986).https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/19/obituaries/paul-stewart-is-dead-at-77-stage-screen-and-tv-actor.html 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 March 16: Seymour Kneitel, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1964).The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer Pointer Ray 2017 9781476663678 137–138 McFarland https://books.google.com/books?id=llwnDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Seymour+Kneitel%22&pg=PP1https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/paramount-cartoons/ Paramount Cartoons February 20, 2013 May 11, 2020 Cartoon Research Beck Jerryhttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/paramount-cartoons-1963-64/ Paramount Cartoons 1963-64 November 2, 2015 May 11, 2020 Cartoon Research March 20: Michael Redgrave, British actor and director (narrator in A Christmas Carol), (d. 1985).Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 38997). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. March 31: Anton Loeb, American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator (Fleischer Studios), (d. 1984).http://www.cartoonhalloffame.org/2006/01/loeb-anton.html Anton Loeb at the Cartoon Hall of Fame Cartoon Hall of Fame 2008-12-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071220064242/http://www.cartoonhalloffame.org/2006/01/loeb-anton.html December 20, 2007 April April 13: Bob Nolan, American country singer and actor (sang in the Pecos Bill segment in Melody Time), (d. 1980).Bob Nolan: The Final Years (1950–1980) Bob Nolan Web Site http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographies/Bob%20Nolan/Bob%20Nolan%20retired/Bob%20Nolan%20retired.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130825200118/http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Biographies/Bob%20Nolan/Bob%20Nolan%20retired/Bob%20Nolan%20retired.htm usurped August 25, 2013 January 14, 2012 April 19: Robert Stokes, American animator (Harman-Ising, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1980).0831381 Robert Stokes April 23: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (worked for Fleischer Brothers and Hal Seeger), (d. 2006).Kehr Dave Myron Waldman, Who Drew Cartoon Stars, Is Dead at 97 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/arts/television/myron-waldman-who-drew-cartoon-stars-is-dead-at-97.html 21 January 2022 The New York Times 6 February 2006Myron Waldman, 97; Cartoon Animator for Betty Boop, Superman https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-07-me-passings7.2-story.html 21 January 2022 Los Angeles Times 7 February 2006 May May 3: Jack Zander, American animator (The Van Beuren Corporation, Terrytoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), (d. 2007).Fox, Margalit. "Jack Zander, Animator of Early TV Commercials, Dies at 99" The New York Times, December 20, 2007]https://archive.today/20120719183529/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/Z/Zander_s_Animation_Parlour/Tippi_Turtle Tippi Turtle at the Big Cartoon DataBaseTippi Turtle at SNL Archives https://web.archive.org/web/20120111153246/http://snl.jt.org/skit.php?i=56 2012-01-11 May 15: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2005).Gabler, Neal, 2006, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Page 455, New York, Alfred A. KnopfKorkis, Jim, 2014, Debunking Meryl Streep: Part One", MousePlanet, Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp. Section; 'What a Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp' May 17: Ralph Wright, American animator, storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company) and actor (voice of Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1983).MichaelBarrier.com -- Interviews: Frank Tashlin MichaelBarrier.com -- Home 1971-05-29 http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Tashlin/tashlin_interview.htm 2022-12-02 2019-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20190415163731/http://michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Tashlin/tashlin_interview.htm dead May 20: James Stewart, American actor (voice of Wylie Burp in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West), (d. 1997).James Stewart, the Hesitant Hero, Dies at 89 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/03/movies/james-stewart-the-hesitant-hero-dies-at-89.html 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 May 22: Nino Pagot, Italian comics artist and animator (Calimero), (d. 1972).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pagot_nino.htm Nino Pagot - Lambiek Comiclopedia 2020-07-01 2020-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20200908223420/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pagot_nino.htm live 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 26: Robert Morley, English actor (Narrator in The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, voice the Sultan in Hugo the Hippo), (d. 1992). 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).Mel Blanc: His Voice Is His Fortune Aljean Harmetz http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-27/features/8803090392_1_noel-blanc-mel-blanc-bugs-bunny 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 June June 14: John Scott Trotter, American arranger, composer and orchestra leader (Peanuts), (d. 1975).http://ncpedia.org/biography/trotter-john-scott Trotter, John Scott 14 June 1908-29 Oct. 1975 ncpedia.org March 17, 2015 June 18: Bud Collyer, American actor (voice of the title character in Superman), (d. 1969).https://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/6cc3e4574a6f0aac 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 June 29: John Hench, American animator, designer and creative director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2004).https://www.awn.com/news/disney-legend-john-hench-dies Disney Legend John Hench Dies Animation World Network December 10, 2022 July July 23: Karl Swenson, American actor (voice of Merlin in The Sword in the Stone), (d. 1978).Actor Karl Swenson Dies https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19781009&id=gW1NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3PoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3329,3202231&hl=en September 5, 2016 Lakeland Ledger October 9, 1978 2A 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).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. August August 4: Wally Maher, American actor (original voice of Screwy Squirrel), (d. 1951).Services Pending For Wally Maher, 43, Radio Actor https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97475598/wally-maher/ March 12, 2022 Los Angeles Evening Citizen News December 17, 1951 2 Newspapers.com 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).http://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/2015/09/24/alan-reed-jr-remembers-flintstones/72626720/ Alan Reed Jr. remembers 'The Flintstones' at 55 Nick Thomas USA Today September 23, 2015 November 1, 2017 August 24: John Reed, American animator, special effects artist, and animation director (Fantasia, Bambi, Animal Farm), (d. 1992).http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/john-canemaker-unlocks-the-secrets-of-fantasias-sweatbox-notes-109312.html John Canemaker Unlocks The Secrets of 'Fantasia's Sweatbox Notes Canemaker John John Canemaker Cartoon Brew February 17, 2015 July 17, 2017https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck registration The Animated Movie Guide Beck Jerry Chicago Review Press 21-22 9781569762226 October 28, 2005 July 17, 2017 Internet Archivehttps://books.google.com/books?id=LWodBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 100 Animated Feature Films Osmond Andrew Osmond (journalist) Andrew Palgrave Macmillan 27 9781844575633 December 2, 2010 July 17, 2017 Google Books September September 10: Raymond Scott, American composer, (d. 1994).Manhattan Research Inc. Raymond Scott 2000 Blom, Gert-Jan and Jeff Winner 115 CD book Basta Audio/Visuals Holland September 13: Mae Questel, American actress (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl), (d. 1998).https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19980109&id=JbFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Km8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6412,5174896&hl=en Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news.google.com Aug 2, 2020 September 15: Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (voice of Jane Jetson in The Jetsons), (d. 2003).The Associated Press Penny Singleton Dies at 95; Played Blondie in Film Series https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/arts/penny-singleton-dies-at-95-played-blondie-in-film-series.html The New York Times 15 November 2003 2023-03-29 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).McAlester News-Capital, June 30, 2019 September 30: Wetzel Whitaker, American animator, film director, and film producer (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan), (d. 1985).Whitaker, Wetzel. "Looking Back: An Autobiography" https://www.deseret.com/2012/11/26/20510264/a-reel-legacy-tells-story-of-lds-church-s-early-film-efforts 'A Reel Legacy' tells story of LDS Church's early film efforts Alexis Jones November 26, 2012 Deseret News https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/history-church-produced-mormon-films History of Church-Produced Mormon Films 6 October 2014 http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/4622?&page=1 Whitaker, Wetzel O. October October 22: José Escobar Saliente, Spanish animator, comics writer and artist, (d. 1994).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/escobar_jose.htm Josep Escobar lambiek.net live April 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20051216101218/http://lambiek.net:80/artists/e/escobar_jose.htm December 16, 2005 October 24: Preston Blair, American animator (Walter Lantz, Charles Mintz, Walt Disney Company, MGM, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1995).https://animationresources.org/biography-preston-blair/ Biography: Preston Blair Nov 4, 2010Of Mice and Magic (1980); 287-289http://www.sullivangoss.com/lee_Blair Lee Everett Blair (1911-1993) - Southern California Watercolorist and Animation Developer Aug 21, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080821120337/http://www.sullivangoss.com/lee_Blair 2008-08-21 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).https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E1DE1439F937A35751C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 Shamus Culhane, a Pioneer in Film Animation, Dies at 87 August 1, 2008 The New York Times April 2, 1996 Lawrence Van GelderWho's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators, by Jeff Lenburg, p. 95-97That Noisy Woodpecker Had an Animated Secret Michael Cieply April 10, 2011 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/arts/design/woody-woodpecker-and-shamus-culhanes-animation.html New York Times April 11, 2011 December December 2: Cal Dalton, American film director and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company), (d. 1974).http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/552-Hare-Um_Scare-Um.html https://archive.today/20120722032910/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/552-Hare-Um_Scare-Um.html dead July 22, 2012 Hare-Um Scare-Um (1939) Theatrical Cartoon- Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series Bcdb.com 1939-08-12 2012-11-06 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).David Stout David Stout Morey Amsterdam, Comedian And Joke Encyclopedia, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/30/arts/morey-amsterdam-comedian-and-joke-encyclopedia-dies.html subscription 2 October 2021 The New York Times 30 October 1996 D 22Vallance Tom Obituary: Morey Amsterdam https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-morey-amsterdam-1350735.html 29 September 2021 The Independent 4 November 1996 Specific date unknown Stamatis L. Polenakis, Greek comic artist and animated film director (O Ntoútse afigeítai, translated as The Duce Narrates), (d. 1997).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/polenakis_stamatis.htm Stamatis L. Polenakis lambiek.net 17 August 2023 Deaths July July 2: Wilhelm Grube, German sinologist and ethnographer, (provided the German translations of a set of Chinese shadow play scripts), dies at age 52. Chavannes Édouard Édouard Chavannes Nécrologie : Le professeur Wilhelm Grube T'oung Pao Second Series 9 4 593–595 1908 References Sources Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age Barrier Michael Oxford University Press 1999 0-19-503759-6 Barrier Michael Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age Warner Bros., 1933-1940 2003 Oxford University Press 978-0199839223 https://books.google.com/books?id=xt5k08yuAXIC&q=Nightmare&pg=PT656 Hardy, Phil. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies. Woodbury, Tennessee: Woodbury Press, 1984. 978-0-78940-185-4. Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1995. 978-0-7190-4074-0. Living life inside the lines: Tales from the Golden age of Animation Sigall Martha University Press of Mississippi 2005 1-57806-749-9 External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb Category:1900s in animation