1892 in animation

none Events in 1892 in animation. Events October 11: Charles-Émile Reynaud signed a contract with the Musée Grévin, allowing him to start regular public screenings of his films at the museum. The first public screening took place on October 28. Myrent 1989 193; 195–198Bendazzi 1994 5Rossell 1995 119 Reynaud received 500 francs (FR 500 1892 -2 eq €) per month and 10% of the box office. The contract disadvantaged Reynaud, as he paid for the maintenance of the system and was required to oversee all of the daily showings.Myrent 1989 196Bendazzi 1994 5 Specific date unknown In 1892, mechanical engineer Thomas E. Bickle received British Patent No. 20,281 for a clockwork thaumatrope with "pictures or designs exhibiting some action or motion in two phases, which are thus alternately presented to the eye in rapid succession with small intervals of rest".Two-state animation: the thaumatrope and its spin-offs (in Animation Journal – Fall 1993) Leskosky Richard J. 1993 Films released October 28: Le Clown et ses chiens (The Clown and His Dogs).Film created by Charles-Émile Reynaud It consists of 300 individually painted images and lasts about 10 minutes.http://www.emilereynaud.fr/index.php/post/Le-Theatre-optique Le Théâtre optique – Émile Reynaud www.emilereynaud.fr 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20081111172705/http://www.emilereynaud.fr/index.php/post/Le-Theatre-optique 11 November 2008 deadMyrent 1989 191–202 Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete). Film created in 1891 by Charles-Émile Reynaud, but first exhibited to an audience in 1892 with Reynaud's Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin. The film consists of 500 individually painted images, and originally lasted for about 15 minutes.http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm Charles-Émile Reynaud Who's Who of Victorian Cinema 2007-03-11 Un bon bock (A Good Beer). Film created in 1888 by Charles-Émile Reynaud, but first exhibited to an audience in 1892 with Reynaud's Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin. It consisted of 700 individually painted 6 x 6 cm pictures in a 50 meter long flexible strip. Reynaud manipulated the speed and repeated movements by moving the film back and forth through the projector to tell a visual story that lasted close to fifteen minutes.http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm Charles-Émile Reynaud Who's Who of Victorian Cinema 2007-03-11Myrent 1989 191–202http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mountroyal/Hoffman/Animation/Reference/History.html The History of Animation 2007-03-11 2017-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20170821050028/http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mountroyal/Hoffman/Animation/Reference/History.html dead Births January January 31: Eddie Cantor, American actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter (co-wrote Merrily We Roll Along for Merrie Melodies), (d. 1964).https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/11/eddie-cantor-dead-comedy-slar-was-72.html Eddie Cantor Dead. Comedy Star Was 72. United Press International October 11, 1964 The New York Times May 13, 2019 en-US 0362-4331http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/g/goldman-banjo.html Banjo Eyes movies2.nytimes.com May 13, 2019http://www.eddiecantor.com/bio.html The Eddie Cantor Story Eddie Cantor Official Website September 2, 2013The Merrie Melodies Theme: "Merrily We Roll Along" https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-merrie-melodies-theme-merrily-we-roll-along/ 2021-06-02 cartoonresearch.com March March 10: Gregory La Cava, American animator and film director (Raoul Barré, International Film Service), (d. 1952).Nemeth Michael December 2022 6–12 Gregory La Cava: The Road Less Traveled Classic ImagesGregory La Cava, director, 59, dead https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/02/archives/gregory-la-can-director-59-dei-known-for-movies-gabriel-over-white.html December 22, 2022 The New York Times United Press March 2, 1952 92 subscription May May 2: Ōten Shimokawa, Japanese cartoonist, comics artist and animator (Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki), (d. 1973). http://litten.de/fulltext/ani1917.pdf Some remarks on the first Japanese animation films in 1917 Frederick S. Litten 2014-01-02 May 9: Nikolai Khodataev, Russian film director and animator (Interplanetary Revolution, China in Flames, One of Many, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ and Fialkin's Career), (d. 1979).Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations – The Golden Age at Google Books, p. 76—78The Stars of Russian Animation. Film 2. Nikolai Khodataev https://web.archive.org/web/20220211152630/http://studio-mir.ru/eng/index.php?p=film&id=28 2022-02-11 by Irina Margolina and Eduard Nazarov, 2010 (in Russian)Sergei Asenin (2012). The World of Animation // The Tropes of Soviet Animation. — Moscow: Print-on-Demand, p. 44 978-5-458-30516-7Nikolai Khodataev on why he left animation letter published at the Notes by Film Historian magazine, 2001 0235-8212 (in Russian) June June 13: Basil Rathbone, South African-British actor (narrator of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), (d. 1967).Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Site of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 38744-38745). McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition July July 2: Jake Day, American artist, sculptor, photographer, naturalist and illustrator (Merbabies, The Milky Way, Bambi ), (d. 1983).https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/19/obituaries/maurice-e-day-animator-90-drew-deer-for-movie-bambi.html Maurice E. Day, Animator, 90; Drew Deer for Movie 'Bambi' Associated Press May 19, 1983 The New York Times July 25, 2020 Hrehovck Steve May 1, 2016 Damariscotta's Favorite Son Maurice "Jake" Day https://issuu.com/discovermainemagazine/docs/midcoast_2016 Discover Maine July 26, 2020 https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/to-discover-the-real-bambi-walt-disney-goes-to-maine/ To Discover the Real Bambi, Walt Disney Goes to Maine Associated Press January 1, 2019 New England Historical Society July 25, 2020 July 30: Carl Koch, German art historian, film director, and writer (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), (d. 1963).Lockwood Devi Overlooked No More: Lotte Reiniger, Animator Who Created Magic With Scissors and Paper https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/obituaries/lotte-reiniger-overlooked.html The New York Times 18 October 2019Guerin Frances Lotte Reiniger https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/lotte-reiniger/ Women Film Pioneers ProjectPhillips Jane Lotte Reiniger https://wepa.unima.org/en/lotte-reiniger/ World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts August August 2: Jack L. Warner, American film studio executive, co-founder and president of Warner Bros., (credited with the decision to sell the rights of all of the 400 cartoons which Warner Bros. made before 1948 for $3,000 apiece), (d. 1978).Thomas (1990), p. 212.Arnold Gary September 11, 1978 Jack Warner, Last of First-Generation Movie Tycoons, Dies en-US The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/09/11/jack-warner-last-of-first-generation-movie-tycoons-dies/d459d4b8-14ab-488d-824b-2ecb2f6093b7/ May 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20201102064346/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/09/11/jack-warner-last-of-first-generation-movie-tycoons-dies/d459d4b8-14ab-488d-824b-2ecb2f6093b7/ November 2, 2020 0190-8286 dead August 16: Otto Messmer, American animator (Felix the Cat), (d. 1983).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/messmer_o.htm Otto MessmerRosero, Jessica (May 14, 2006). "Felix the Cat, created in Hudson County" The Union City Reporter. pp. 1 and 11.https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/29/obituaries/otto-messmer-is-dead-at-91-created-felix-the-cat-flims.html Otto Messmer is Dead at 91; Created 'Felix the Cat' Films The New York Times October 29, 1983 McGill Douglas C.Torre Dan Torre Lienors Australian Animation: An International History 2018 Palgrave Macmillan https://books.google.com/books?id=2QJ2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 31–53 9783319954929 August 29: Roland Crandall, American animator (Fleischer Studios), (d. 1972).Thorndike, Chuck (1939). The Business of Cartooning: The Success Stories of the World's Greatest Cartoonists, pg.28. House of Little Books Golden Age Cartoons forum, comments by Ray Pointer. Last accessed 2/16/2007.Beck Jerry The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals 1994 Turner Publishing 978-1878685490 August 31: Claire Du Brey, American actress (model of the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella), (d. 1993).Gmür Leonhard Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen 2013 epubli 9783844246018 182 https://books.google.com/books?id=VjkgAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Claire+Du+Brey%22&pg=PA182 July 23, 2017 en September September 11: Pinto Colvig, American clown, actor, and cartoonist (voice of Goofy and Pluto, Practical Pig in Three Little Pigs, Sleepy and Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bluto in Popeye, Gabby in Gulliver's Travels, the title character in Conrad the Sailor), (d. 1967).Pinto Colvig, 75, Voice Of Cartoon Characters October 6, 1967 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1967/10/06/archives/pinto-colvig-75-voice-of-cartoon-characters.html?sq=Pinto+Colvig&scp=1&st=phttps://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA3 Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary Hischak Thomas S. September 15, 2011 McFarland 9780786486946 enCanemaker, John 2006 Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards Disney Edition 86 978-0786863075 "After four years, Walt apparently forgave Colvig for he returned to Disney to record Goofy's voice for the next twenty-six years. (During his absence Goofy was recorded by two Colvig imitators named Jack Bailey and George Johnson)"Scott Keith Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 3 October 2022 BearManor Media enGus Wicke, An Appreciation https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/gus-wicke-an-appreciation/ cartoonresearch.com 14 December 2020Voice Talent Documentary film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition DVD Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2001 December December 26: Don Barclay, American actor and caricaturist (voice of the Doorman in Cinderella), (d. 1975).Meeks Eric G. The Best Guide to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes 2014 2012 Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe 978-1479328598 63–65Daily Variety 7 October 20, 1975 Obituaries Death July July 8: Cecil Shadbolt, British photographer (pioneered aerial photography from flying balloons; gave public lectures, using magic lantern slides, with the title Balloons and Ballooning, Upward and Onwards), dies at age 33.The Shadbolt Collection https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/new/shadbolt-collection/ 27 April 2020 Colin Fenn George & Cecil Shadbolt – Pioneer Photographers Friends of West Norwood. Newsletter 2016 86 6–8 https://www.fownc.org/pdf/newsletter86.pdf June 2026 InternetArchiveBot Cecil Shadbolt (left) and 'Captain' William Dale (right)... https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/CVS01/01/023 Historic England 27 April 2020 References Sources Bendazzi Giannalberto Giannalberto Bendazzi Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation Indiana University Press 1994 https://archive.org/details/cartoonsonehundr0000bend 0253209374 Myrent Glenn Emile Reynaud: First Motion Picture Cartoonist Film History Indiana University Press 1989 3 3 191–202 10.2307/3814977 3814977 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3814977 Rossell Deac A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896 Film History Indiana University Press 1995 7 2 115–236 10.2307/3815166 3815166 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3815166 Thomas, Bob (1990). Clown Prince of Hollywood: The Antic Life and Times of Jack L. Warner. 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