1898 in animation

none Events in 1898 in animation. Events November: The German toy manufacturer Gebrüder Bing introduced their toy "kinematograph",http://www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com/Firmengeschichten/Bing/Bing.html#Top Bing www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com de at a toy convention in Leipzig. In late 1898 and early 1899, other toy manufacturers in Germany and France, including Ernst Plank, Georges Carette, and Lapierre, started selling similar devices. The toy cinematographs were basically traditional toy magic lanterns, adapted with one or two small spools that used standard "Edison perforation" 35mm film, a crank, and a shutter. These projectors were intended for the same type of "home entertainment" toy market that most of the manufacturers already provided with praxinoscopes and magic lanterns. Apart from relatively expensive live-action films, the manufacturers produced many cheaper films by printing lithographed drawings. These animations were probably made in black-and-white from around 1898 or 1899. The pictures were often traced from live-action films (much like the later rotoscoping technique). These very short films typically depicted a simple repetitive action and most were designed to be projected as a loop - playing endlessly with the film ends put together. The lithograph process and the loop format follow the tradition that was set by the stroboscopic disc, zoetrope and praxinoscope. Litten Frederick S. Animated Film in Japan until 1919. Western Animation and the Beginnings of Anime http://litten.de/abstrtoc/abstr6.htm 2020-08-01 2024-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20200801171149/http://litten.de/abstrtoc/abstr6.htm deadLitten Frederick S. Japanese color animation from ca. 1907 to 1945 17 June 2014 http://litten.de/fulltext/color.pdf Specific date unknown: The Motograph Moving Picture Book was published in London at the start of 1898 by Bliss, Sands & Co.http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/1st-january-1898/32/the-motograph-moving-picture-book-symonss-patent-b The Motograph Moving Picture-Book. (Symons's Patent.) (Bliss, Sands, and Co.)—This » 1 Jan 1898 » The Spectator Archive The Spectator Archive It came with a "transparency" with black stripes to add the illusion of motion to the pictures in the book (13 in the original black and white edition and 23 in the later color edition). The illustrations were credited to "F.J. Vernay, Yorick, &c.".https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=19494456279&searchurl=tn=motograph+moving+picture&sortby=17&n=100121503 Book Details www.abebooks.com The book is an early form of stereography.https://archive.org/details/livingpicturesth00hopw Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical working. With a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography Henry V. Hopwood August 21, 1899 London Optician & Photographic Trades Review Internet Archive Births January January 2: Dick Huemer, American animator, comic strip artist, and illustrator (redesigned and developed Koko the Clown, created Fitz (Ko-Ko's canine companion), created Scrappy, storyboard artist for Dumbo), (d. 1979).Dogs https://www.fleischerstudios.com/dogs.html 2022-07-26 Fleischer Studios enDisney Legends Ceremony October 10, 2007,July 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes DVD, Disney Media Services, January 20: Tudor Owen, Welsh actor (voice of Towser in 101 Dalmatians), (d. 1979).https://www.omnilexica.com/?q=tutor+owen+(actor) Who is Tudor Owen (actor)? Omnilexica May 20, 2020 February February 2: Billy Costello, American actor (original voice of Popeye), (d. 1971).https://www.uniondemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/UnionDemocrat/LocalNews/story.csp?cid=3797487&sid=753&fid=151 The Union Democrat 2024-06-06 2018-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044209/https://www.uniondemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/UnionDemocrat/LocalNews/story.csp?cid=3797487&sid=753&fid=151 dead February 8: André Rigal, French animation producer and animator (André Rigal's Animation Studio), (d. 1973).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rigal_andre.htm André Rigal lambiek.net May 4, 2025 May May 1: Hazel Sewell, American animator, head of the ink and paint department at Walt Disney Animation Studios (Plane Crazy, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1975).Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation Johnson Mindy Disney Editions 2017 9781484727812 Los Angeles 101391080820 June 1931 The Personalities Behind the Laughs https://archive.org/details/motionpicturedai30newy/page/120 Motion Picture Daily 30 120 Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/waltdisneytriump00gabl registration Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American imagination Gabler Neal 2006 Alfred A. Knopf 9780679438229 New York 353 698994408 May 11: Sam Slyfield, American sound engineer, (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1974).http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1943 The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners August 13, 2011 oscars.orghttp://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners August 14, 2011 oscars.orghttp://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1946 The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners August 16, 2011 oscars.orghttp://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951 The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners August 19, 2011 oscars.org June June 7: Earl Duvall, American animator, writer, lay-out artist, director and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Ub Iwerks, directed Honeymoon Hotel), (d. 1950). https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZkdXZhbGwSBG93ZW4-/ April 21, 2023 ANC Explorer Burial detail: Duvall, Owen E, Sr Duvall Earl Taliaferro Al Osborne Ted De Maris Merrill Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics, vol 1 2016 IDW Publishing San Diego 978-1631405587Barrier Michael Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age 2003 Oxford University Press 978-0195167290 June 18: Dink Trout, American actor, voice artist and radio personality (voice of the title character in Bootle Beetle, Old Bootle Beetle and Balsam in Morris the Midget Moose, the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1950).Terrace Vincent Radio's Golden Years :The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs, 1930-1960 1981 A.S. Barnes San Diego 0-498-02393-1 137 1st https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Encyclopedias/Miscellaneous-Encyclopedias/Radio's-Golden-Years-Encyclopedia-of-Radio-Programs-Terrace.pdf August 21, 2020Trout, Radio Player, Dies After Operation The Bismarck Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4233532/the_bismarck_tribune/ The Bismarck Tribune March 28, 1950 North Dakota, Bismarck 2 Newspapers.com February 5, 2016 June 28: Nat Falk, American illustrator and cartoonist (How to Make Animated Cartoons), (d. 1989).http://animatedeye.johncanemaker.com/blog/in-search-of-nat-falk-author-of-how-to-make-animated-cartoons-1941/ In Search of Nat Falk - Author of How to Make Animated Cartoons (1941) • John Canemaker's Animated Eye 19 September 2022 July July 4: Johnny Lee, American singer, dancer and actor (voice of Br'er Rabbit in Song of the South), (d. 1965).http://www.black-face.com/Johnny-Lee.htm Johnny Lee Blackface! May 27, 2020 July 24: Bernard B. Brown, American film composer and sound engineer (composer for Warner Bros. Cartoons, head of the sound department at Universal Studios), (d. 1981).Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pages July 31: Ken Harris, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Productions, United Productions of America, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1982).Ken Harris Biography http://www.masteranimator.com/bio.html October 9, 2020 www.masteranimator.comhttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-exposure-sheet-1-2 The Exposure Sheet #1 and #2 September 10, 2018 September 3, 2020 Cartoon Research Beck Jerry Jerry BeckSeptember 29, 2016 UPA's "The Brotherhood of Man" (1946) https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/upas-the-brotherhood-of-man-1946/ October 9, 2020 cartoonresearch.comHollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age Barrier Michael 1999 https://archive.org/details/hollywoodcartoon00barr/ Michael Barrier 443;539 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-503759-3 April 23, 2018 Warner Club News (1955) – Part 1 https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/warner-club-news-1955-part-1/ October 9, 2020 cartoonresearch.com en-US August August 15: Charles Tobias, American songwriter (co-wrote the Merrie Melodies theme "Merrily We Roll Along"), (d. 1970).Charles Tobias is Dead at 72; Was Noted Composer, Billboard, July 18, 1970, p. 6 August 30: Shirley Booth, American actress (voice of Mrs. Claus in The Year Without a Santa Claus), (d. 1992).Actress Shirley Booth, Star of TV's Hazel, Dies https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19921021&slug=1519816 The Seattle Times October 21, 1992Flint Peter B. Shirley Booth, Star of TV, Radio, Stage, and Screen, Is Dead at 94 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/21/obituaries/shirley-booth-star-of-tv-radio-stage-and-screen-is-dead-at-94.html The New York Times October 21, 1992 August 21, 2021Tucker David C. Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record https://books.google.com/books?id=-Rf2aDz4QJQC&dq=%22birth+date%22&pg=PA136 March 20, 2008 McFarland 978-0786436002 136 October October 5: Kenzō Masaoka, Japanese animator and director (the first animator to use cel animation and recorded sound in anime, Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, Benkei tai Ushiwaka, Kumo to Tulip, co-founder of Toei Animation), (d. 1988).Kōdansha (1993). Japan: an illustrated encyclopedia. Kōdansha, 978-4-06-206489-7The World History of Animation, Stephen Cavalier p. 144 October 28: Rollin Hamilton, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1951).https://books.google.com/books?id=zDJXnzMh7bkC&pg=PA157 Hollywood Cartons: American Animation in its Golden Ag – Michael Barrier – Google Books 1999 March 22, 2014 978-0-19-802079-0 Barrier Michael Oxford University Press November November 4: Joe Dougherty, American actor (original voice of Porky Pig), (d. 1978).https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5180/?name=Joe_Dougherty&birth=1898-11-4_missouri-usa_28&death=1978-4-19_los+angeles-los+angeles-california-usa_68337 All California, Death Index, 1940-1997 results for Joe Dougherty Ancestry.com December December 1: Cyril Ritchard, Australian actor (voice of The Sandman in The Daydreamer, Emperor Klockenlocher in The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Frog in Tubby the Tuba, Father Thomas in The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow, Elrond in The Hobbit), (d. 1977).Pace, Eric. "Cyril Ritchard, 79, Dies in Coma; Was Actor, Singer, and Director". The New York Times. 19 December 1977. December 14: Lillian Randolph, American actress and singer, (voice of Mammy Two Shoes in Tom and Jerry), (d. 1980).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GcAsAAAAIBAJ&pg=5162,3323259&dq=lillian+randolph&hl=en People and Places September 16, 1980 Star-News September 20, 2010Census October 9, 1980 Jet https://books.google.com/books?id=_UEDAAAAMBAJ&q=lillian+randolph+intitle%3Ajet&pg=PA8 October 10, 2010Bogle Donald Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood 2006 432 One World/Ballantine 0345454197 October 17, 2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=BI-lsA0gWRYC&q=lillian+randolph&pg=PT236http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/lillian-randolph-film-and-television-jewel Lillian Randolph, a film and television jewel African-American Registry September 27, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101028040555/http://aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/lillian-randolph-film-and-television-jewel October 28, 2010 deadEncyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television McCann Bob 461 2009 McFarland 978-0786437900 https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=randolph&pg=PA60 October 19, 2010The Colored Cartoon Lehman Christopher P. 152 University of Massachusetts Press 2009 978-1558497795 https://books.google.com/books?id=ntaZJs91Fp0C&q=amos+n+andy&pg=PA30 October 10, 2010 References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb Category:1890s in animation Category:1898 in mass media Category:1898 in the arts