1891 in animation

none Events in 1891 in animation. Events Specific date unknown: Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film Pauvre Pierrot (Poor Pete). The film consists of 500 individually painted images, and originally lasted for about 15 minutes. It would not be exhibited to an audience until 1892. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm Charles-Émile Reynaud Who's Who of Victorian Cinema 2007-03-11 Magic lantern slides with jointed figures set in motion by levers, thin rods, or cams and worm wheels were produced commercially and patented in 1891. A popular version of these "Fantoccini slides" had a somersaulting monkey with arms attached to a mechanism that made it tumble with dangling feet. Fantoccini slides are named after the Italian word for puppets like marionettes or jumping jacks.https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/fantoccini1_uk.htm Luikerwaal - Fantoccini Slides George R. Tweedie gained fame in 1891 by running a popular magic lantern show, titled "Gossip about Ghosts". The show, which cost sixpence, consisted of fifty slides, each illustrating a story about ghosts or supernatural occurrences.http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/srllists/srldetails/92320.html Gossip about ghosts Slide Readings Library The Magic Lantern Society 26 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110728062407/http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/srllists/srldetails/92320.html 28 July 2011 Page 35, Paranormal Media: Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture, Author: Annette Hill, Publisher: Routledge, 2010, 9781136863189, ...One public lecture titled 'Gossip about Ghost' by former chemist George Tweedie claimed 'spook hunting has recently become as fashionable as Slumming'...Page 220, The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science; with which is Incorporated the "Chemical Gazette.": A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts and Manufactures, Volume 37, Contributor: William Crookes, Publisher:Chemical news office, 1878, ...A process for coating iron with magnetic oxide by the action of heated air. By George R. Tweedie... Two different British patents for magic lantern slides with moving jointed figures (fantoccini slides) were granted in 1891.https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/fantoccini1_uk.htm Fantoccini Slides www.luikerwaal.com Births March March 3: Norman Spencer, American musician and songwriter (Leon Schlesinger Productions), (d. 1940).Sigall (2005), pp. 84–86 July July 3: Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (voice of the Rose in Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1968).Ellenberger Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-5019-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Hessy+Doris+Lloyd%22&pg=PA59 22 March 2020 enFebruary 2021 July 16: Lou Fleischer, American composer (Fleischer Studios) and actor (J. Wellington Wimpy in the Popeye cartoon "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard"), (d. 1985).Dial, Donna (2000) Cartoons in Paradise: How the Fleischer Brothers Moved to Miami and Lost Their Studio. Florida: Florida Historical Society pp. 309-30 August August 21: Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1959).Molina Campos y la taba https://web.archive.org/web/20170804215529/http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/estilo-134504 2017-08-04 by Andrés Cáceres on Los Andes, 21 Nov 2004 September September 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), (d. 1963).Of Mice and Magic Maltin LeonardMerritt Russell Kaufman J. B. 2016 Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series Glendale, CA 2nd Disney Editions 200–203 978-1-4847-5132-9 Holtz Allan American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide 2012 The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor 9780472117567 400Markstein Don Col. Heeza Liar http://www.toonopedia.com/heeza.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia 2 April 2020 October October 1: Svend Methling, Danish actor and film director (The Tinderbox), (d. 1977).http://www.dfi.dk/tidsskriftetfilm/46/fromthetinderbox.htm From the Tinder Box to the Ugly Duckling Danish Film Institute 2009-02-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080131233526/http://www.dfi.dk/tidsskriftetfilm/46/fromthetinderbox.htm 2008-01-31 October 15: Burt Gillett, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company, The Van Beuren Corporation, Walter Lantz Productions), (d. 1971).Barrier (2007), p. 71–72Barrier (2007), p. 74http://www.toonopedia.com/mollymoo.htm Molly Moo-Cow entry Toonopedia dead https://www.webcitation.org/6frtKRXT1?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/mollymoo.htm 2016-03-09 Koszarski (2008), p. 319-320Sito (2006), unnumbered pages November November 10: Carl W. Stalling, American composer, (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Looney Tunes), music arranger, voice actor, (voice of Mickey Mouse in The Karnival Kid), and co-inventor of the click track, (d. 1972).Neuwirth (2003), unnumbered pagesSigall (2005), p. 88-90Strauss (2002), pp. 5–13.http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Stalling/Stalling.htm Funnyworld Revisited: Carl Stalling Michaelbarrier.com 10 October 2018 November 26: Scott Bradley, American composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor (Walt Disney Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Iwerks Studio), (d. 1977).Scott Bradley at Walter Lantz|Cartoon BrewGoldmark, Daniel (2005), "Tunes for 'Toons: Music and Hollywood Cartoons", University of California Press, p. 46.Maltin, Leonard (1987), "Of Mice and Magic", Penguin Books.Bradley Scott Goldmark Daniel Taylor Yuval The Cartoon Music Book Chicago Review Press November 1, 2002 115–120 Music In Cartoons 978-1556524738 References Sources Barrier Michael The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney Building a Better Mouse, 1928-1933 2007 University of California Press 978-0520941663 https://books.google.com/books?id=zjeqFCPpE3gC&pg=PA72 Koszarski Richard Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff Cartoons in the City 2008 Rutgers University Press 978-0813542935 https://books.google.com/books?id=1NzOhgPs80MC&pg=PA319 Neuwirth Allan Makin' Toons: Inside the Most Popular Animated TV Shows and Movies Makin' Toons Croon: Those Musical Marvels Who Compose the Merry Melodies 2003 Allworth Press 978-1621531975 https://books.google.com/books?id=xEctAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT268 Sigall Martha Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation The Boys of Termite Terrace 2005 University Press of Mississippi 9781578067497 https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&pg=PA85 Sito Tom Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson Hollywood Labor, 1933–1941:The Birth of Cartoonists Unions 2006 University Press of Kentucky 978-0813138367 https://books.google.com/books?id=_LpMDxr2jqwC&pg=PT97 Goldmark Daniel Taylor Yuval Strauss Neil The Cartoon Music Book Tunes for Toons: A Cartoon Music Primer 2002 A Capella Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Inc. 978-1569764121 https://books.google.com/books?id=5rfRdOMfTqsC&pg=PA7 Category:1890s in animation Category:1891 in mass media Category:1891 in the arts