1937 in animation

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Years in animation: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
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Years: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940

This is a list of events in 1937 in animation.

Events[]

January[]

February[]

  • February 6: David Hand's Mickey Mouse cartoon Magician Mickey premiers, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.[3]
  • February 20: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy cartoon Moose Hunters premiers, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.[4]
  • February 27: Tex Avery's Picador Porky premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. This cartoon marks Mel Blanc's first voice acting role in a cartoon.[5]

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November[]

December[]

  • December 2: Ferdinand Diehl, Paul Diehl and Hermann Diehl's The Seven Ravens premiers, which is notable for being an animated feature film, several weeks before Disney's own animated feature film Snow White premiers.[22] However, The Seven Ravens is done in stop-motion, while Snow White features pencil animation.
  • December 21: Walt Disney's first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiers, co-directed by David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce and Ben Sharpsteen. It becomes a global box office hit.[22]
  • December 24: Burt Gillett's Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy film Lonesome Ghosts premiers, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.[23]

Births[]

January[]

February[]

  • February 15: Ron Dias, American animator and painter (worked for Don Bluth and Walt Disney Company), (d. 2013).[27]
  • February 17: Benjamin Whitrow, British actor (voice of Fowler in Chicken Run), (d. 2017).[28]

March[]

April[]

May[]

July[]

  • July 2: Jim Duffy, American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Klasky-Csupo, Duckman), (d. 2012).[31]
  • July 6:
    • Ned Beatty, American actor (voice of Lotso in Toy Story 3 and Tortoise John in Rango), (d. 2021).[32][33]
    • Ro Marcenaro, Italian animator and comics artist, (d. 2020).[34]
  • July 12: Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor (Created Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, (where he voiced the title character, Mushmouth, William "Bill" Cosby Mudfoot Brown, The Brown Hornet) Little Bill, and co-created Fatherhood).
  • July 13: Hurey, Belgian animator (worked for Belvision) and comics artist, (d. 2001).[35]

September[]

  • September 2: Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (voice of Green Goblin on Spider-Man, Professor Coldheart on Care Bears, Bert Racoon on The Raccoons, Minimus P.U. on Atomic Betty), (d. 2006).
  • September 6: Jo Anne Worley, American actress and comedienne (voice of Armoire the Wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast, Hopopotamus on The Wuzzles).
  • September 10: Brian Murray, South African actor and theatre director (voice of Long John Silver in Treasure Planet), (d. 2018).[36]
  • September 13: Don Bluth, American film director and animator (The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, Titan A.E.).
  • September 15: Anatoly Petrov, Russian animated film director and animator (Happy Merry-Go-Round, Polygon), (d. 2010).[37] He was survived by his wife Galina Barinova (born 1939) and their daughter Galina Petrova (1960—2016), also an artist and animator.[38]
  • September 21: Ron Cobb, American cartoonist, animator, film set designer, TV director and scriptwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2020).[39]

October[]

November[]

  • November 6: Eugene Pitt, American musician (composed the theme music of Nickelodeon), (d. 2018).[41]

December[]

Deaths[]

July[]

  • July 20: Elmer Wait, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Elmer Fudd was named after him), dies at age 23.[43]

See also[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ Don Donald Archived February 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
  2. ^ Die Schlacht um Miggershausen at IMDb
  3. ^ Magician Mickey at IMDb
  4. ^ Moose Hunters at IMDb
  5. ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Picador Porky (A Vitaphone Production)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  6. ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  7. ^ Barrier, Michael. "A Day in the Life: MGM, March 4, 1953". Michaelbarrier.com. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  8. ^ "POPEYE MONUMENT, 1939. Statue of the comic strip character Popeye erected on 26 March 1937 in Crystal City, Texas which became known as the spinach capital of the world". Granger Historical Picture Archive. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Spinach Capital of the World". daytrippintexas.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  10. ^ Porkey's Romance at IMDb
  11. ^ Porky's Duck Hunt at IMDb
  12. ^ Mickey's Amateurs at IMDb
  13. ^ The Happy Rabbit at IMDb
  14. ^ Little Hiawatha at IMDb
  15. ^ Clean Pastures at IMDb
  16. ^ Modern Inventions at IMDb
  17. ^ https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5263-Uncle-Toms-Bungalow[bare URL]
  18. ^ Clock Cleaners Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine at The Encyclopedia of Animated Disney Shorts
  19. ^ Clock Cleaners at the Big Cartoon DataBase
  20. ^ Thomas, Bob. Walt Disney: An American Original. Simon & Schuster, 1976, p. 134.
  21. ^ "Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves". The Big Cartoon Database. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Walt Disney". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved January 20, 2021.[better source needed]
  23. ^ Lonesome Ghosts at IMDb
  24. ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Bernard Longpré". legacy.tiff.net. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  25. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726600/
  26. ^ "Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  27. ^ C. Edwards (August 3, 2013). "Background Painter Ron Dias Dies at 76". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
  28. ^ Quinn, Michael (October 11, 2017). "Obituary: Benjamin Whitrow | Obituaries".
  29. ^ SILVIO MAZZOLA (October 20, 1993). "Obituary: Otmar Gutmann". The Independent.
  30. ^ "Lorenzo Music -- Actor, 64 (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 8, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  31. ^ "Animator Jim Duffy dies at 75, He was key figure at L.A.'s Klasky Csupo". Variety. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  32. ^ Coyle, Jake (2021-06-13). "Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83". CTVNews. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  33. ^ Barnes, Mike (2021-06-13). "Ned Beatty, Acclaimed Character Actor in 'Deliverance,' 'Network' and 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  34. ^ "Ro Marcenaro". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  35. ^ "Hurey". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  36. ^ "Tony Nominee Brian Murray Passes Away at 80". BroadwayWorld. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  37. ^ Famous Russian animator Anatoly Petrov died by Vesti.ru, March 3, 2010 (in Russian)
  38. ^ Gailna Petrova at Animator.ru
  39. ^ "Ron Cobb". lambiek.net.
  40. ^ "Ator Jonas Mello, de 'Flor do Caribe', morre aos 83 anos". November 19, 2020.
  41. ^ "Doo-Wop Singer Eugene Pitt Passes". Allaccess.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  42. ^ Legendary Russian Animator Sokolsky Dies At 78 by Radio "Liberty", December 27, 2014.
  43. ^ Elmer Wait at IMDb[better source needed]

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