1941 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 |
This is a list of events in 1941 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 4: Chuck Jones' Elmer's Pet Rabbit premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[1]
February[]
- February 27: 13th Academy Awards
- The Milky Way, directed by Rudolf Ising, produced by MGM Animation, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the first animated cartoon not produced by Disney to win an Oscar.[2]
- Pinocchio, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score, while When You Wish Upon a Star wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2]
March[]
- March 15: Tex Avery's Tortoise Beats Hare premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It marks the first time that Bugs Bunny loses.[3]
- March 28: Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat, directed and produced by Walter Lantz Productions, is first released.[4]
April[]
- April 11: The Fleischer Studios release an adaptation of Johnny Gruelle's children's stories, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.[5]
- April 19: Tex Avery's Porky's Preview premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Porky Pig.[6]
May[]
- May 24: Tex Avery's Hollywood Steps Out, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. It features caricatures of Hollywood stars.[7]
- May 29: Disney animators' strike: At the Walt Disney Animation Studios a five-week strike breaks out to ask for higher payment and privileges. While the demands are eventually met, several animators are either fired by Disney or quit.[8]
June[]
- June 11: Jack King's Early to Bed, starring Donald Duck, directed by Jack King, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios premiers.[9]
- June 20: The Reluctant Dragon, a live-action film with animated scenes by Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Hamilton Luske and Jack Kinney, produced by Walt Disney Animation, premiers. It features three shorts within the feature film, Baby Weems, How To Ride a Horse starring Goofy, and The Reluctant Dragon.[10]
- June 20: Riley Thomson's The Nifty Nineties premiers, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.[11]
July[]
- July 5: Tex Avery's The Heckling Hare, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Bugs Bunny, is first released.[12]
- July 7: With Woody Woodpecker, Woody Woodpecker's second film appearance, produced by Walter Lantz, the bird becomes star of his own long-running animated series.[13]
- July 19: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera direct The Midnight Snack, produced by MGM. This is the second cartoon to star Tom & Jerry and the first in which they are officially named.[14]
August[]
- August 11: The Screwdriver, produced by Walter Lantz, is the last Woody Woodpecker cartoon featuring Mel Blanc as Woody's voice.[15] Afterwards Warner Bros. Cartoons takes an exclusivity contract on Blanc's voice.[16]
- August 30: Bob Clampett's The Henpecked Duck is first released, starring Daffy Duck, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[17]
September[]
- September 13: Tex Avery's All This and Rabbit Stew, starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers. Its the final cartoon for Warners directed by Avery and his final cartoon starring Bugs. Avery leaves Warners Brothers and joins MGM Animation instead.[18]
- September 26: Paramount Pictures launches an animated film series based on Superman, produced by the Fleischer Studios, which kicks off with the first film Superman.[19]
October[]
- October 3: Lend a Paw, starring Pluto, directed by Clyde Geronimi, produced by the Walt Disney Studios, is released.[20]
- October 23: Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney and Samuel Armstrong's Dumbo, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. It becomes a surprise box office hit, which helps the Disney Studios win back some of their financial losses since World War II cut off their European market in 1940.[21]
November[]
- November 14: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon The Art of Skiing, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers. This also marks the premier of the Goofy holler sound effect, provided by Hannes Schroll.[22]
- November 19:
- In China Wan Guchan and Wan Laiming release Princess Iron Fan, the first Chinese animated feature film.[23]
- The National Film Board of Canada releases The Thrifty Pig, a cartoon by the Walt Disney Studios about the importance of war bonds.[24]
- November 24: Pantry Panic starring Woody Woodpecker, directed and produced by Walter Lantz, premiers.[25]
December[]
- December 5:
- The Fleischer Studios release their second animated feature film Mr. Bug Goes to Town, which becomes such a colossal flop that the studio goes bankrupt.[26]
- The Color Rhapsody The Fox and the Grapes, produced by Screen Gems and directed by Frank Tashlin, is released and marks the debut of the Fox and the Crow.[27]
- December 6: Friz Freleng's Rhapsody in Rivets, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[28]
- December 12: The National Film Board of Canada releases Richard Lyford's 7 Wise Dwarfs, produced by the Walt Disney Animation studios, to educate audiences on war bonds.[29]
- December 20: Tex Avery's Wabbit Twouble, starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers. Avery directed the short, but after he left the studio Bob Clampett finished the picture.[30]
- December 26: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon The Art of Self Defense, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[31]
Specific date unknown[]
- Roberto Sgrilli creates the animated short Il Barone di Münchhausen.[32]
Films released[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 5: Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator and director (Studio Ghibli).
- January 8: Graham Chapman, British actor and comedian (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film spin-offs), (d. 1989).[33]
- January 11: Motosuke Takahashi, Japanese animated film director, animator, character designer and storyboard artist (Tatsunoko Productions, Studio Pierrot), (d. 2007).[34]
- January 12: Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and voice actor (voice of Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog), (d. 2005).[35]
- January 31:
- Gerald McDermott, American film director, children's book writer and illustrator, (d. 2012).[36]
- Jessica Walter, American actress (voice of Ashley Walker-Club-Dupree in The Magic School Bus, Demoness in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Old One in The Land Before Time, Malory Archer in Archer, Mrs. Wyatt in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Tabitha in Turbo: F.A.S.T., Miss Heinous / Meteora Butterfly in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Athena in Justice League Action, and Granny Goodness in Harley Quinn), (d. 2021).[37]
March[]
- March 5: Errol Le Cain, British children's book illustrator and animator (worked for Richard Williams), (d. 1989).[38]
- March 24: David Fox, Canadian actor (voice of Captain Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin, Sentinels and Master Mold in X-Men: The Animated Series), (d. 2021).[39]
- March 28:
- Charles Swenson, American animator (Twice Upon a Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats).
- Alf Clausen, American film and television composer (The Simpsons, The Critic).
- March 30: Graeme Edge, English musician, songwriter and poet (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Viva Ned Flanders), (d. 2021).[40][41]
April[]
- April 7: Danny Wells, Canadian actor (voice of Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, King Hugo III in Potatoes and Dragons, Gus in Willa's Wild Life), (d. 2013).[42]
- April 18: Phillip Young, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Looney Tunes: Back in Action), (d. 2021).[43]
- April 28: Mike Renzi, American composer, music director, pianist and jazz musician (Sesame Street), (d. 2021).[44]
May[]
- May 6: William Moritz, American animation film historian, (d. 2004).
- May 13: Dwi Koendoro, Indonesian comics artist, animator (made an animated series based on his comics series Legenda Sawung Kampret) and animated film producer (head of Indonesian Animation Association), (d. 2019).[45]
- May 23: Nicole Jaffe, Canadian actress (original voice of Velma Dinkley on Scooby-Doo).
- May 31: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director (A Greek Tragedy), (d. 2000).
June[]
- June 2: Jeff Winkless, American voice actor (d. 2006).
- June 4: Jackie Banks, American animation checker and scene planner (Hanna-Barbera, This Is America, Charlie Brown, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), (d. 1995).
July[]
- July 9: Hisayuki Toriumi, Japanese animator (Tatsunoko Production, Sunrise, Studio Pierrot), animated film director and producer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), screenwriter and novelist, (d. 2009).[46]
- July 28:
- Dianne Jackson, British animation film director (The Snowman), (d. 1992).[47]
- Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime in The Transformers Franchise Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh),
- July 29: David Warner, English actor (voice of Ra's al Ghul in the DC Animated Universe, The Lobe on Freakazoid, The Master Control Program in Tron, Herbert Landon on Spider-Man, original voice of Nergal on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Narrator in Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin).
August[]
- August 4: Martin Jarvis, English actor (Second voice of Nergal on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy).
September[]
- September 16: David Hemblen, English-born Canadian actor (voice of Magneto in X-Men, The Vault-Keeper in Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Asmodeus in Redwall, The Night Master in Yin Yang Yo!), (d. 2020).[48]
- September 24: Linda McCartney, American photographer and activist (voiced herself in The Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian), (d. 1998).[49]
October[]
- October 21: Marcell Jankovics, Hungarian graphic artist, animated film director and author (Sisyphus, The Struggle), (d. 2021).[50]
- October 23: Mel Winkler, American voice actor (Commissioner Henderson in Superman: The Animated Series, Lucius Fox in The New Batman Adventures), (d. 2020).[51]
- October 25: Helen Reddy, Australian-American pop singer and actress (Nora in Pete's Dragon, played herself in the Family Guy episode Blue Harvest), (d. 2020).[52]
November[]
- November 8: Julian Antonisz, Polish film director and animated film director (Sun: A Non-Camera Film 1977, aka Słońce - film bez kamery), (d. 1987).[53]
- November 23: Eduard Nazarov, Russian animator, children's book illustrator and voice actor (Once Upon a Dog), (d. 2016).[54]
- November 28: Shannon Farnon, Canadian actress (voice of Wonder Woman on Super Friends).
December[]
- December 10: Chad Stuart, British singer and actor (voice of Flaps the Vulture in The Jungle Book), (d. 2020).
Deaths[]
August[]
- August 13: John Stuart Blackton, British animator and film director (The Enchanted Drawing, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces), dies at age 66.
October[]
- October 8: Win Smith, Canadian-American animator and comics artist (Penguin Pete, Looney Luke, continued Mickey Mouse, worked on Looney Tunes comics), dies at age 53.[55]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Elmer's Pet Rabbit (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ a b "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ "Tortoise Beats Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (Universal Studios)".
- ^ "Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (Fleischer Studios)".
- ^ "Porky's Preview (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "The Disney Strike, 1941 | Animation Guild".
- ^ "Moosylvania (Jay Ward Productions...)".
- ^ "The Reluctant Dragon (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "The Nifty Nineties (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "The Heckling Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ "Woody Woodpecker (Walter Lantz Productions)".
- ^ "The Midnight Snack (MGM)".
- ^ "The Screwdriver (Walter Lantz Productions)".
- ^ "Walter Lantz".
- ^ "The Henpecked Duck (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ "All This and Rabbit Stew (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ "Lend a Paw (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "Dumbo (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "The Art of Skiing (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ Du, Daisy Yan (2012). "A Wartime Romance: Princess Iron Fan and the Chinese Connection in Early Japanese Animation," in On the Move: The Trans/national Animated Film in 1940s–1970s China, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- ^ "The Thrifty Pig (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "Pantry Panic (Walter Lantz Productions)".
- ^ "Mr. Bug Goes to Town (Fleischer Studios)".
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Fox and the Grapes (Columbia Pictures Corporation)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Rhapsody in Rivets (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ Shull, Michael S. and David E. Wilt. Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945 (2nd ed.) Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2004. ISBN 978-0-7864-1555-7.
- ^ "Wabbit Twouble (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".
- ^ "The Art of Self Defense (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "Roberto Sgrilli".
- ^ McCabe, Bob (2005). The Life of Graham, The authorised biography of Graham Chapman. London: Orion Books. ISBN 978-0-752-85773-2.
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- ^ Laing, Dave (July 22, 2005). "Obituary: Long John Baldry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Obituary: Gerald McDermott". Publishers Weekly. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ Tapp, Tom (March 25, 2021). "Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning 'Arrested Development', 'Archer' Actress Was 80". Deadline. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ Obituary tribute by Phyllis Hunt in Books for Keeps Issue 55
- ^ "Stage and screen actor David Fox remembered as champion of Canadian theatre". piquenewsmagazine.com. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge dies age 80". BBC. November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Graeme Edge, Drummer and Co-Founder of the Moody Blues, Dies at 80". The New York Times. November 12, 2021.
- ^ "Danny Wells, Luigi on 'Super Mario Bros.' Show, Dies at 72". variety.com. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Miller, Caroline (June 4, 2021). "Phillip Young Dies, Legendary Disney Animator Was 79". MovieWeb. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "Composer and Musical Director Mike Renzi Dies at 80".
- ^ "Dwi Koendoro". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ ANN staff (January 24, 2009). "Gatchaman, Nils Director Hisayuki Toriumi Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ "Dianne Jackson". BFI. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Bolling, Gaius (November 24, 2020). "X-Men: Magneto voice actor David Hemblen dies at 79". JoBlo.com. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
- ^ "Obituary: Linda McCartney". BBC. April 19, 1998. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ "Elhunyt Jankovics Marcell, az MMA tiszteletbeli elnöke | Magyar Művészeti Akadémia". www.mma.hu.
- ^ "Mel Winkler, Actor in 'Devil in a Blue Dress' and 'Doc Hollywood,' Dies at 78". Hollywood Reporter. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ "Helen Reddy, 'I Am Woman' Singer, Dies at 78". Variety. September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ http://www.antonisz.com/
- ^ Famous Soviet and Russian animator, director and artist Eduard Nazarov died at Echo of Moscow, September 11, 2016 (in Russian)
- ^ "Win Smith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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