1943 in animation
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| Years: | 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 |
Events in 1943 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 1: Jack Kinney's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon Der Fuehrer's Face, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[1]
- January 4: Bill Justice and Bill Roberts' war-time propaganda cartoon The Grain That Built a Hemisphere premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation.[2]
- January 7: Jack King's war-time propaganda cartoon The Spirit of '43 premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, in which Donald Duck promotes paying income taxes to help the war effort.[3]
- January 15: Clyde Geronimi's war-time propaganda cartoon Education for Death, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[4]
- January 16:
- Bob Clampett's Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[5]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Sufferin' Cats! premieres, produced by MGM, in which the alley cat Meathead makes his debut.[6]
- January 22: The war-time propaganda Popeye cartoon Spinach Fer Britain, directed by Isadore Sparber, produced by Famous Studios, premieres, in which Popeye fights Nazi marines.[7]
- January 23: Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon Confusions of a Nutzy Spy, a war-time propaganda cartoon produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[8]
- January 29: Dick Lundy's Donald Duck short Donald's Tire Trouble premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation. While not directly referencing World War II it does mention rationing.[9]
February[]
- February 2: Friz Freleng's Pigs in a Polka, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first seen in theaters.[10][11]
- February 19: The war-time propaganda Popeye cartoon Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premieres, in which Popeye and Bluto fight Japanese spies. Hirohito, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring have cameos too.[12]
- February 20: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny cartoon Tortoise Wins by a Hare, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[13]
March[]
- March 4: 15th Academy Awards: Der Fuehrer's Face, produced by the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[14]
- March 6:
- Friz Freleng's The Fifth-Column Mouse is first released, a war-time propaganda cartoon produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[15]
- Chuck Jones' To Duck or Not to Duck premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which stars Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck eventually fighting it out in a boxing ring.[16]
- March 20: Tex Avery's Dumb-Hounded is first released, produced by MGM, marking the debut of Droopy.[17]
- March 25: The Japanese war-time propaganda short Momotarō no Umiwashi is first released.[18][19][20][21]
- March 26: The Superman war-time propaganda short, Jungle Drums, produced by Famous Studios, has Superman fighting Nazis, with a caricature cameo of Adolf Hitler appearing at the end.[22]
April[]
- April 2: Clyde Geronimi's Pluto cartoon Private Pluto, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. It marks the debut of Chip 'n' Dale.[23]
- April 3: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Super-Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[24]
- April 15: Kenzo Masaoka's Kumo to Tulip is first released.[25]
- April 23: Jack King's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon Fall Out Fall In, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[26]
May[]
- May 1: Bob Clampett's Daffy Duck short The Wise Quacking Duck premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[27]
- May 8: Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood premieres, produced by MGM, in which his recurring Wolf and Red make their debuts.[28]
- May 15: Norman McCabe's war-time propaganda cartoon Tokio Jokio premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[29] It's his last picture for the studio. In November 1942, he already enlisted in the U.S. army.[30]
- May 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Lonesome Mouse, produced by MGM, premieres. It features a moment where Jerry draws Adolf Hitler's hair and moustache on a picture of Tom.[31]
June[]
- June 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Yankee Doodle Daffy, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons is first released.[32]
- June 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[33]
- June 19: Tex Avery's Who Killed Who? premieres, produced by MGM.[34]
- June 26: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Yankee Doodle Mouse premieres, produced by MGM. While not directly referencing World War II, much of their fight mirrors a military battle, making it a war-time propaganda short.[35]
- June 28: Warner Bros. Cartoons starts producing the Private Snafu wartime propaganda military instruction cartoons, of which the first entry in the series is Coming!! Snafu.[36]
July[]
- July 3: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Wackiki Wabbit, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[37]
- July 17:
- Frank Tashlin's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Porky Pig's Feat, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[38]
- Bob Clampett's Tin Pan Alley Cats, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.[39]
- H.C. Potter's live-action war-time propaganda film Victory Through Air Power, which features animated scenes directed by James Algar, Clyde Geronimi and Jack Kinney, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It also marks more focus by Disney on producing educational animated films.[40]
August[]
- August 21: Frank Tashlin's war-time propaganda Daffy Duck cartoon Scrap Happy Daffy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[41]
- August 27: Bill Roberts' war-time propaganda short Reason and Emotion, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[42]
September[]
- September 18: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny short A Corny Concerto, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. It stars Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.[43] It's also notable for being the first parody of Disney's Fantasia.[44]
October[]
- October 9: Hanna-Barbera's war-time propaganda short War Dogs, produced by MGM, premieres.[45]
- October 30: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny cartoon Falling Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Bugs fights a Gremlin.[46]
November[]
- November 5: Jack King's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon The Old Army Game premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Company.[47]
- November 20: Friz Freleng's war-time propaganda cartoon Daffy - The Commando is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. In the cartoon Daffy Duck outsmarts a Nazi officer and memorably hits Adolf Hitler over the head with a mallet.[48]
- November 26: The Donald Duck war-time propaganda short Home Defense, directed by Jack King and produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[49]
- November 27: Tex Avery's What's Buzzin' Buzzard premieres, produced by MGM.[50]
December[]
- December 17: Clyde Geronimi's Chicken Little, produced by the Walt Disney Company is first released.[51]
- December 25: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Baby Puss premieres, produced by MGM in which Butch and Topsy make their debuts.[52]
Films released[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 13: Richard Moll, American actor (voice of Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series, and The New Batman Adventures, Norman in Mighty Max, Vorn the Unspeakable in Freakazoid!, Abomination in The Incredible Hulk, Scorpion/Mac Gargan in Spider-Man).
February[]
- February 2: Gay Autterson, American voice actress (voice of Betty Rubble from 1971 to 1981).
- February 25:
- George Harrison, British rock singer and film producer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Homer's Barbershop Quartet), (d. 2001).[53]
- Stanislav Holý, Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, animation designer, children's book illustrator and animator (Mr. Pip), (d. 1998).[54]
March[]
- March 28: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (voice of Roxanne in Duckman, Bob's Mom in Frankenweenie), (d. 2020).[55]
April[]
- April 10: Tom Pollock, American studio executive and film producer (Alienators: Evolution Continues), (d. 2020).[56]
May[]
- May 13: Frederic Parke, American computer graphics researcher and academic (produced A Computer Animated Hand).
- May 16: Dominique Benicheti, French animated film director and producer, (d. 2011).[57]
June[]
- June 17: Peter Orton, British media entrepreneur and television producer (HiT Entertainment), (d. 2007).[58]
- June 23: James Levine, American conductor (conducted in Fantasia 2000), (d. 2021).[59]
July[]
- July 11: Suzan Pitt, American animator (Asparagus) (d. 2019).[60]
- July 31: Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator (Walking, Street Musique) (d. 2007).[61]
August[]
- August 13: Dell Hake, American conductor and orchestrator (The Powerpuff Girls Movie, The Simpsons), (d. 2017).[62]
September[]
- September 8: Alvy Ray Smith, American computer scientist (co-founder of Pixar).
- September 16: Masami Suda, Japanese animator and character designer (Fist of the North Star, Slam Dunk, Speed Racer), (d. 2021).[63]
October[]
- October 15: Penny Marshall, American actress, film director and producer (voiced Laverne Defazio in Laverne & Shirley in the Army, voice of Ms. Botz the babysitter-bandit in The Simpsons episode Some Enchanted Evening), (d. 2018).[64]
- October 31: Melendy Britt, American actress (voice of Adora/She-Ra in She-Ra: Princess of Power).
November[]
- November 12: Wallace Shawn, American actor (voice of Rex in the Toy Story franchise, The Little Man in The Pink Panther, Principal Mazur in A Goofy Movie, Bertram in Family Guy, Crosby Stickler in Teacher's Pet, Wally the White in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes).
- November 14: Michèle Cournoyer, Canadian animator [65]
- November 18: Osamu Dezaki, Japanese animated film director, producer (co-founder of Madhouse) and screenwriter, (d. 2011).[66][67]
- November 28: Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist (Pixar).
December[]
- December 12: Buster Jones, American voice actor (voice of Black Vulcan in Super Friends, Doc in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Blaster in The Transformers, Winston Zeddemore in seasons 4-7 of The Real Ghostbusters, and Extreme Ghostbusters), (d. 2014).
- December 16: Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (voice of Mata in The Emperor's New Groove franchise, Tantor's Mother in Tarzan, Mrs. Dave in As Told by Ginger), (d. 2017).
- December 23:
- Harry Shearer, American voice actor (Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Reverend Lovejoy, Seymour Skinner, Kent Brockman in The Simpsons).[68]
- Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (voice of Mrs. Brisby in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 1987).[69]
- December 24: Kazuo Komatsubara, Japanese animator, character designer and director (Toei Animation, Oh! Production), (d. 2000).
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Grain That Built A Hemisphere (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Spirit Of '43 (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Education For Death (Walt Disney Studios.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Sufferin' Cats! (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Spinach Fer Britain (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Confusions Of A Nutzy Spy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Donald's Tire Trouble (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Samerdyke, Michael (Aug 28, 2014). Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN 9781312470071. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Pigs In A Polka (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tortoise Wins By A Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Fifth-Column Mouse (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "To Duck ....Or Not To Duck (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Dumb-Hounded (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Jungle Drums (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Private Pluto (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Super-Rabbit (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Casting de Kumo to chûrippu (1943) - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Fall Out, Fall In (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Wise Quacking Duck (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tokio Jokio (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Norm McCabe".
- ^ "The Lonesome Mouse (MGM)".
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Yankee Doodle Daffy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Who Killed Who? (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Yankee Doodle Mouse (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Private Snafu Theatrical Series -Warner Bros. @ BCDB". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Wackiki Wabbit (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Porky Pig's Feat (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tin Pan Alley Cats (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Victory through Air Power". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Scrap Happy Daffy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Reason And Emotion (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "A Corny Concerto (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Clampett".
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "War Dogs (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Falling Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Old Army Game (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Daffy-The Commando (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Home Defense (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Chicken Little (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Baby Puss (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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