1944 in animation
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| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 |
Events in 1944 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 8: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny short What's Cookin' Doc? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Bugs competes for an Academy Award for Best Actor.[1]
- January 28: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Be a Sailor premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Company.[2]
February[]
- February 3: Hans Fischerkoesen's Der Schneemann premieres.[3]
- February 18: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Trombone Trouble, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[4]
- February 26:
- Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of The Three Bears.[5]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Zoot Cat premieres, produced by MGM.[6]
March[]
- March 2: 16th Academy Awards:
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short The Yankee Doodle Mouse, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, the first of seven Oscars the franchise will win over the years.[7]
- George Pal wins the Academy Honorary Award.[7]
- March 10: Jack Kinney's Goofy short How to Play Golf, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[8]
- March 25: Chuck Jones' war-time cartoon The Weakly Reporter premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[9]
- March 31: Jack King's Donald Duck and the Gorilla, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[10]
April[]
- April 1: Tex Avery's Screwball Squirrel premieres, produced by MGM which marks the debut of Screwy Squirrel.[11]
- April 22:
- The classic Woody Woodpecker short The Barber of Seville premieres, produced by Walter Lantz Productions.[12]
- Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, a war propaganda cartoon in which Bugs Bunny fights the Imperial Japanese Army.[13]
May[]
- May 20: Bob Clampett's Russian Rhapsody premieres, a wartime propaganda short produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which a group of gremlins ridicule Adolf Hitler.[14]
- May 27: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Duck Soup to Nuts premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[15]
June[]
- June 2: Jack King's Donald Duck short Commando Duck premieres, a wartime propaganda cartoon, produced by the Walt Disney Company, in which Donald fights Japanese soldiers.[16]
- June 3: Chuck Jones's Angel Puss premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a one-shot cartoon which will later become part of the Censored Eleven.[17]
- June 23: Charles Nichols' Springtime for Pluto, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[18]
- June 24:
- Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel cartoon Happy-Go-Nutty, produced by MGM, is first released.[19]
- Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny short Hare Ribbin' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[20]
July[]
- Chuck Jones directs Hell-Bent for Election, a propaganda cartoon to promote U.S. presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is produced by UPA.[21]
- July 28: The Puppetoons short film Jasper Goes Hunting premieres which features a cameo by Bugs Bunny.[22]
August[]
- August 26: Bob Clampett's Buckaroo Bugs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny.[23]
September[]
- September 2: Friz Freleng's Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons premieres.[24]
- September 15: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Play Football, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[25]
- September 16: Frank Tashlin's war-time propaganda cartoon Plane Daffy is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Daffy Duck fights a female Nazi spy and fools Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring.[26]
November[]
- November 3: The Hungarian film Svatba v korálovém moři premieres.[27]
- November 8: Hans Fischerkoesen's Das dumme Gänslein premieres.[28]
- November 23: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Mouse Trouble premieres, produced by MGM.[29]
- November 25: Frank Tashlin's Daffy Duck short The Stupid Cupid premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[30]
December[]
- December 21: The Walt Disney Company releases The Three Caballeros, directed by Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts and Harold Young. The film marks the debut of Panchito Pistoles.[31]
Films released[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 23: Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor and voice actor (voice of Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts III), (d. 2019).[32]
February[]
- February 2: Geoffrey Hughes, British actor (voice of Paul McCartney in Yellow Submarine), (d. 2012).[33]
- February 18: Anthony Jackson, British actor (voice of Dai Station, Evans the Song, Mr. Dinwiddy in Ivor the Engine, Nug and Mr. Blossom in The Dreamstone), (d. 2006).[34][35]
March[]
- March 24: R. Lee Ermey, American actor (voice of Sarge in Toy Story, Colonel Leslie Hapablap in The Simpsons, Wildcat in Batman: The Brave and the Bold), (d. 2018).[36]
April[]
- April 21: Toyoo Ashida, Japanese animated film director and character designer (Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D, The Mysterious Cities of Gold) and producer (), (d. 2011).[37][38]
- April 29: Michael Angelis, English actor (narrator of Thomas & Friends), (d. 2020).
May[]
- May 1: Theresa Plummer-Andrews, British animation TV producer (The Animals of Farthing Wood, Bob the Builder), (d. 2021).[39][40]
- May 4:
- Russi Taylor, American voice actress (voice of Strawberry Shortcake, Gonzo the Great, Camilla and Robin in Muppet Babies, Huey, Dewey and Louie and Webby Vanderquack in DuckTales, Martin Prince, Üter Zorker, Sherri and Terri in The Simpsons, Widget in Widget the World Watcher, continued voice of Minnie Mouse and Pebbles Flintstone), (d. 2019).[41]
- Walker Boone, Canadian actor (voice of Mario in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World), (d. 2021).[42]
- May 12: Vitaly Peskov, Russian caricaturist, illustrator, animator and animated film director, (d. 2002).[43]
- May 14: George Lucas, American filmmaker (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
- May 19: Peter Mayhew, British-American actor (voiced Chewbacca in Star Wars: The Clone Wars), (d. 2019).[44]
June[]
- June 8: Don Grady, American actor, composer and musician (Jetsons: The Movie, Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure), (d. 2012).[45]
September[]
- September 3: David Landsberg, American actor (voice of Woody on The Buford Files, Mr. Griff in Stanley), (d. 2018).
- September 6: Frank Mouris, American animator (Frank Film).
- September 12:
- B.J. Ward, American actress (voice of Scarlett in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The title role in Jana of the Jungle, Princess Allura in Voltron, Betty Ross in The Incredible Hulk, Betty Rubble in various Flintstones, productions Velma Dinkley in the first four Scooby-Doo Direct-to-Video-films).
- Barry White, American soul singer and voice actor (voice of Brother Bear in Coonskin, played himself in The Simpsons episodes Whacking Day, Krusty Gets Kancelled) (d. 2003).[46]
October[]
- October 7: Jill Frappier, British-Canadian actress (voice of Luna in the original english dub of Sailor Moon).
- October 22: David W. Allen, American stop-motion animator (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Laserblast, The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Puppet Master), (d. 1999).[47]
- October 29: Nick Cuti, American comics writer, editor, animator and artist (Ralph Bakshi, Walt Disney Animation), (d. 2020).[48]
November[]
- November 4: Linda Gary, American voice actress (Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1995).[49]
- November 10: Tim Rice, English lyricist (Aladdin, The Lion King, The Road to El Dorado).
- November 27: Bruce Adler, American actor and singer (singing voice of The Peddler in Aladdin, and Aladdin and the King of Thieves), (d. 2008).
Specific date unknown[]
- Robert Taylor, American animator, producer, writer and film director (The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat), (d. 2014).[50][51]
- Clive A. Smith, British animator (co-founder of Nelvana).
- Barry Bruce, American animation director and designer (Will Vinton Studios, Return to Oz, Sesame Street), (d. 2021).[52]
- Francoise Brun-Cottan French-American actress (original voice of Nibbles in Tom & Jerry).
Deaths[]
July[]
- July 9: Kent Rogers, American voice actor (voice of Beaky Buzzard and Junior Bear in Looney Tunes, continued the voice of Woody Woodpecker in Walter Lantz's cartoons), dies in a military training flight at age 20.[53][54]
- July 16: Count Cutelli, Italian-American voice actor (provided sound effects for various 1930s Hollywood cartoons), passes away at age 55. [55]
November[]
- November 27: Willard Bowsky, American animator (Fleischer Studios), dies in combat at age 37.[56][57]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "How To Be A Sailor (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Trombone Trouble (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Zoot Cat (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ a b "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "How To Play Golf (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Weakly Reporter (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Donald Duck And The Gorilla (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Screwball Squirrel (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Russian Rhapsody (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Duck Soup To Nuts (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Commando Duck (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Angel Puss (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Springtime For Pluto (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Happy-Go-Nutty (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Hare Ribbin' (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Hell-Bent For Election (UPA, United Auto Workers, Industrial Films)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Jasper and the Puppetoons - Part 3 |". cartoonresearch.com. 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "User Comments About Buckaroo Bugs Theatrical Cartoon". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Goldilocks And The Jivin' Bears (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "How To Play Football (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Plane Daffy (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Hochzeit im Korallenmeer". Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Das dumme Gänslein". Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Mouse Trouble (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Stupid Cupid (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Three Caballeros (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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- ^ Haring, Bruce (July 27, 2019). "Russi Taylor Dies: Voice Of Minnie Mouse Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
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External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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