1957 in animation
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| Years: | 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 |
Events in 1957 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 5: Friz Freleng's Three Little Bops, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, is first released.[1]: 294 [2]
February[]
- February 9: Chuck Jones' Ali Baba Bunny, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, is first released.[1]: 295, 372–373 [3]
March[]
- March 20: The film Hemo the Magnificent, a combination of live-action with animated sequences, premiers.[4]
- March 27: 29th Academy Awards: The Mr. Magoo cartoon Magoo's Puddle Jumper wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[5]
May[]
- May 2-17: 1957 Cannes Film Festival: The documentary film City of Gold by Colin Low and Wolf Koenig, which also features animated segments, wins the Palme d'or for Best Documentary Short.[6]
- May 4: Bob McKimson's Cheese It, the Cat! is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It's a parody of the TV show The Honeymooners.[7]
- May 15: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio closes down.[8]
July[]
- July 6: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short What's Opera, Doc? premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Though not remarkably popular at first, it will eventually become one of the most famous and critically acclaimed animated cartoons of all time.[9]
- July 7: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and George Sidney establish their own TV animation studio Hanna-Barbera.[10]
August[]
- August 28: Wolfgang Reitherman's The Truth About Mother Goose, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[11]
- August 31: Friz Freleng's Bugsy and Mugsy, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and starring Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Mugsy, is first released.[1]: 301 [12]
October[]
- October 3: The first episode of The Woody Woodpecker Show is broadcast.[13]
November[]
- November 1: Lev Atamanov and Nikolay Fyodorov's The Snow Queen is first released.[14][15] [16][17]
- November 2: Friz Freleng's Show Biz Bugs, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, is first released.[1]: 303 [18]
- November 28: The first episode of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin by Ray Goossens and animation studio Belvision, first airs on television. This is the first hand-drawn animated television adaptation of the comics series The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé.[19][20]
December[]
- December 14:
- Bob McKimson's Rabbit Romeo premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Bugs Bunny.[1]: 304 The short was released on December 14, 1957, and stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[21]
- The first Hanna-Barbera animated television series airs on American television: The Ruff and Reddy Show.[22]
Specific date unknown[]
- Zdeněk Miler launches his animated television series The Little Mole.
- Colonel Bleep, the first animated TV series in colour debuts.[23]
- The animated musical advertisement Let's All Go to the Lobby, directed by Dave Fleischer, is first played in theaters. It plays before intermissions in theaters.[24][25][26]
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 11: Andrei Ignatenko, Russian animator (The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin, Kipper, Angelina Ballerina, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series), (d. 2021).[27]
- January 12: John Lasseter, American director, writer, and animator (Pixar).
- January 25: Jenifer Lewis, American actress (voice of Mama Odie in The Princess and the Frog, Flo in the Cars franchise, Bebe Ho in The PJs, Professor Granville in Big Hero 6: The Series, Patty in The Ghost and Molly McGee).
February[]
- February 10: Sally Dryer, American voice actress (voice of Violet, Lucy Van Pelt, and Patty in the Peanuts franchise.
March[]
- March 6: Eddie Deezen, American actor, voice actor and comedian (voice of Snipes the Magpie in Rock-a-Doodle, Mandark in Dexter's Laboratory, Ned in Kim Possible, the Know-It-All Kid in The Polar Express).
- March 15: David Silverman, American animator and film director (Monsters, Inc. and The Simpsons Movie).
- March 20: Chris Wedge, American animated film director, producer, writer, animator, cartoonist and voice actor (voice of Scrat).
April[]
- April 1: Andreas Deja, Polish-born German-American character animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- April 23: Jan Hooks, American actress and voice actress (voice of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons, Anglelyne in the Futurama episode Bendless Love, Mrs. Kellogg in The Cleveland Show episode Mr. & Mrs. Brown), (d. 2014).[28][29][30]
July[]
- July 21: Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian (voice of Jay Sherman on The Critic, Radio in The Brave Little Toaster, T.R. Chula in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West).
August[]
- August 3: Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, American effects animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sullivan Bluth Studios, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2021).[31]
- August 7: Paul Dini, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Animation).
September[]
- September 12: Hans Zimmer, German composer (The Lion King, DreamWorks Animation, The Simpsons Movie, Rango, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run).
- September 15: Brad Bird, American animator and director (The Simpsons, The Iron Giant, Pixar).
October[]
- October 6: Bill Fagerbakke, American actor, voice actor and comedian (the voice of Patrick Star in SpongeBob SquarePants, Broadway on Gargoyles, and Polar Bear in The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper).
- October 24: John Kassir, American actor, voice actor and comedian.
- October 25: Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (voice of Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz and Ralph Wiggum in The Simpsons continued voice of Chuckie Finster in Rugrats Rufus in Kim Possible).
- October 29: Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (voice of Homer Simpson, Grampa, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Gil Gunderson, Squeaky Voiced Teen, Itchy, Kodos in The Simpsons, Robot Devil in Futurama, Megavolt in Darkwing Duck, The Genie on Aladdin)
November[]
- November 26: Darrell McNeil, American animator, writer, editor, publisher, producer and actor (Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Ralph Bakshi, Ruby-Spears, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, Don Bluth), (d. 2018).[32]
December[]
- December 11:
- William Joyce, American writer, producer, director, illustrator, and filmmaker.
- Carlos Meglia, Argentine animator and comics artist (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2008).[33]
- December 28: Yoshiji Kigami, Japanese director (MUNTO), animator (Akira, A Silent Voice), and member of Kyoto Animation, (d. 2019) in the Kyoto Animation arson attack.[34]
Deaths[]
February[]
- February 5: Ben Hardaway, American animator (Looney Tunes, credited with inspiring the name and one of the earliest model sheets of Bugs Bunny, also worked for Walter Lantz), dies at age 61.[35]
March[]
- March 1: A.C. Hutchison, American comics artist and animator (Keene Cartoon Corporation, Lee-Bradford Corporation, Ted Eshbaugh Studios, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 72.[36]
April[]
- April 3: Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (voice of Heckle and Jeckle between 1947 and 1951), dies at age 73.[37]
May[]
- May 16: John Brown, British actor (voice of the Umpire in Make Mine Music, Noah Webster in Symphony in Slang, the narrator, Pee Wee and the theatrical agent in Dixieland Droopy), dies at age 53.[38]
June[]
- June 21: Kay Nielsen, Danish-American, painter, illustrator and animator (worked on Fantasia), passes away at age 71.[39]
November[]
- November 4: Norm Ferguson, American animator (Walt Disney Company, designed Peg-Leg Pete, the Big Bad Wolf and Pluto), dies at age 55 from a heart attack.[40]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100-102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Hemo the Magnificent". 20 March 1957. Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=10659
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 93. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987) Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, New York: Plume Books. ISBN 0-452-25993-2
- ^ 1957 in animation at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^ Barrier, Michael (2003). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1980-2079-0.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "The Woody Woodpecker Show". 25 November 1940. Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Dossier | La Regina delle Nevi, il film animato sovietico del 1957 che adatta Andersen (meglio di Frozen)". Il Cineocchio (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Из "Снежной королевы" сделают телешоу и цирковое представление". TV Mag (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ Alekseyeva-Rayna 2017, p. 89.
- ^ "映画『雪の女王』新訳版公式サイト - 児島宏子さん". www.ghibli-museum.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Ray Goossens". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Les aventures de Tintin (TV Series 1957– ) - Release Info - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Ruff and Reddy". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Colonel Bleep (TV Series 1956– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Komorowski, Thad. "Let's All Go to the Lobby" (PDF). Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
For one of the more iconic shorts in the National Film Registry, Technicolor Refreshment Trailer No. 1, better known as Let's All Go to the Lobby, easily has one of the murkiest histories.
- ^ Kubincanek, Emily (June 20, 2017). "'Let's All Go to the Lobby' Tells the History of the Movie Theater Experience". Film School Rejects. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Let's All Go to the Lobby on Flickchart
- ^ "Умер режиссер Андрей Игнатенко".
- ^ Thomas, Mike (October 20, 2015). "The Laughs, Pathos, and Overwhelming Talent of Jan Hooks". Grantland. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ Jan Hooks obituary, liteseyfh.com; accessed October 21, 2014.
- ^ Obituary for Jan Hooks, northwestgeorgianews.com; accessed October 21, 2014.
- ^ "RIP Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Effects Animator Who Worked For Bluth And Disney". cartoonbrew.com. November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ "Andy Mangels Remembers Darrell McNeil, 1957-2018". 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Wynne W. Davies". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ Schilling, Mark (August 3, 2019). "Directors Yasuhiro Takemoto, Futoshi Nishiya Among Kyoto Animation Dead". Variety. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Ben Hardaway". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "A.C. Hutchison". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Milestones". Time. 1957-04-15. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "Digger O'Dell Dies". The Kansas City Times. Associated Press. May 18, 1957. p. 2. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ David Larkin, ed. (1977). The unknown paintings of Kay Nielsen. Peacock Press/Bantam Book. ISBN 9780553010725. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Norman Ferguson". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Sources[]
- Denison, Rayna; Alekseyeva, Julia (2017), "4", Introducing Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess: From Mononokehime to Princess Mononoke, London: Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 978-1501329760
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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