1890 in animation

Events in 1890 in animation.

Events

Specific date unknown:
- Charles-Émile Reynaud creates the film Le Clown et ses chiens (The Clown and His Dogs) for his Théâtre Optique. It would not be exhibited to an audience until 1892. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Births

March

March 19: Gayne Whitman, American actor (occasional voice of Barney Bear), (d. 1958).^[5]

April

April 13: Gene Rodemich, American pianist and orchestrator (Van Beuren Studios), (d. 1934).
April 26: Thoralf Klouman, Norwegian satirical illustrator and actor (produced the animated film Admiral Palads (1917), about the American president Woodrow Wilson), (d. 1940).^[6]^[7]

June

June 12: Junius Matthews, American actor (voice of Archimedes in The Sword in the Stone, Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1978).^[8]^[9]

July

July 15: Arch Heath, American cartoonist, animator, film director and screenwriter (general manager of production at the Eastern Film Corporation), (d. 1945).^[10]^[11]^[12]
July 20: Verna Felton, American actress (voice of Mrs. Jumbo and the Elephant Matriarch in Dumbo, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora and Queen Leah in Sleeping Beauty, Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones, Winifred in The Jungle Book), (d. 1966).^[13]

August

August 12: George Debels, aka Joe Stan, Belgian-Dutch animator, illustrator and comics artist (De Dierenmars^[14]), (d. 1973).^[15]
August 16: Grim Natwick, American animator and film director (Fleischer Studios, designed Betty Boop, worked for Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Animation Studios, UPA, Richard Williams), (d. 1990).^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]
August 29: Charles Thorson, Canadian political cartoonist, character designer (Snow White, Bugs Bunny), children's book author and illustrator (The Captain and the Kids), (d. 1966).^[23]^[24]^[25]

November

November 1: Byington Ford, American cartoonist, theatrical director and businessman (director of the Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco), (d. 1985).^[26]^[27]

Date uncertain

Walter Hoban, American cartoonist (created the comic strip Jerry on the Job, which received several animated adaptations by the animation studio Bray Productions), (d. 1939).^[28]^[29]
K-Hito, Spanish caricaturist, animator, sports journalist, film producer, publisher and comics writer and artist (Francisca, la mujer fatal, La Vampiresa Morros de Fresa), (d. 1984).^[30]^[31]^[32]

References

^ "Charles-Émile Reynaud". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^ "Théâtre optique (Reconstitution) (AP-95-1724) - Collection - Catalogue des appareils cinématographiques - la Cinémathèque française".
^ Tissandier, Gaston (1892-07-23). Le Théâtre optique de M. Reynaud.
^ "The moving picture shows of Émile Reynaud | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization".
^ "Gayne Whitman". The New York Times. 4 September 1958.
^ "Thoralf Klouman". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ Berg, Thoralf. "Thoralf Klouman". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ "Here's What Happened to Disney's Original 'Winnie the Pooh' Voice Cast". August 3, 2020.
^ "Junius Matthews - 2 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
^ Krows, Edwin (September 1939). "Motion Pictures-Not for Theatres". The Educational Screen. VVIII: 244. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.
^ "Award will honor World War Writers". Motion Picture Daily: 2. Jul 8, 1947. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.
^ "Arch Heath, Veteran Film Executive, is Stricken". Boxoffice. Jan 13, 1945. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.
^ Wilson, Scott (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
^ "George Debels". www.nicodubois.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ "Joe Stan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ "Myron Grim Natwick,Original Creator of Betty Boop". Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Myron Natwick, 100; Animated Betty Boop". The New York Times. October 10, 1990. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ Williams, Richard (2009). The Animator's Survival Kit: Expanded Edition. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-86547-897-8.
^ Myron "Grim" Natwick (Hollywood Cartoon Hall of Fame) Archived May 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Leonard Maltin (1980). Of mice and magic. Internet Archive. McGraw Hill Higher Education; 1ST edition. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-07-039835-1.
^ Worth, Stephen (2022-03-16). "Exhibit: Grim Natwick- Golden Age Animator". AnimationResources.org - Serving the Online Animation Community. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
^ Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking animals and other people. Internet Archive. New York : St. Martin's Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-312-78473-7.
^ Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (NAL and McGraw Hill, 1980; revised edition, November 1987), p. 242
^ Mazurkewich 1999, p. 13-16.
^ Neal Gabler (2007). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. Vintage Books. pp. 431–. ISBN 978-0-679-75747-4.
^ Eisner, Judith A. (September 24, 1970). "The fabulous career Byington Ford". archive.org. Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Byington Ford". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1985-01-31. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
^ Markstein, Don. Toonopedia.
^ Lambiek
^ "K-Hito". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
^ The Animated Cartoon Factory – History of Animation Timeline
^ Yayyan, la separata cultural de Jaén·on·line

Sources

Mazurkewich, Karen (1999). Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators. McArthur & Company Publishing. ISBN 1-55278-093-7.

[victorian-1] "Charles-Émile Reynaud". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[cinematheque-2] "Théâtre optique (Reconstitution) (AP-95-1724) - Collection - Catalogue des appareils cinématographiques - la Cinémathèque française".

[Tissandier1892-3] Tissandier, Gaston (1892-07-23). Le Théâtre optique de M. Reynaud.

[4] "The moving picture shows of Émile Reynaud | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization".

[5] "Gayne Whitman". The New York Times. 4 September 1958.

[snl-6] "Thoralf Klouman". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

[nbl-7] Berg, Thoralf. "Thoralf Klouman". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

[8] "Here's What Happened to Disney's Original 'Winnie the Pooh' Voice Cast". August 3, 2020.

[BTVA-9] "Junius Matthews - 2 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.

[Krows-10] Krows, Edwin (September 1939). "Motion Pictures-Not for Theatres". The Educational Screen. VVIII: 244. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.

[11] "Award will honor World War Writers". Motion Picture Daily: 2. Jul 8, 1947. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.

[Boxoffice1945-12] "Arch Heath, Veteran Film Executive, is Stricken". Boxoffice. Jan 13, 1945. Retrieved Apr 14, 2019.

[13] Wilson, Scott (19 August 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved November 21, 2021.

[14] "George Debels". www.nicodubois.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[15] "Joe Stan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[16] "Myron Grim Natwick,Original Creator of Betty Boop". Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[17] "Myron Natwick, 100; Animated Betty Boop". The New York Times. October 10, 1990. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[Grim-18] Williams, Richard (2009). The Animator's Survival Kit: Expanded Edition. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-86547-897-8.

[19] Myron "Grim" Natwick (Hollywood Cartoon Hall of Fame) Archived May 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[20] Leonard Maltin (1980). Of mice and magic. Internet Archive. McGraw Hill Higher Education; 1ST edition. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-07-039835-1.

[:0-21] Worth, Stephen (2022-03-16). "Exhibit: Grim Natwick- Golden Age Animator". AnimationResources.org - Serving the Online Animation Community. Retrieved 2022-07-26.

[22] Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking animals and other people. Internet Archive. New York : St. Martin's Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-312-78473-7.

[23] Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (NAL and McGraw Hill, 1980; revised edition, November 1987), p. 242

[FOOTNOTEMazurkewich199913-16-24] Mazurkewich 1999, p. 13-16.

[Gabler2007-25] Neal Gabler (2007). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. Vintage Books. pp. 431–. ISBN 978-0-679-75747-4.

[Career-26] Eisner, Judith A. (September 24, 1970). "The fabulous career Byington Ford". archive.org. Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[Obituary-27] "Byington Ford". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. 1985-01-31. Retrieved 2020-09-23.

[markstein-28] Markstein, Don. Toonopedia.

[lam-29] Lambiek

[30] "K-Hito". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[31] The Animated Cartoon Factory – History of Animation Timeline

[yayyan.com-32] Yayyan, la separata cultural de Jaén·on·line

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