1902 in animation

Events in 1902 in animation.

Events

Date uncertain - Nuremberg toy companies Gebrüder Bing and Ernst Plank were offering chromolithographed film loops for their toy kinematographs. The films were traced from live-action film footage.^[1] The technique is a precursor of rotoscoping.

Films released

April 3 - Fun in a Bakery Shop: Edwin S. Porter used stop-motion animation to depict clay loaves being sculpted into faces.^[2] The film's plot was only the pretext of showcasing the skills of a fast sculptor.^[3]

Births

February

February 9: Fred Harman, American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator (Kansas City Film Ad Company, business partner of Walt Disney), (d. 1982).^[4]

April

April 27: Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (voice of the Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1984).^[5]

June

June 17: Sammy Fain, American composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1989).
June 20: Antoine Payen, French animator, and illustrator (Les Enfants du Ciel, Cri-Cri, Ludo et l'orage), (d. 1985).^[6]^[7]
June 30: Tom Palmer, Italian-American animator, animation director, and training film supervisor (Walt Disney Productions, Walter Lantz Studio, Warner Bros. Cartoons, creator of Buddy), (d. 1972).^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

July

July 13: Dan Gordon, American comics artist, animator, director and screenwriter (Van Beuren Studios, Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1970).^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

September

September 2: Norm Ferguson, American animator and sequence director, (Walt Disney Company, designed Peg-Leg Pete, the Big Bad Wolf, and Pluto, served as the primary animator of the witch in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1957).^[17]^[18]
September 25: Al Hoffman, American composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1960).

October

October 2: William Timym, Austrian-English animator and comics artist (Bleep and Booster, and Bengo the Boxer), (d. 1990).^[19]

November

November 1: Vivie Risto, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1981).^[20]
November 22: Ethel Smith, American organist (played organ during the "Blame It on the Samba" segment in Melody Time), (d. 1996).^[21]
November 23: Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (narrator in Tubby the Tuba), (d. 1982).^[22]

December

December 14: Frances Bavier, American actress (model for Flora in Sleeping Beauty), (d. 1989).^[23]
December 19: Ralph Richardson, British actor (voice of Chief Rabbit in Watership Down), (d. 1983).^[24]
December 25: Vera Tsekhanovskaya, Russian animation director and illustrator (Belgoskino, Lenfilm, directed The Wild Swans), (d. 1977).^[25]^[26]
December 27: Carman Maxwell, American animator, production manager and actor (Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, animated Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, voiced Bosko), (d. 1987).^[27]^[28]^[29]

Date uncertain

Fred Brunish, American painter and animator (Walter Lantz), (d. 1952).^[30]^[31]
Enrique Riveron, Cuban-American cartoonist, animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1998).^[32]
Brian White, British animator and comics artist (Bonzo the Dog, Jerry the Tyke, Animal Farm), (d. 1984).^[33]^[34]

References

^ Litten, Frederick S. (2013). "Shōtai kenkyū nōto: Nihon no eigakan de jōei sareta saisho no (kaigai) animēshon eiga ni tsuite" 招待研究ノート：日本の映画館で上映された最初の（海外）アニメーション映画について [On the Earliest (Foreign) Animation Shown in Japanese Cinemas]. The Japanese Journal of Animation Studies (in Japanese). 15 (1A): 9–11.
^ Dobson (2010), p. xxiv
^ Niver (1985), p. 113
^ Reynolds, Moira Davison. Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980, McFarland, 2003.
^ "Harry Stockwell". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ Scalliet, Marie-Odette (2011-04-11). "Antoine Payen: Peintre des Indes Orientales". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 30 (2): 385. doi:10.1017/S0022463400013291. ISSN 1474-0680. S2CID 164003031.
^ Poole, William (2007-09-22). "Antoine-François Payen, the 1666 Selenelion, and a rediscovered letter to Robert Hooke". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 61 (3): 251–263. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0182. ISSN 0035-9149. S2CID 144890436.
^ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, 1866–1909
^ "1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 4". 26 April 2013.
^ Gabler, Neal (2007). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (1 ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 168. ISBN 9780679757474. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pages
^ Gifford, Denis. The International Book of Comics. (Crescent Books, 1984). 132. Retrieved from Google Books on January 24, 2011. "As drawn by "Dang" (the comic-book pen name of animator Dan Gordon from the Fleischer Studio) [...]"
^ Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic (New York: Plume, 1980, rev. 1987), p. 134.
^ Culhane, Shamus. Talking Animals and Other People (Da Capo Press, 1998), p. 205.
^ Beck, Jerry. "Fleischer Becomes Famous Studios Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine," Cartoon Research. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Animation Profiles: DAN GORDON |".
^ Steve Watts, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, University of Missouri Press, pg. 132
^ Michael Barrier interviews Corny Cole Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tim". lambiek.net.
^ "Vivie Ritso". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
^ "Ethel Smith, radio and film organist, dies". Cox News Service. May 18, 1996. Ethel Smith, a professional organist whose music enlivened the beat on radio's Lucky Strike Hit Parade and Carmen Miranda films, died in Palm Beach Friday. She was 93.
^ Jones, Jack (February 13, 1982). "Victor Jory - Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
^ "Frances Bavier Dead; TV Performer Was 86". The New York Times. 1989-12-08. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
^ "Richardson, Sir Ralph David (1902–1983), actor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31607. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Дыхание воли. Дневники Михаила ЦЕХАНОВСКОГО - Номер 54". www.kinozapiski.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ Mihailova, Mihaela (December 2017). "1962: The wild swans (Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya)". Senses of Cinema (85). ProQuest 2027039295.
^ Barrier, Michael (2007). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-520-24117-6.
^ Sandler, Kevin (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780813525389.
^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. pp. 4–5. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
^ The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. "1946". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ Ask Art The Artists' Bluebook. "Fred W. Brunish". Retrieved 15 June 2012.
^ "Enrique Riveron". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ "Bonzo (New Era Films, LTD.)". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.
^ Gifford, Denis British Animated Films 1895-1985 A Filmography

External References

Barrier, Michael (2003), "Warner Bros., 1933-1940", Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199839223
Dobson, Nichola (2010), "Chronology", The A to Z of Animation and Cartoons, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-0810876231
Niver, Kemp R. (1985), "Fun in a Bakery Shop", Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, ISBN 978-0844404639

External links

Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

[1] Litten, Frederick S. (2013). "Shōtai kenkyū nōto: Nihon no eigakan de jōei sareta saisho no (kaigai) animēshon eiga ni tsuite" 招待研究ノート：日本の映画館で上映された最初の（海外）アニメーション映画について [On the Earliest (Foreign) Animation Shown in Japanese Cinemas]. The Japanese Journal of Animation Studies (in Japanese). 15 (1A): 9–11.

[Dobson-2] Dobson (2010), p. xxiv

[Niver-3] Niver (1985), p. 113

[moira-4] Reynolds, Moira Davison. Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980, McFarland, 2003.

[ibdb-5] "Harry Stockwell". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.

[6] Scalliet, Marie-Odette (2011-04-11). "Antoine Payen: Peintre des Indes Orientales". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 30 (2): 385. doi:10.1017/S0022463400013291. ISSN 1474-0680. S2CID 164003031.

[7] Poole, William (2007-09-22). "Antoine-François Payen, the 1666 Selenelion, and a rediscovered letter to Robert Hooke". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 61 (3): 251–263. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0182. ISSN 0035-9149. S2CID 144890436.

[8] New York, New York, U.S., Index to Birth Certificates, 1866–1909

[9] "1931 Disney Staff Caricatures & Profiles – pt 4". 26 April 2013.

[10] Gabler, Neal (2007). Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (1 ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 168. ISBN 9780679757474. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[Barrier-11] Barrier (2003), Warner Bros., pp. unnumbered pages

[Gifford132-12] Gifford, Denis. The International Book of Comics. (Crescent Books, 1984). 132. Retrieved from Google Books on January 24, 2011. "As drawn by "Dang" (the comic-book pen name of animator Dan Gordon from the Fleischer Studio) [...]"

[13] Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic (New York: Plume, 1980, rev. 1987), p. 134.

[14] Culhane, Shamus. Talking Animals and Other People (Da Capo Press, 1998), p. 205.

[15] Beck, Jerry. "Fleischer Becomes Famous Studios Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine," Cartoon Research. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[16] "Animation Profiles: DAN GORDON |".

[17] Steve Watts, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, University of Missouri Press, pg. 132

[18] Michael Barrier interviews Corny Cole Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine

[19] "Tim". lambiek.net.

[20] "Vivie Ritso". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[21] "Ethel Smith, radio and film organist, dies". Cox News Service. May 18, 1996. Ethel Smith, a professional organist whose music enlivened the beat on radio's Lucky Strike Hit Parade and Carmen Miranda films, died in Palm Beach Friday. She was 93.

[HSW_latimes-22] Jones, Jack (February 13, 1982). "Victor Jory - Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

[:0-23] "Frances Bavier Dead; TV Performer Was 86". The New York Times. 1989-12-08. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

[24] "Richardson, Sir Ralph David (1902–1983), actor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31607. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

[25] "Дыхание воли. Дневники Михаила ЦЕХАНОВСКОГО - Номер 54". www.kinozapiski.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[26] Mihailova, Mihaela (December 2017). "1962: The wild swans (Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya)". Senses of Cinema (85). ProQuest 2027039295.

[27] Barrier, Michael (2007). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-520-24117-6.

[28] Sandler, Kevin (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780813525389.

[29] Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. pp. 4–5. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.

[30] The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. "1946". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[31] Ask Art The Artists' Bluebook. "Fred W. Brunish". Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[32] "Enrique Riveron". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

[33] "Bonzo (New Era Films, LTD.)". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014.

[34] Gifford, Denis British Animated Films 1895-1985 A Filmography

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