1887 in animation

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Events in 1887 in animation.

Events

• July 9: Publication of Animal Locomotion, a chronophotographic series by Eadweard Muybridge. It comprised 781 collotype plates, each containing up to 36 pictures of the different phases of a specific motion of one subject (over 20,000 images in total).[1] The series is a result of Muybridge's interest in motion studies and his work on the zoopraxiscope. [2] Historians and theoreticians have proposed that Muybridge's work on animal locomotion influenced a number of other artists, photographers and filmmakers, including Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Eakins, Walt Disney, among others.[3][4][5][6]
• Specific date unknown: Étienne-Jules Marey created a large zoetrope with a series of plaster models based on his chronophotographs of birds in flight.[7]

Births

January

• January 16: Ralph Ince, American cartoonist, animator, actor, film director and screenwriter (worked as an animator under Winsor McCay), (d. 1937).[8][9][10]

February

• February 19: Paul Terry, American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and film producer (Terrytoons, Farmer Alfalfa, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg), (d. 1971).[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

June

• June 6: Charles Bowers, American comedian, animator and cartoonist (Barré Studio, Walter Lantz), (d. 1946).[19][20]

August

• August 6: Oliver Wallace, English-American composer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1963).[21][22][23][24]

November

• November 23: Boris Karloff, British actor (narrator and voice of the title character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Baron Boris von Frankenstein in Mad Monster Party?), (d. 1969).[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

December

• December 23: Eric Blore, English actor and comedian (voice of Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), (d. 1959).[35]^[citation needed]
• December 28: Walter Ruttmann, German film director and cinematographer (pioneer of abstract animation, directed the animated short film Lichtspiel: Opus I, the "oldest fully abstract motion picture known to survive, using only animated geometric forms, arranged and shown without reference to any representational imagery"; served as a special effects artist in the animated feature film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, making the film's moving backgrounds and magic scenes), (d. 1941).[36][37][38][39]

References

1. Muybridge, Eadweard (1887). Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements: prospectus and catalogue of plates. Philadelphia: Printed by J.B. Lippincott company.
2. "Eadweard Muybridge: Animal Locomotion". Huxley-Parlor Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
3. Campany, David. "Moving with the times: Eadweard Muybridge I". Tate Museum. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
4. "Legacy". Muybridge the Movie. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
5. "Infamy and Influence". Cleveland Institute of Art. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
6. "Eadweard Muybridge". Kingston Heritage Service. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
7. Herbert, Stephen. (n.d.) From Daedaleum to Zoetrope, Part 2. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
8. Abel, Richard (August 2004). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203482049.
9. Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1921, p. 267 – Ancestry.com
10. "Ralph Ince Killed In Crash In London". The New York Times. April 12, 1937. p. 1.
11. "PAUL H. TERRY, 84, DREW TERRYTOONS - The New York Times". The New York Times. 2023-10-22. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
12. Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). "Here I Come to Save the Day!: The Mouse that Saved a Cartoon Studio, 1942-1945". Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory. John Libbey Publishing Ltd. pp. 207–223. ISBN 978-0861967292.
13. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 210. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
14. Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
15. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 73. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
16. "Paul Terry". Lambiek.net. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
17. Markstein, Donald D. "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Heckle and Jeckle". Toonopedia.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
18. Null, Henry (1965-06-19). "Paul Terry, Now 78, Finds Plenty To Do: Cartoon Pioneer Retired...Not Bored".
19. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 37-39. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
20. "Charles Bowers, Pioneer in Animated Cartoons, Dead". The Buffalo News. November 27, 1946. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
21. "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. September 17, 1963. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
22. "The Week's Best Releases". Billboard. September 26, 1942. p. 66. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
23. Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 3, ed. Benjamin F. Shearer (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), p. 836
24. Thomas S. Hischak, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), pp. 691–693,
25. "Boris Karloff in Hospital". The New York Times. 20 February 1968.
26. "Karloff Out of Hospital". The New York Times. United Press International. 25 February 1968.
27. "Role Changed His Life. Boris Karloff, Master Horror-Film Actor, Dies". The New York Times. 4 February 1969.
28. Biography Archived 1 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
29. "Past Winners Search for "grinch"". Grammy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
30. Brundage, David (December 24, 2016). "Tony the Tiger, not Frankenstein, sang 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch'". The Washington Post. ProQuest 1851977422. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
31. Humphrey, Hal (December 12, 1966). "Seuss Menagerie to Star on Sunday". The Los Angeles Times. p. 92. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
32. In the Making of: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1994). TNT
33. Jacobs, pp. 374-475
34. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 189–190. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
35. "Eric Blore, Perfect Film Butler Dies", The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 2 March 1959, p. 2
36. Ruttmann.
37. Betancourt, Michael. "Walther Ruttmann's Lichtspiel Films". Cinegraphic. Retrieved 20 August 2021. from: An Excerpt from 'The History of Motion Graphics'
38. Reiniger, Lotte (1970). Shadow Theatres, Shadow Films. London: BT Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-2286-3.
39. "Lotte Reiniger's Introduction to The Adventures of Prince Achmed" (PDF). Milestone Films. 2001. pp. 9–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

Sources

• Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than A Monster. Tomahawk Press. ISBN 978-0955767043.