1897 in animation

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Events in 1897 in animation.

Events

• Specific date unknown:
  • William Harbutt developed plasticine in 1897. To promote his educational "Plastic Method" he made a handbook that included several photographs that displayed various stages of creative projects. The images suggest phases of motion or change, but the book probably did not have a direct influence on claymation films. Still, the plasticine product would become the favourite product for clay animators, as it did not dry and harden (unlike normal clay) and was much more malleable than its harder and greasier Italian predecessor plasteline.[1]
  • The first use of time-lapse photography in a feature film was in Georges Méliès' motion picture Carrefour De L'Opera (1897).[2]
  • By 1897, German toy manufacturer Gebrüder Bing had a first prototype of their toy "kinematograph".[3] It would later be used for traced pictures from live-action films (much like the later rotoscoping technique).[4][5]

Births

February

• February 24: Vyacheslav Levandovsky, Ukrainian animator, considered the founder of Ukrainian animation, (The Fairy Tale of the Straw Bull, The Tale about the Squirrel Hostess and the Mouse Villain, Tuk-Tuk and his friend Zhuk, In the Land of Dolls), (d. 1962).[6][7][8][9]

March

• March 7: Cy Young, Chinese-American special effects animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1964).[10][11][12]

May

• May 18: Frank Capra, Italian-born American director, producer and writer (creator of Private Snafu, directed Our Mr. Sun and Hemo the Magnificent), (d. 1991).[13][14][15][16]

July

• July 11: Bernice Hansen, American voice actress, (voice of Tillie Tiger in Elmer Elephant, Petunia Pig, Cookie and Little Kitty in the Looney Tunes franchise, continued voice of Andy Panda and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse), (d. 1981).[17][18][19]

September

• September 16: Milt Franklyn, American composer and arranger, (Looney Tunes), (d. 1962).[20][21][22]

October

• October 23: Roberto Sgrilli, Italian painter, illustrator, comics artist and animator (Il Barone di Münchhausen, Anacleto e la Faina), (d. 1985).[23]
• October 25: Luigi Pavese, Italian voice actor (provided the Italian voices of Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book , Boris in Lady and the Tramp, and a Labrador Retriever in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d. 1969).[24][25][26]

December

• December 5: Tina Lattanzi, Italian voice actress (provided the Italian voices of the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lady Tremaine in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty), (d. 1997).[27][28]
• December 9: Hermione Gingold, English actress (voice of Mme. Rubens-Chatte in Gay Purr-ee, Miss Squeek in Tubby the Tuba), (d. 1987).[29]

References

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2. Weston, Chris (2015-12-22). Spanning Time: The Essential Guide to Time-lapse Photography. CRC Press. ISBN 9781317907466.
3. "Bing". www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com (in German).
4. Litten, Frederick S. Animated Film in Japan until 1919. Western Animation and the Beginnings of Anime.
5. Litten, Frederick S. (17 June 2014). Japanese color animation from ca. 1907 to 1945 (PDF).
6. Review, The Odessa (August 2, 2017). "On The 90th Anniversary Of Ukrainian Animation". Odessa Review. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
7. Neplii, Anna. "Ukrainian Animated Films Come into Their Own". Get the Latest Ukraine News Today – KyivPost. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
8. "Reviving the First Ukrainian Cartoon Character: 90 Years of Ukrainian Animation". www.zippyframes.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
9. Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015). Animation : a World History. an O'Reilly Media Company Safari (1st ed.). p. 81. ISBN 9781138854529. OCLC 1153412354.
10. "Terrytoons "Indian Pudding" (1930) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
11. Zeng, Run; Yin, Fujun (2014). "中国首位动画专家杨左匋生卒年考" [A textual research about Cy Young's birth and death year]. Film Art (in Chinese) (6): 137–142.
12. "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
13. Lambert, Gavin. "Book review: The World Outside the Pictures: 'Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success'. The Los Angeles Times, May 27, 1992.
14. Brooks 2006, p. 248.
15. "75th Year Booklet The Caltech Y History." caltechy.org. Retrieved: July 24, 2011.
16. "Description of the Capra Collection" Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, weslayen.edu; retrieved March 23, 2010.
17. Costello, E.O., "Sniffles" entry at The Warner Bros. Cartoon Companion. Accessed 2008-05-13 Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
18. Leon Schlesinger interview, Baltimore Sun, June 20, 1937, from the Ledger Syndicate
19. United Press story, Dec. 13, 1934
20. The Warner Bros. Cartoons, Friedwald and Beck, 1981.
21. Warner Club News (1962) – Part 1
22. Leon Schlesinger interview, Baltimore Sun, June 20, 1937, from the Ledger Syndicate
23. "Roberto Sgrilli".
24. "Luigi Pavese's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
25. "Luigi Pavese". MYmovies. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
26. "The Jungle Book Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
27. "Addio Tina Lattanzi, divina voce della Garbo". Corriere della Sera. 26 October 1997. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
28. Roberto Rombi (29 October 1997). "È morta l'attrice Tina Lattanzi". la Repubblica. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
29. Saxon, Wolfgang, "Hermione Gingold, English Actress, Dies At 89", The New York Times, 25 May 1987.