1917 in animation
Events in 1917 in animation.
Films released
- Unknown date – The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
- 19 January - Mr. Adequate Stalks Again
- 22 January – Kaiser
- 4 February:
- *Colonel Heeza Liar On The Jump
- *Throwing the Bull
- 11 March – Roses and Thorns
- 19 March – Colonel Heeza Liar, Spy Dodger
- 27 March - The Adventures of Izzy - Leprechaun Yard
- April – Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki
- 12 April – Robbers and Thieves
- 29 April – The Cook
- 1 May - The Adventures of Izzy - The Father Intervenes
- 7 May –
- 27 May – Moving Day
- June – Some Barrier
- 24 June – All Is Not Gold That Glitters
- 29 June - The Adventures of Izzy - To the Moon
- 30 June – Namakura Gatana
- July – His Trial
- 2 August - The Adventures of Izzy - Apples in the Face
- 5 August – A Krazy Katastrophe
- 20 August – Colonel Heeza Liar's Temperance Lecture
- 30 October - The Adventures of Izzy - Hallowing Eves
- 9 November – El Apóstol
- 14 December - The Adventures of Izzy - Izzy the Winter Soldier
Births
January
January 11: Margaret Wright, American actress,.January 24: Ernest Borgnine, American actor,.March
March 12:- * Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter,.
- * Werner Klemke, German animator, illustrator and comics artist,.
April
April 8: John Whitney, American animator, composer and inventor,.April 9: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and film director,.April 15: Hans Conried, American actor,.April 17: Martha Sigall, American animator, inker and painter,.April 18: Warren Batchelder, American animator,.April 19: Ge Ge Pearson, American actress,.May
May 1: Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator and film director,.May 7: David Tomlinson, English actor, singer and comedian,.May 11: Dean Elliott, American composer,.May 16: Hal Seeger, American animator, comics writer and comics artist,.May 23: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian ballerina,.June
June 2: Brice Mack, American film director and painter,.June 24: Wilma Baker, American animator,.July
July 16: Bill Woodson, American actor,.July 17:- * Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian,.
- * Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist and animator,.