1925 in animation


Events in 1925 in animation.

Events

February

February 15: Walt Disney's Alice Solves the Puzzle, premiers. The cartoon marks the first appearance of Pete, the oldest recurring Disney character.

Films released

  • 1 January:
  • * Alice Cans the Cannibals
  • * Felix Wins and Loses
  • 15 January:
  • * Alice the Toreador
  • * Felix All Puzzled
  • 1 February:
  • * Alice Gets Stung
  • * Felix Follows the Swallows
  • 13 February:
  • * In Dutch
  • * Jungle Bike Riders
  • 15 February:
  • * Alice Solves the Puzzle
  • * Felix Rests in Peace
  • 1 March – Felix Gets His Fill
  • 13 April – Felix Full O' Fight
  • 27 April – Felix Outwits Cupid
  • 3 May – Opus IV
  • 8 May – Felix Monkeys with Magic
  • 17 May – Alice's Egg Plant
  • 25 May – Felix Cops the Prize
  • 8 June – Felix Gets the Can
  • 15 JuneAlice Loses Out
  • 23 June – Alice Gets Stage Struck
  • 12 July – Alice Wins the Derby
  • 20 July – The Window Washers
  • 30 JulyAlice Picks the Champ
  • 15 August:
  • * Alice's Tin Pony
  • * Felix Dopes it Out
  • 23 AugustFelix the Cat Trifles with Time
  • 28 August – Ugly Duckling
  • 30 August – Alice Chops the Suey
  • 6 September – Felix the Cat Busts into Business
  • 15 September – Alice the Jail Bird
  • 20 SeptemberFelix the Cat Trips thru Toyland
  • 28 September – Closer Than a Brother
  • 4 October – Felix the Cat on the Farm
  • 15 October – Alice Plays Cupid
  • 15 November:
  • * Alice Rattled by Rats
  • * Eats are West
  • 29 November – Felix the Cat Tries the Trades
  • 13 DecemberFelix the Cat at the Rainbow's End
  • 15 December – Alice in the Jungle
  • 27 December – ''Felix the Cat Kept on Walking''

Births

January

January 2: Larry Harmon, American clown,.January 5: Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist,.January 11: Kihachirō Kawamoto, Japanese puppet designer, animator and film director,.January 26:

February

February 3: John Fiedler, American actor,.February 8: Jack Lemmon, American actor,.February 11: Marvin Stein, American comics artist, animator and illustrator,.February 14: Norma Swank-Haviland, American ink and paint artist and actor,.February 17: Hal Holbrook, American actor,.February 18: George Kennedy, American actor,.

March

March 1: Dan Danglo, American animator,.March 5: Stig Lasseby, Swedish animator, director, animation producer and actor,.March 20: Bill Lignante, American comics artist, courtroom sketch artist and animator,.March 23: Robie Lester, American actress,.March 25: Elmer Dresslar Jr., American actor,.

April

April 12: Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppeteer and television writer, co-founder of Smallfilms,.April 14:

May

May 10: Albert Jaminon, Belgian painter, sculptor, comic artist, animator and educator,.May 14:

June

June 3: Tony Curtis, American actor,.June 4: Joe Hale, American animator, producer and screenwriter,.June 10: Yefim Gamburg, Russian film director,.June 16: Servais Tiago, Portuguese comics artist and animator,.June 18: Johnny Pearson, British composer,.June 25: June Lockhart, American actress,.

July

July 7: Jan Svochak, Czech-American animator,.July 11: David Graham, English actor,.July 20: Andrzej Pawłowski, Polish painter, sculptor, photographer, and film director,.July 23: Magdalo Mussio, Italian animator,.July 26: Zdeněk Smetana, Czech animator, film director and graphic artist,.

August

August 8: Ginny Tyler, American actress,.August 11: Jerome Coopersmith, American dramatist,.August 13: Jane Webb, American film, radio, and voice actress,.August 16: Branco Karabajic, Croatian comics artist and animator,.August 19: Chumei Watanabe, Japanese composer,.August 30: Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and writer,.

September

September 2: Ronnie Stevens, British actor,.September 12: Bengt Feldreich, Swedish television presentator, journalist and actor,.September 14: Rick Reinert, American animator, film director and producer,.September 15: Peggy Webber, American actress.September 20: Roland Dupree, American actor, dancer, and choreographer,.September 24: Eve Brenner, American actress.September 27: J. Robert Harris, American composer,.

October

October 1: Bradley Bolke, American actor,.October 3: Gore Vidal, American writer and public intellectual,.October 12: Charles Gordone, American playwright, actor, director, educator, and actor,.October 13: Heino Pars, Estonian film director.October 16: Angela Lansbury, Irish-English actress and singer,.October 23: Johnny Carson, American television host, comedian, writer and producer,.

November

November 11:

December

December 8: Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director,.December 12: Warren Tufts, American comics artist, animator and actor .December 13: Dick Van Dyke, American actor, comedian, writer, singer, and dancer.December 19: Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and composer,.

Deaths

May

May 19: Viking Eggeling, Swedish avant-garde artist and filmmaker, pioneer of abstract animation, dies at age 44.

August

August 23: Constantin Philipsen, Danish filmmaker,, dies at age 65.