1935 in animation


Events in 1935 in animation.

Events

January

January 5: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

February

February 23: Wilfred Jackson's The Band Concert, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. It stars Mickey Mouse performing an orchestra in the park, while Donald Duck and later a tornado cause mayhem. The short is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon animated entirely in color.February 27: 7th Academy Awards: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

March

March 2: Friz Freleng's I Haven't Got a Hat, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions premieres. The film marks the debuts of Porky Pig and Beans the Cat.March 16: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Service Station, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peg-Leg Pete and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.March 25: Alexander Ptushko's The New Gulliver premieres, a stop-motion adaptation of Gulliver's Travels.

May

May 25: Ben Sharpsteen's The Cookie Carnival, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

June

June 22: Jack King's Buddy's Bug Hunt, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions is released, it's notable for being the first cartoon in the Looney Tunes franchise to feature the Acme name.June 26: David Hand's Who Killed Cock Robin?, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.June 28: The Fleischer Studios release For Better or Worser, which marks the first use of their patented stereoptical process, where a diorama is used to give the illusion of characters walking in front of it.

July

July 13: Wilfred Jackson's Mickey's Garden, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

August

August 3: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Fire Brigade, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.August 10–September 1: 3rd Venice International Film Festival: The Disney cartoon The Band Concert, directed by Wilfred Jackson, is awarded a special Golden Medal and an award for Best Animation.August 16: Betty Boop and Grampy, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres. In this cartoon Betty Boop visits Grampy, who makes his debut.August 31: David Hand's Pluto's Judgement Day, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Despite being an official Mickey Mouse cartoon, the plot revolves around Pluto, with him being tortured by hellish cats in a nightmare.

September

September 6: Len Lye's experimental animated film A Colour Box premieres, produced by GPO Film Unit.September 14: Jack King's A Cartoonist's Nightmare, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. This self-reflexive animated cartoon features an animator being tormented by his creations in a nightmare.September 28: Ben Sharpsteen's On Ice, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.September 30: Ub Iwerks' Balloon Land premieres. In this cartoon an evil pincushion man tries to kill anthropomorphic balloons.

October

October 5: Wilfred Jackson's Music Land, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. In this short the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz fight a battle.October 26: David Hand's Three Orphan Kittens, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

November

November 2: Tex Avery's Gold Diggers of '49, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. It's Avery's directional debut for Warners. It marks the start of a wackier style of comedy at Warners' animation studio.November 16: Friz Freleng's Billboard Frolics, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, features the first use of the song Merrily We Roll Along which will later become their theme music.November 22: Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, features an animated adaptation of Carl Anderson's comic series Henry.November 30: Ben Sharpsteen's Cock o' the Walk, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

December

December 14: Ben Sharpsteen's Broken Toys, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.

Specific date unknown

The Camel's Dance is released, directed by the Wan Brothers. It's the first sound cartoon produced in China.

Films released

Films released

Births

January

January 1: Kenji Yoshida, Japanese anime producer, manga artist and illustrator.January 6: Nino Tempo, American singer and saxophonist,.January 7: Tommy Johnson, American orchestral tuba player,.January 9: Bob Denver, American actor,.January 22:

February

February 16:

March

March 11: Michie Kita, Japanese voice actress,.March 13: Jim Thurman, American actor, writer, director, cartoonist, and producer,.March 22: M. Emmet Walsh, American actor,.

April

April 4: Kenneth Mars, American actor,.April 9:

May

May 2: Lance LeGault, American actor,.May 3: Ron Popeil, American inventor and marketing personality,.May 8: Prescott Wright, American film distributor and animation producer,.May 15:

June

June 9: Peter Renaday, American actor,.June 12: Joe Mazzuca, American television producer,.June 15: Doug Crane, American comics artist and animator,.June 22: Floyd Norman, American comic book artist, animator, storyboard artist and writer.

July

July 13: Paul Hüttel, Danish actor,.July 15: Campbell Lane, Canadian actor,.July 17: Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor,.July 19: Vasily Livanov, Soviet and Russian actor and animation director.July 22: Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer, and actor,.July 25: István Pathó, Hungarian actor,.July 29: Joan Gerber, American actress,.July 30: Nick Meglin, American comics writer, theater lyricist and animation scriptwriter,.

August

August 8: John Laws, Australian radio and television presenter,.August 9: Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Japanese actress,.August 21: Yuri Entin, Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, and lyricist.August 29: William Friedkin, American film director,.

September

September 5: Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress.September 9: Michiko Hirai, Japanese voice actress,.September 10: Paul van Vliet, Dutch comedian, actor and singer,.September 14: Henry Gibson, American actor,.September 16: Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, lyricist and author,.September 18: Román Arámbula, Mexican comic book artist, animator, storyboard artist and sheet timer,.September 24: Sean McCann, Canadian actor,.September 26: Cullen Blaine, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer, producer and director,.

October

October 1: Julie Andrews, English actress and singer.October 2: Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress,.October 20: Jerry Orbach, American actor,.October 26: Renato Casaro, Italian film poster artist and title designer,.October 29: Isao Takahata, Japanese animator, film director and producer,.October 31: Thomas Warkentin, American comics artist, comics writer and animator,.

November

November 7: Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator and director,.November 30: Woody Allen, American film director, writer, actor, and comedian.

December

December 9: Beverly Hope Atkinson, American actress,.December 14: Barbara Leigh-Hunt, English actress,.December 28: William H. Bassett, American actor,.December 30: Jack Riley, American actor,.

Specific date unknown

  • Fernando Krahn, Chilean artist, comics artist, illustrator and animator,.

Deaths

October

October 20: Sidney Smith, American cartoonist, dies at age 58.