1936 in animation
Events in 1936 in animation.
Events
January
January 4: David Hand's Mickey's Polo Team premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, various other Disney characters, and caricatures of Hollywood celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy and Harpo Marx.January 17: Somewhere in Dreamland, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, is their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor.January 31: The animated short Betty Boop and the Little King, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres, being a crossover between Betty Boop and Otto Soglow's newspaper comic The Little King.February
February 7: The Felix the Cat cartoon The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg premieres. This marks the first Felix cartoon since 1930's Tee Time and the first without Felix's original creator Pat Sullivan as he died of alcoholism and pneumonia in 1933. Felix's character was modified to a more child-like character due to the mandated Hays Office Code as his previous incarnation was considered adult. This incarnation was not well-received as the Felix the Cat film series ended after Bold King Cole three months later.March
March 5: 8th Academy Awards: Three Orphan Kittens, directed by David Hand and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.March 7:- * Hugh Harman's The Old Mill Pond premieres, produced by MGM. It features caricatures of various famous jazz musicians like Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller.
- * Tex Avery's Page Miss Glory, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres.March 27: Betty Boop and Little Jimmy, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres, being a crossover between Betty Boop and Jimmy Swinnerton's series Little Jimmy.March 28: Wilfred Jackson's Elmer Elephant, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
April
April 4: Tex Avery's The Blow Out, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. It marks the first cartoon in which side character Porky Pig has a starring role.May
May 2: Friz Freleng's Let It Be Me premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The cartoon features a caricature of popular singer Bing Crosby; however, the real Crosby found this portrayal of him offensive and tried to stop distribution of the short.May 30:- * Friz Freleng's Bingo Crosbyana premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. Like Let It Be Me, it features a caricature of Bing Crosby, which the real Crosby found offensive, resulting in him trying to stop distribution of the short.
- * David Hand's Mickey Mouse cartoon Thru the Mirror is first released, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. In this cartoon, Mickey dreams that he travels through his mirror and in a memorable scene, dances with a pack of playing cards.
June
June 20:- * Wilfred Jackson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Rival premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Mickey Mouse is pitted against Mortimer Mouse, who tries to fancy his girlfriend Minnie Mouse.
- * Ben Sharpsteen's Moving Day is released, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. In the cartoon the characters move out all their furniture, with a memorable scene in which Goofy fights a living piano.
July
July 18: Tex Avery's I Love to Singa premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Specific date unknown: Carl Stalling is hired as composer for Leon Schlesinger Productions.August
August 8: Friz Freleng's Sunday Go to Meetin' Time premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.August 10–31: 4th Venice International Film Festival:- * David Hand's Who Killed Cock Robin, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the award for Best Animation.
- * Len Lye's experimental animated film A Colour Box is shown, but causes a riot among Nazi supporters who label it degenerate art and protest the film. They stomp their feet loudly, leading to the three-minute film being stopped before its completion.August 22: Frank Tashlin's Porky's Poultry Plant premieres, starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.
October
October 10: Friz Freleng's Boulevardier from the Bronx premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. It is the first Warner Bros. Cartoon to use Merrily We Roll Along as its theme song.October 31: Wilfred Jackson's The Country Cousin, produced by Walt Disney Animation, is first released.November
November 27: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, produced and directed by The Fleischer Brothers, is first released. It is the first Popeye the Sailor cartoon over 16 minutes long and in color.November 28: Friz Freleng's The Coo-Coo Nut Grove is first released, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The cartoon features various caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.Specific date unknown
- Carlo Campogalliani's The Four Musketeers is first released.
- Len Lye's Rainbow Dance is released, a combination of live-action and animation.
- Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya's The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda is abandoned halfway through production and never finished.
- Raoul Verdini and Umberto Spano's The Adventures of Pinocchio is an animated film which is never completed, because of technical problems.
Births
January
January 2: Roger Miller, American singer and actor,.January 6: Corinne Orr, Canadian actress.January 23: Arlene Golonka, American actress,.January 31: Philippe Laudenbach, French actor,.February
February 11: Burt Reynolds, American actor,.February 12: Paul Shenar, American actor and theater director,.February 22: Elizabeth MacRae, American actress,.February 29: Alex Rocco, American actor,.March
March 5: Dean Stockwell, American actor,.March 9:- * Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian,.
- * Elina Salo, Finnish actress,.March 15: Paul Fierlinger, Czech-American animator, and director,.March 16: Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress and comedian,.March 17: Patty Maloney, American actress,.Specific date unknown: Hu Jinqing, Chinese animator and director,.
April
April 9: Pam Hyatt, Canadian actress.April 10: John Madden, American football player, coach and sports commentator,.April 12: Charles Napier, American actor,.April 20: Lisa Davis, English-American former actress.April 22: Glen Campbell, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host,.April 21: Avo Paistik, Estonian animated film director, animator and illustrator,.April 22: Eiko Masuyama, Japanese voice actress,.May
May 12: Klaus Doldinger, German composer,.May 13: Arthur Lipsett, Canadian film director and animator,.May 17: Mark Hall, English animator and film producer,.May 23: Charles Kimbrough, American actor,.May 27: Louis Gossett Jr., American actor,.June
June 1: Gerald Scarfe, English cartoonist and illustrator.June 4: Bruce Dern, American actor.June 6: Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer,.June 8: James Darren, American actor and signer,.June 19: Takeshi Aono, Japanese actor,.June 20: Derek Lamb, English animator and film producer,.June 22:- * Kris Kristofferson, American actor and musician,.
- * John Korty, American film director and animator,.June 27: Shirley Anne Field, English actress,.
July
July 9: Hiroshi Sasagawa, Japanese animator and illustrator.July 24: Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian,.July 30: John P. Ryan, American actor,.August
August 11:- * Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese manga artist,.
- * Vladimir Samsonov, Russian director,.August 12: Elizabeth Shepherd, English actress. August 18: Robert Redford, American actor,.August 19: Robert Towers, American actor.August 21: Wilt Chamberlain, American former professional basketball player,.August 31: Martin Rosen, American filmmaker and theater producer.
September
September 14: Walter Koenig, American actor and screenwriter.September 15: Yoichi Kotabe, Japanese animator and character designer.September 18: Roman Arámbula, Mexican comics artist, animator and lay-out artist,.September 24: Jim Henson, American puppeteer and animator,.September 26: Tadao Nagahama, Japanese director,.October
October 9: Brian Blessed, English actor.October 25: Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress.October 26: Reiko Okuyama, Japanese animator,.October 28:- * Charlie Daniels, American country singer,.
- * Carl Davis, American composer and conductor,.
November
November 3: Takao Saitō, Japanese manga artist,.November 19: Dick Cavett, American television personality, comedian and former talk show host.December
December 5: John Erwin, American actor,.December 6: David Ossman, American comedian and actor.December 8: David Carradine, American actor,.December 22: Hector Elizondo, American actor.Specific date unknown
- Tony Benedict, American screenwriter,.
- Glenn Vilppu, American painter, art instructor, animator and storyboard artist.