1938 in animation
Events in 1938 in animation.
Events
January
January 1: Tex Avery's Daffy Duck & Egghead, starring Daffy Duck and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.January 28: Riding the Rails, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.February
February 7: Bob Clampett's Breakdowns of 1938 is made, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, an blooper reel made exclusively for Warner Brothers' personnel and not released theatrically. The film is notable for a scene where Porky Pig says "Son of a bitch!".February 11: Jack King's Self Control, starring Donald Duck and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.February 19:- * Friz Freleng's Jungle Jitters, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
- * The Captain and the Kids film series, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, debuts with their first cartoon Cleaning House.February 25:
- * Be Up to Date, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
- * Ben Sharpsteen's Boat Builders, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.February 26: Bob Clampett's What Price Porky starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
March
March 10: Jack King's Donald's Better Self, starring Donald Duck and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.- * 10th Academy Awards:
- ** Walt Disney's The Old Mill wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
- ** Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, but loses to One Hundred Men and a Girl. However, a year later the Academy will give Snow White eight special Academy Awards.March 25: Honest Love and True, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
April
April 1: Burt Gillett's Moth and the Flame, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.April 15: Jack King's Donald's Nephews, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. It marks the on-screen debut of Huey, Louie and Dewey who had already debuted in Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck comic strip a year earlier.April 16: Bob Clampett's Porky's Five & Ten, starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.April 22: Out of the Inkwell, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.April 23: Tex Avery's The Penguin Parade, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.April 30: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Porky's Hare Hunt, starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. In it, Porky hunts a rabbit, who is a prototypical version of Bugs Bunny.May
May 6: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Trailer, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.May 14: Frank Tashlin's Now That Summer is Gone, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.May 27:- *The Swing School, starring Betty Boop, produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
- * Graham Heid's Wynken, Blynken and Nod, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.May 28: Friz Freleng's The Isle of Pingo Pongo, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
June
June 11: Cal Howard and Cal Dalton's Katnip Kollege, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.June 17: Ben Sharpsteen's Polar Trappers, starring Donald Duck and Goofy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.June 24: Pudgy and the Lost Kitten, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.June 25:- * Frank Tashlin's Have You Got Any Castles?, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
- * Bob Clampett's Porky's Party, starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
July
July 8: Jack King's Good Scouts, starring Donald Duck, Huey, Louie and Dewey and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.July 9: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Love and Curses, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.July 23: Tex Avery's Cinderella Meets Fella, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.July 25: Frank Tashlin's Porky's Spring Planting, starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.July 29:- * Buzzy Boop, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
- * Ben Sharpsteen's The Fox Hunt, starring Donald Duck and Goofy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.
August
August 6: Bob Clampett's Porky & Daffy, starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.August 12: Pudgy the Watchman, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.August 13: Frank Tashlin's The Major Lied 'Til Dawn, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.August 19: David Hand and Dick Huemer's The Whalers, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.August 26: All's Fair at the Fair, produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.August 27:- * Cal Dalton and Cal Howard's A-Lad-In Bagdad, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
- * Frank Tashlin's Wholly Smoke, starring Porky Pig, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
September
September 9: Bill Roberts' Mickey's Parrot, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.September 10: Frank Tashlin's Cracked Ice, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.September 16: Buzzy Boop at the Concert, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.September 23: Bill Roberts' Brave Little Tailor, starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.September 24:- * Tex Avery's A Feud There Was, starring Egghead and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
- * Bob Clampett's Porky in Wackyland starring Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. It marks the debut of the Do-Do Bird.
October
October 8: Bob McKimson's Little Pancho Vanilla and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.October 14:- * Jack Cutting's Farmyard Symphony, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.
- * Sally Swing, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.October 22: Tex Avery's Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas, starring Egghead and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.October 28: The Playful Polar Bears, produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
November
November 4: Jack King and Jim Handley's Donald's Golf Game, starring Donald Duck, Huey, Louie and Dewey and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.November 5:- * Bob Clampett's Porky in Egypt, starring Porky Pig, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. The cartoon is notable for a scene where a camel goes insane due to heat stroke.
- * Frank Tashlin's You're an Education, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.November 18: A Date to Skate, starring Popeye and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.November 19: Chuck Jones' The Night Watchman, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.November 25: Dick Rickard's Ferdinand the Bull, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.November 26: Bob Clampett's The Daffy Doc, starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released.
December
December 2: On with the New, starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.December 9: Rudolf Ising and Vernon Stallings' Merbabies, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.December 12: Tex Avery's Daffy Duck in Hollywood, starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. The cartoon is notable for combining animation with live-action, including a scene where Daffy meets producer Leon Schlesinger. December 17: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Count Me Out (1938) starring Egghead and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. December 23:- * Wilfred Jackson's Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. A cartoon featuring caricatures of Hollywood actors.
- * Thrills and Chills, starring Betty Boop, produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released.
Specific date unknown
- The manga Norakuro is adapted into an anime film, directed by Mitsuyo Seo.
Births
January
January 6: Michael Graham Cox, English actor,.January 7: Roland Topor, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, film script writer, TV script writer, animator and playwright,.January 13: Charlie Brill, American actor and comedian.January 14: Jack Jones, American singer and actor,.January 16:- * Michael Pataki, American actor,.
- * Michael J. O'Connor, American animator, storyboard artist and writer,.January 25:
- * Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga artist,.
- * Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese animator and manga artist,.
February
February 2: Bo Hopkins, American actor,.February 3:- * Marshall Efron, American actor,.
- * Petar Gligorovski, Macedonian painter, comics artist, animator and director,.February 4: Tomoharu Katsumata, Japanese film director.February 12: Judy Blume, American author.February 17: Dario Penne, Italian actor,.February 22: Barry Dennen, American actor,.
March
March 3: Bruno Bozzetto, Italian animator and director.March 12: Ken Spears, American animation writer, sound editor and producer,.March 16: Robert Schaefer, American background artist, storyboard artist and art director,.March 24: Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter,.March 31: Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer,.April
April 28:- *Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress,.
- *Pete Henderson, American comedian,.
May
May 8: Jean Giraud, French artist, cartoonist, and writer,.May 15: Dale Case, American animator and film director.May 16: Don Morgan, American animator and comics artist,.May 23: Robert Watts, British producer and actor,.May 24: Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician, and artist.June
June 2: Marzia Ubaldi, Italian actress,.June 6: Vladimír Jiránek, Czech animator, illustrator and film director,.June 8: Ulrich Voß, German actor,.June 28: John Byner, American actor.July
July 1: Aleksandr Kurlyandsky, Russian animation screenwriter and author,.July 9: Brian Dennehy, American actor,.July 18: Eduardo Manzano, Mexican actor,.July 21: Janet Reno, American lawyer,.July 22: Terence Stamp, English actor,.July 25: Renée Victor, American actress,.July 27: Gary Gygax, American author and game designer,.July 30: Michael Bell, American actor.August
August 19: Diana Muldaur, American actress.August 24: Violetta Kolesnikova, Russian animator,.August 27: Anne Whitfield, American actress,.August 29: Elliott Gould, American actor.September
September 1: Alfred Budnick, American animator and background artist,.September 2: Mary Jo Catlett, American actress.September 5: Michael P. Schoenbrun, American production manager,.September 8: Philip L. Clarke, American voice actor,.September 9: Bill Flynn, American voice actor,.September 17: Barbera DeLiso, American xerographer,.October
October 18: Dawn Wells, American actress,.October 19: Noel Blanc, American actor and son of Mel Blanc.October 22:- * Christopher Lloyd, American actor.
- * Derek Jacobi, English actor.October 23: Humpy Wheeler, American racing executive,.October 28:
- * Ralph Bakshi, Palestinian-born American animator and filmmaker.
- * Ben Lanzarone, American composer,.October 31: Kei Tomiyama, Japanese voice actor.
November
November 4:- * Candy Devine, Australian radio broadcaster and singer,.
- * Joe Pytka, American film director.November 19:
- * Michael Alaimo, American actor,.
- * Ted Turner, American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor and philanthropist.November 20: Colin Fox, Canadian actor,.November 26: Rich Little, Canadian-American impressionist and actor.November 28: Shingo Araki, Japanese film and television director and producer,.
December
December 5: Gerrit van Dijk, Dutch animator, filmmaker, actor and painter,.December 19: Danny Dark, American voice actor,.Deaths
January
January 20:- * Émile Cohl, French comics artist, caricaturist and film director, dies at age 81.
- * Georges Méliès, French film director, actor, special effects maker and animator, dies at age 76.
February
February 1: Bob Rothberg, American songwriter and lyricist, dies at age 36.March
March 27: Romolo Bacchini, Italian filmmaker, musician, painter, and poet, dies at age 65.October
October 13: E.C. Segar, American comics artist, dies at age 43.November
November 11: Fred Spencer, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 34 in a road accident.November 12: Amedee J. Van Beuren, American producer, dies at age 59.Specific date unknown
- Walter R. Booth, British magician and pioneer of British film, dies at age 68-69.