1947 in animation
Events in 1947 in animation.
Events
January
January 10: Ivan Ivanov-Vano's The Humpbacked Horse is first released. January 11: The Crab with the Golden Claws premieres, a stop-motion film directed by Claude Misonne. It is the first animated film based on Hergé's popular comics series The Adventures of Tintin.January 18: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig cartoon One Meat Brawl premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Barnyard Dawg '.January 25': Arthur Davis' The Goofy Gophers'', produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons is first released where the Goofy Gophers make their debuts. Bugs Bunny makes a cameo at the end of the short.February
February 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Cat Fishin, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.March
March 13: 19th Academy Awards: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Controversy arises, because Warner Brothers's Rhapsody Rabbit has a similar plot and is said to have been omitted from nomination because it was screened to the Academy jury after they had watched The Cat Concerto. The jury assumed that it was a case of mere plagiarism. Today most historians assume that both cartoons were produced at the same time and most of their similarities are coincidental.March 15: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Part Time Pal, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.March 22: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon A Hare Grows in Manhattan premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.April
April 12: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck cartoon Birth of a Notion premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.April 18: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Straight Shooters is first released, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie.April 26: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, is first released.May
May 3: In Friz Freleng's Tweetie Pie premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bob Clampett's character Tweety Bird and Freleng's Sylvester the Cat are first paired together, thus marking the start of the Tweety & Sylvester series. It is also the first time where Tweety is seen as Yellow instead of Pink.May 9: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Sleepy Time Donald is first released, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It features Donald suffering from sleepwalking and Daisy Duck preventing him from hurting himself.May 10: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Transit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the final time where Bugs Bunny competes against Cecil Turtle, as it's the latter's final appearance in the Golden Age of Animation.May 16 - November 15: A huge strike takes place at Terrytoons, where Paul Terry refuses to negotiate a union contract with the Screen Cartoonist's Guild and fires several of his animators.June
June 4: Friz Freleng's cartoon Along Came Daffy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam.June 14: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.June 20: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Clown of the Jungle premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.June 28: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Easter Yeggs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Elmer Fudd.July
July 11: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Dilemma premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, in which Daisy Duck tells her psychologist about how Donald's singing voice improves due to a flower pot falling on his head.July 12:- * Robert McKimson's cartoon Crowing Pains, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. Starring Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, Barnyard Dawg, & Sylvester.
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Salt Water Tabby premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio in which Tom and Jerry go to the beach.July 19:
- * George Pal's Tubby the Tuba is first released.
- * Tex Avery's Uncle Tom's Cabaña, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, is first released.
August
August 2: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd cartoon A Pest in the House premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 22: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Bootle Beetle premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.August 30: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short A Mouse in the House premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio in which Tom and a rival cat have to catch Jerry to avoid being kicked out the house.September
September 12–25: During the 1947 Cannes Film Festival the film Dumbo by Walt Disney Animation Studios receives the Grand Prix pour Meilleur Dessin Animé.September 12: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Wide Open Spaces premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.September 20: Tex Avery's Slap Happy Lion, produced by MGM, premieres.September 27:- * Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske and William Morgan's Fun and Fancy Free, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. It consists of the shorts Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk.
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short The Invisible Mouse, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.
October
October 4: Chuck Jones' Porky Pig cartoon Little Orphan Airedale premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Charlie Dog makes his debut. It is a complete remake of Bob Clampett's 1941 short Porky's Pooch.October 10: In Seymour Kneitel's Naughty But Mice, produced for Famous Studios, Herman and Katnip are first paired as a duo.October 24: Walt Disney testifies for the House Un-American Activities Committee and accuses several of his former employees of being Communist sympathizers, resulting in several of them being blacklisted.October 25: Arthur Davis' cartoon Doggone Cats premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is one of Davis' two shorts to star Sylvester.November
November 1: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd short Slick Hare, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released, a cartoon which features many caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.November 28: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Chip an' Dale premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, in which Chip 'n' Dale are first paired with Donald Duck.November 29: Arthur Davis' first Daffy Duck cartoon Mexican Joyride premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December
December 5: Little Audrey debuts in the short film Santa's Surprise, produced by Famous Studios.December 6:- * Tex Avery's King-Size Canary premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
- * Arthur Davis' cartoon Catch as Cats Can, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is Davis' second & final short to star Sylvester.December 13: Jiří Trnka's Spalicek is first released. It is his debut animated feature and will win critical acclaim.
Specific date unknown
- George Moreno Jr.'s Bubble and Squeek is first released.
Films released
- January 10 - The Humpbacked Horse
- January 11 - The Crab with the Golden Claws
- September 27 - Fun and Fancy Free
- December 13 - ''The Czech Year''
Births
January
January 1: Sigifredo Vega, Colombian actor,.January 2: Eiji Kusuhara, Japanese-born English actor,.January 8: David Bowie, English rock singer and actor,.January 15: Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian.January 17: Todd Susman, American actor.January 18: Alfred R. Kahn, American executive.January 19: Wendell Washer, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and writer,.January 21: Jill Eikenberry, American actress.January 28: Hiram Titus, American composer and orchestrator,.January 29:- * Gerald Polley, American singer, activist and animator,.
- * Juan Padrón, Cuban comics artist and animator,.January 31: Jonathan Banks, American actor.
February
February 2: Farrah Fawcett, American actress,.February 3: Claude Berda, French studio executive,.February 5:- * György Gát, Hungarian director and producer,.
- * Darrell Waltrip, American motorsports analyst, author, former national television broadcaster, and stock car driver.February 7:
- * Wayne Allwine, American actor,.
- * Loren Carpenter, American computer graphics researcher and developer,.February 11: Bruce Bickford, American animator,.February 12:
- * Tommy Luske, American actor,.
- * Yuji Nunokawa, Japanese film director,.February 16: Giorgio Lopez, Italian voice actor,.February 20: Peter Strauss, American actor.February 24: Edward James Olmos, Mexican-American actor, director, producer, and activist.February 25: Bill Ratner, American voice actor, author and solo performance artist.
March
March 6: Rob Reiner, American director, and actor,.March 9: Marv Newland, American-Canadian filmmaker.March 17: Yury Chernavsky, Russian composer,.March 18:- * Susan Sheridan, English actress,.
- * Drew Struzan, American film poster artist,.March 19: Glenn Close, American actress.March 21: Don Markstein, American comics, cartoons and animation scholar and editor,. March 22:
- * Tony Pope, American actor,.
- * Florence Warner, American singer,.March 24: Jiří Bartoška, Czech actor,.March 25: Elton John, English singer, pianist, and composer.March 27: Chick Vennera, American actor,.March 30: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese animator,.
April
April 4: Jacques Frantz, French actor,.April 6: John Ratzenberger, American actor.April 10: Ewa Dalkowska, Polish actress,.April 11: Meshach Taylor, American actor,.April 12:- * David Letterman, American television host and comedian.
- * Dan Lauria, American actor.
- * Tom Clancy, American novelist,.April 16: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American former professional basketball player.April 18:
- * James Woods, American actor.
- * Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director and screenwriter,.April 19: Mark Volman, American musician and composer,.April 21: Iggy Pop, American musician and actor.April 24: Márcia Gomes, Brazilian voice actress,.April 25: Joana Brito, Mexican actress,.April 26:
- * Ron McLarty, American actor, playwright and novelist,.
- * Betty G. Birney, American author and television writer.
- * Jorga Kotrbová, Czech actress,.
May
May 8: Greg Finley, American voice actor,.May 10: Marion Ramsey, American actress and singer,.May 13: Edgar Burcksen, Dutch editor,.May 16: Bill Smitrovich, American actor.May 29: Anthony Geary, American actor,.June
June 3: Shuki Levy, Israeli-American composer and producer.June 6: Robert Englund, American actor.June 16: Tom Wyner, American voice actor,.June 17: Brothers Quay, American stop-motion animators.June 21: Michael Gross, American actor.June 22:- * David Lander, American actor and comedian,.
- * Howard Kaylan, American retired musician and songwriter.June 24: Peter Weller, American actor.June 26: Robert Siegel, American retired radio journalist.June 29: Richard Lewis, American actor and comedian,.
July
July 2: Larry David, American comedian, writer and actor.July 22: Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian and filmmaker.July 24: Robert Hays, American actor.July 26: Julio Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish film producer,.July 28: Sally Struthers, American actress.July 30:- * Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former bodybuilder and 38th governor of California.
- * William Atherton, American actor.
August
August 5: Larry Kenney, American voice actor.August 13: John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director.August 20: Ray Wise, American actor.August 22:- * Barbara Pyle, American producer, filmmaker and environmental activist.
- * Cindy Williams, American actress and producer,.
- * Tibor Hernádi, Hungarian animator, film director, producer, screenwriter and storyboard artist,.August 28: Alice Playten, American voice actress,.August 29: Arthur Burghardt, American actor.August 31:
- *Mona Marshall, American voice actress.
- *Steve Perry, American television writer.
September
September 6:- * Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian.
- * Keone Young, American actor.September 14: Sam Neill, New Zealand actor, director, producer and screenwriter.September 20: Steve Gerber, American writer,,.September 23: Mary Kay Place, American actress.September 27: Meat Loaf, American rock singer and actor,.September 29:
- * Hubert Gagnon, Canadian voice actor,.
- * Greg Irons, American underground cartoonist, animator, poster- and tattoo artist,.
- September 30: Haunani Minn, American actress,.
October
October 1:- * Stephen Collins, American former actor.
- * Carolyn Seymour, English actress.October 6: Han Peekel, Dutch comics scholar, singer, and TV presenter,.October 12: Julie McWhirter, American retired voice actress and impressionist.October 17:
- * Michael McKean, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and member of Spinal Tap.
- * Karel Heřmánek, Czech Actor,.October 23: Trixie Flynn, American production assistant,.October 24: Kevin Kline, American actor.October 29: Richard Dreyfuss, American actor.October 30: Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter.
November
November 3: Joe Lala, American musician and actor,.November 4: Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor,.November 9: Robert David Hall, American actor.November 13: Joe Mantegna, American actor, producer and director.November 17: Will Vinton, American animator and film director,.November 24: Dwight Schultz, American actor.November 25:- * Jeff Doucette, American actor.
- * Tracey Walter, American actor.
- * John Larroquette, American actor.
December
December 4: Robert J. Walsh, American film and television composer,.December 11: David E. Stone, American sound editor.December 17: Wes Studi, American actor.December 29: Ted Danson, American actor.December 31: Tim Matheson, American actor.Specific date unknown
- Patrick Loubert, Canadian producer, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist.