1952 in animation
Events in 1952 in animation.
Events
January
January 1: Norm McLaren releases Voisins.January 5: Robert McKimson's Sylvester and Hippety Hopper cartoon Who's Kitten Who? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sylvester Jr.January 12: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Flying Cat is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.January 19: Chuck Jones' cartoon Operation: Rabbit premieres, starring Bugs Bunny & Wile E. Coyote, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Wile E. Coyote's name was revealed in this short.February
February 2: Chuck Jones' Feed the Kitty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Marc Anthony and the debut of the kitten Pussyfoot.February 8: Jack Hannah's Lambert the Sheepish Lion, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.February 9: Tex Avery's Magical Maestro premieres, produced by MGM. It features Butch Dog as a canine opera singer. In 1993, Magical Maestro was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", making it the only Tex Avery cartoon so far to be inducted.February 16:- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Duck Doctor is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.
- * Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Gift Wrapped premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Granny & Hector the Bulldog.February 23: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Foxy by Proxy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short is a remake of Tex Avery's cartoon Of Fox and Hounds.
March
March 1: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon Thumb Fun premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.March 15:- * Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon 14 Carrot Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Two Mouseketeers is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. It is the first of several shorts in which the characters appear as musketeers.The short is a parody of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers and its film adaptations.March 20: 24th Academy Awards: The Two Mouseketeers wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.March 29: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon Little Beau Pepé premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Penelope Pussycat.
April
April 12: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Smitten Kitten is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. The short features footage from the following previous cartoons: Salt Water Tabby, The Mouse Comes to Dinner, Texas Tom, & Solid Serenade.April 19:- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Triplet Trouble is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.
- * Chuck Jones' cartoon Water, Water Every Hare, starring Bugs Bunny & Gossamer, is first released. Was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is Gossamer's final appearance in the Golden Age of Animation.
May
May 3: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Little Red Rodent Hood premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.May 24: Chuck Jones' second Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Beep, Beep premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June
June 7: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon The Hasty Hare produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons is released. It marks the second appearance of Marvin the Martian now with his iconic nasally voice.June 14: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Little Runaway is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.June 21: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Ain't She Tweet premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Granny & Hector the Bulldog.July
July 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Cracked Quack premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This was Freleng's last short to star Porky.July 26:- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Fit to Be Tied is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.
- * Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Oily Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
August
August 9: Robert McKimson's Sylvester and Hippety Hopper cartoon Hoppy-Go-Lucky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 23: Chuck Jones' third Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Going! Going! Gosh! produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons is released.August 30: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon A Bird in a Guilty Cage premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.September
September 6: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Push-Button Kitty is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. This was the final short in the franchise to feature the controversial character Mammy Two Shoes.September 20: Chuck Jones' Rabbit Seasoning is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons; starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd. It is the second short in The Hunting Trilogy.October
October 4: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Tree for Two premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short marks the debut of Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier.October 10: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Trick or Treat premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Company. It features the debut of Witch Hazel who would become a recurring character in Disney comics.October 18: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Cruise Cat is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.October 31: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Two Weeks Vacation, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.November
November 15: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny short Rabbit's Kin premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of Pete Puma.November 29: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Dog House is first released, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.December
December 13: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon Fool Coverage premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 20: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Hare Lift premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Specific date unknown
- Lev Atamanov's film The Scarlet Flower is first released.
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya's The Snow Maiden is first released.
- Colin Low's The Romance of Transportation in Canada is first released.
- Norman McLaren's Neighbours premieres.
Films released
- September - The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
- December 22 - The Visions of Tay-Pi
- December 31:
- * The Scarlet Flower
- * ''The Snow Maiden''
Births
January
January 19: Beau Weaver, American voice actor.January 20: Dave Fennoy, American actor.January 28: Bruce Helford, American television writer and producer.January 30: Steve Bartek, American guitarist, composer, orchestrator and music producer.February
February 2: Ryuji Mizuno, Japanese voice actor,.February 5: Yoshinori Kanada, Japanese animator,.February 16: James Ingram, American singer and actor,.February 17: Garry Chalk, English-born Canadian actor.February 18: Salene Weatherwax, American animator, character designer and prop designer.February 23: Brad Whitford, American musician and member of Aerosmith.February 24: Steve Rudnick, American writer and producer.February 28: William Finn, American composer and lyricist,.Specific date unknown: Marcelo Tubert, Argentine actor.March
March 1: Janice Burgess, American television writer, producer and executive,.March 2:- * Laraine Newman, American actress, writer and comedian.
- * Mark Evanier, American television writer.March 19: Harvey Weinstein, American convicted sex offender and former film producer.
April
April 5: Mitch Pileggi, American actor.April 6: Marilu Henner, American actress.April 9: Peter Kwong, American actor,.April 12: Francis Glebas, American keynote speaker, writer, film director, storyboard artist, and teacher.April 15:- * Glenn Shadix, American actor,.
- * Sam McMurray, American actor.April 16: Billy West, American voice actor.April 17: Joe Alaskey, American actor,.April 19: Tony Plana, Cuban actor.April 20: Mark Schiff, American actor and comedian.April 27: Hilary Bader, American television writer,.April 29: Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian.
May
May 2: Christine Baranski, American actress.May 6: Fred Newman, American actor.May 8: Kent Holaday, American animator and lip sync artist,.May 11: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress.May 12: Christopher Gaze, English actor.May 14: Robert Zemeckis, American filmmaker.May 15: Chazz Palminteri, American actor.May 18: Diane Duane, American author, and writer.May 21: Mr. T, American actor and professional wrestler.May 25: Ramon Pipin, French singer, songwriter and composer.May 28:- * Denis Akiyama, Japanese-Canadian voice actor,.
- * Tad Stones, American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer and director.May 31: David Anthony Kraft, American comics writer, critic, publisher and animation screenwriter,.
June
June 4: Kerry Shale, Canadian actor.June 6: Harvey Fierstein, American actor, playwright and screenwriter.June 7: Liam Neeson, Irish actor.June 18:- * Miriam Flynn, American actress.
- * Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, author, philanthropist and model.
- * Carol Kane, American actress.June 20: John Goodman, American actor.June 22:
- * Barry Anthony Trop, American composer,.
- * Graham Greene, Canadian actor,.June 30: Patrick Pinney, American voice actor.
July
July 1:- * Brian George, English actor.
- * Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian and musician.July 4: Ray Pointer, American animation historian, animator, sheet timer and director.July 8: Doug Molitor, American television writer.July 9: John Tesh, American pianist, composer and actor.July 12: Stephen R. Johnson, American animator, painter, television director and music video director,.July 15: Marky Ramone, American drummer and member of the Ramones.July 17: David Hasselhoff, American actor and singer.July 20: David Anderson, English animator,.July 21: George Wallace, American comedian and actor.
August
August 12: Keith Dinicol, Canadian actor,.August 16: Reginald VelJohnson, American actor.August 18: Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer and singer,.August 19: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director.August 20: Dan Haskett, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and art director.August 21: Kumiko Takizawa, Japanese voice actress,.August 24: Vaneese Thomas, American R&B, jazz and soul blues singer.August 26:- * Michael Jeter, American actor,.
- * Franco Zucca, Italian voice actor,.August 27: Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian,.
September
September 1:- * Phil Hendrie, American radio personality and voice actor.
- * Michael Massee, American actor,.September 5: Michael Horton, American actor.September 8: Takaya Hashi, Japanese voice actor,.September 10: Gerry Conway, American comic book and television writer.September 25: Christopher Reeve, American actor, director, and Activist,.September 27: Deanna Oliver, American television writer and actress.September 28: George Scribner, American animator.September 29: Gábor Csupó, Hungarian-American animator, writer, director, producer and graphic designer.
October
October 16: Ron Taylor, American actor, singer and writer,.October 18: Chuck Lorre, American actor, composer, television producer and writer.October 21: Matt Landers, American actor,.October 22: Jeff Goldblum, American actor and musician.October 23: Diane D'Aquila, Canadian-American actress.October 24: Ted Mann, American screenwriter,.October 28: Annie Potts, American actress.November
November 2: Andy Paley, American songwriter, composer, and record producer,.November 3:- * Jim Cummings, American voice actor.
- * Roseanne Barr, American actress, comedian, writer and producer.November 5:
- * Laslo Nosek, Hungarian animator, storyboard artist, character designer, art director, production designer, writer and producer.
- * Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster,.November 8: Alfre Woodard, American actress.November 14:
- * Bill Farmer, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist.
- * Maggie Roswell, American actress, comedian, writer and producer.November 15: Randy Savage, American professional wrestler and actor,.November 16:
- * Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer, director, and producer.
- * Peter Keefe, American television producer and co-founder of Zodiac Entertainment,.November 20: Steven Wilzbach, American animator, camera operator, cinematographer and producer,.November 30:
- * Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer.
- * Henry Selick, American film director, producer, and writer.
- * Keith Giffen, American comic book artist, television writer and storyboard artist,.
December
December 2: Keith Szarabajka, American actor.December 9: Michael Dorn, American voice actor.December 12: Sarah Douglas, English actress.December 19:- * Linda Woolverton, American screenwriter.
- * Walter Murphy, American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, music producer and orchestrator.December 25: CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress.December 29: Efron Etkin, Israeli actor,.
Specific date unknown
- John P. McCann, American television producer and writer, and voice actor.
- Ronald A. Weinberg, American-born Canadian former television producer and businessman.
- Bill St. James, American announcer and radio personality.
- Christopher Hinton, Canadian film animator, film director and professor.
- Christy Marx, American scriptwriter.