1938 in animation
This is a list of events in 1938 in animation.
Films released
January
- January 1: Tex Avery's Daffy Duck & Egghead, starring Daffy Duck, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is released. [1]
- January 28: Riding the Rails, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released.[2]
February
- February 7: Bob Clampett's Breakdowns of 1938 is made, an annual blooper reel made exclusively for Warner Brothers' personnel and not released in theaters. The film is notable for a scene where Porky Pig says: "Son of a bitch!". [3]
- February 11: Jack King's Self Control, starring Donald Duck, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [4]
- February 19: Friz Freleng's Jungle Jitters, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [5]
- February 25:
- Be Up to Date, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [6]
- Ben Sharpsteen's Boat Builders, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. [7]
- February 26: Chuck Jones' What Price Porky starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is released. [8]
March
- March 10: Jack King's Donald's Better Self, starring Donald Duck, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. [9]
- 10th Academy Awards:
- Walt Disney's The Old Mill wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [10]
- 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 8 special Academy Awards. [11]
- 10th Academy Awards:
- March 25: Honest Love and True, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [12]
April
- April 1: Burt Gillett's Moth and the Flame, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. [13]
- April 15: Jack King's Donald's Nephews, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is 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. [14] [15]
- April 16: Bob Clampett's Porky's Five & Ten starring Porky Pig is first released. [16]
- April 22: Out of the Inkwell, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [17]
- April 23: Tex Avery's The Penguin Parade, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [18]
- April 30: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Porky's Hare Hunt is first released, starring Porky Pig. Porky is hunting a rabbit, who is a prototypical version of Bugs Bunny. Since Ben Bugs Hardaway designed him, the character will later be named Bugs' Bunny. [19]
May
- May 6: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Trailer, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [20]
- May 14: Frank Tashlin's Now That Summer is Gone, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [21]
- May 27:
- The Swing School, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [22]
- Graham Heid's Wynken, Blynken and Nod, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. [23]
- May 28: Friz Freleng's The Isle of Pingo Pongo, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [24]
June
- June 11: Cal Howard and Cal Dalton's Katnip Kollege, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [25]
- June 17: Ben Sharpsteen's Polar Trappers, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [26]
- June 24: Pudgy and the Lost Kitten, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [27]
- June 25:
- Frank Tashlin's Have You Got Any Castles?, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [28]
- Bob Clampett's Porky's Party, starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [29]
July
- July 8: Jack King's Good Scouts, starring Donald Duck, Huey, Louie and Dewey, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [30]
- July 9: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Love and Curses, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [31]
- July 23: Tex Avery's Cinderella Meets Fella, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [32]
- July 25: Frank Tashlin's Porky's Spring Planting, starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [33]
- July 29:
- Buzzy Boop, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [34]
- Ben Sharpsteen's The Fox Hunt, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [35]
August
- August 6: Bob Clampett's Porky & Daffy, starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [36]
- August 12: Pudgy the Watchman, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [37]
- August 13: Frank Tashlin's The Major Lied 'Til Dawn, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [38]
- August 19: David Hand and Dick Huemer's The Whalers, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [39]
- August 26: All's Fair at the Fair, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [40]
- August 27:
- Cal Dalton and Cal Howard's A-Lad-In Bagdad, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [41]
- Frank Tashlin's Wholly Smoke, starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [42]
September
- September 9: Bill Roberts' Mickey's Parrot, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [43]
- September 10: Frank Tashlin's Cracked Ice, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [44]
- September 16: Buzzy Boop at the Concert, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [45]
- September 23: Bill Roberts' Brave Little Tailor , starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [46]
- September 24:
- Tex Avery's A Feud There Was starring Egghead, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [47]
- Bob Clampett's Porky in Wackyland starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. It marks the debut of the Do-Do Bird. The cartoon is notable for being the most surreal Warner Bros. cartoon up to that moment. [48] [49]
October
- October 8: Bob McKimson's Little Pancho Vanilla, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [50]
- October 14:
- Jack Cutting's Farmyard Symphony, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. [51]
- Sally Swing, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [52]
- October 22: Tex Avery's Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas, starring Egghead, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [53]
- October 28: The Playful Polar Bears, produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released. [54]
November
- November 4: Jack King and Jim Handley's Donald's Golf Game, starring Donald Duck, Huey, Louie and Dewey, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [55]
- November 5:
- Bob Clampett's Porky in Egypt, starring Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [56] The cartoon is notable for a scene where a camel loses his mind because of a heat stroke. [57]
- Frank Tashlin's You're an Education, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [58]
- November 18: A Date to Skate, starring Popeye, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is first released. [59]
- November 19: Chuck Jones' The Night Watchman, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [60]
- 25 November 25: Dick Rickard's Ferdinand the Bull, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [61]
- November 26: Bob Clampett's The Daffy Doc, starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [62]
December
- December 2: On with the New, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [63]
- December 9: Rudolf Ising and Vernon Stallings' Merbabies, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. [64]
- December 12: Tex Avery's Daffy Duck in Hollywood, starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. [65] The cartoon is notable for various scenes which combine animation with live-action, including a scene where Daffy talks with producer Leon Schlesinger.
- December 17: Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton's Count Me Out (1938 starring Egghead, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.
- December 23:
- Wilfred Jackson's Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released. A cartoon featuring caricatures of Hollywood actors. [66]
- Thrills and Chills, starring Betty Boop, produced by the Fleischer Studios, is released. [67]
Specific date unknown
- The manga Norakuro is adapted into an anime film, directed by Mitsuyo Seo. [68]
Deaths
January
- January 20:
- Émile Cohl, French comics artist, caricaturist and animated film director (Fantasmagorie), dies at age 81. [69]
- Georges Méliès, French film director, actor, special effects maker and animator (A Trip to the Moon), passes away at age 76. [70][71]
October
- October 13: E.C. Segar, American comics artist (creator of Popeye), dies at age 44.[72]
November
- November 11: Fred Spencer, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 34 in a road accident.[73]
References
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/3708-Daffy-Duck-And-Egghead
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1553-Riding-The-Rails
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/clampett_bob.htm
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/3862-Self-Control
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/467-Jungle-Jitters
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/4343-Be-Up-To-Date
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/3995-Boat-Builders
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/5285-What-Price-Porky
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/4208-Donalds-Better-Self
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1563-Honest-Love-And-True
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4002-Moth-And-The-Flame
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/taliaferro.htm
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4054-Donalds-Nephews
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/322-Porkys-Five-Ten
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1523-Out-Of-The-Inkwell
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/97-Penguin-Parade
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/320-Porkys-Hare-Hunt
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3993-Mickeys-Trailer
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/382-Now-That-Summer-Is-Gone
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1711-Swing-School
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/6429-Wynken-Blynken-And-Nod
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/118-Isle-Of-Pingo-Pongo
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/468-Katnip-Kollege
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3960-Polar-Trappers
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1710-Pudgy-And-The-Lost-Kitten
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/549-Have-You-Got-Any-Castles
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/310-Porkys-Party
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4022-Good-Scouts
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/434-Love-And-Curses
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3732-Cinderella-Meets-Fella
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/297-Porkys-Spring-Planting
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1781-Buzzy-Boop
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3848-Fox-Hunt
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/345-Porky-Daffy
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1654-Pudgy-The-Watchman
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/109-Major-Lied-Til-Dawn
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3982-Whalers
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1646-Alls-Fair-At-The-Fair
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/4406-Lad-In-Bagdad
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5295-Wholly-Smoke
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3987-Mickeys-Parrot
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3719-Cracked-Ice
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1755-Buzzy-Boop-At-The-Concert
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3983-Brave-Little-Tailor
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4491-Feud-There-Was
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/339-Porky-In-Wackyland
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/clampett_bob.htm
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/441-Little_Pancho_Vanilla.html
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5324-Farmyard-Symphony
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4397-Sally-Swing
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/470-Johnny-Smith-And-Poker-Huntas
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1524-Playful-Polar-Bears
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4092-Donalds-Golf-Game
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/338-Porky-In-Egypt
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/clampett_bob.htm
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5316-Youre-An-Education
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4365-Date-To-Skate
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/102-Night-Watchman
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/6314-Ferdinand-The-Bull
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/160-Daffy-Doc
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/1546-On-With-The-New
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/4200-Merbabies
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3705-Daffy-Duck-In-Hollywood
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4185-Mother-Goose-Goes-Hollywood
- https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1703-Thrills-And-Chills
- http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1938/bn005090.htm
- "Émile Cohl". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- "French Movie Pioneer Dies". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN. January 23, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Georges Melies. French Motion Picture Producer a Pioneer in Industry". New York Times. 23 January 1938. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- "Elzie Crisler Segar". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- "Fred Spencer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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