1940 in animation

This is a list of events related to film and television animation of 1940.

Years in animation: 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943

Events

January

February

March

May

June

July

  • July 27: Tex Avery's A Wild Hare premiers, which marks the official debut of both Bugs Bunny as well as Elmer Fudd. It's also the first time Bugs asks: "What's up, Doc?" and Elmer asks people to be quiet, because he's hunting "wabbits".[9][10]

August

September

November

December

Specific date unknown

Deaths

January

July

  • July 2: Guido Seeber, German film director, cinematographer and animator (Prosit Neujahr 1910!, the first German animated film), dies at age 61.[27]

September

Notes

  1. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Early Worm Gets The Bird (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. Adams, T. R. (1991). Tom and Jerry: Fifty Years of Cat and Mouse. New York, New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-05688-7.
  3. Nugent, Frank S. (February 8, 1940). "Movie Review - Pinocchio - The Screen in Review; 'Pinocchio,' Walt Disney's Long-Awaited Successor to 'Snow White,' Has Its Premiere at the Center Theatre-Other New Films". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  4. "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  5. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Elmer's Candid Camera (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  6. Hotes, Catherine Munroe. "Wagorō Arai: His World of Silhouette Animation". Nishikata Film Review.
  7. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Mr. Duck Steps Out (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Milky Way (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  9. Barrier, Michael (2003), Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0
  10. Adamson, Joe (1990). Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-1190-6
  11. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Donald's Vacation (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  12. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Window Cleaners (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  13. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  14. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Sour Puss (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  15. "Fantasia: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  16. Stefan Kanfer (2000). Serious business: the art and commerce of animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy story. Da Capo Press. pp. 113. ISBN 0-306-80918-4.
  17. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Of Fox And Hounds (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  18. "Tex Avery". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  19. "Biographies". Halas&Batchelor Collection. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  20. "History". Halas&Batchelor Collection. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  21. Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.48
  22. "Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent Films and Shorts Selected for 2010 National Film Registry". Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  23. Morgan, Chris (2015). The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Twelve Classic Episodes and the Movies They Lampoon. McFarland. pp. 157–8.
  24. Bendazzi, p. 66
  25. Bendazzi, p. 79
  26. "Harry Hemsley". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  27. Herbst, Helmut. Drei Bildbeschreibungen und eine Liste. Der Filmpionier Guido Seeber. pp. 15–41 in C. Müller und H. Segeberg (ed.) Die Modellierung des Kinofilms. Munich, 1998.
  28. More Magnificent Mountain Movies. W. Lee Cozad. ISBN 9780972337236. Retrieved May 18, 2020 via Google Books.
  29. <https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hurd_earl.htm

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