1939 in animation
Appearance
This is a list of events related to film and television animation of 1939.
Events
- The last Betty Boop film, Yip Yip Yippy, was released on August 11 (though she does not appear in the cartoon)
Deaths
- French illustrator, comic book artist and animator Benjamin Rabier
- Swedish animator Victor Bergdahl, creator of the animated character Captain Grogg[1]
Films released
Feature films
- December 22: Gulliver's Travels (1939 film), the second American feature-length animated film[2]
Short films
- Swinging the Lambeth Walk, directed by Len Lye
- January 27: My Friend the Monkey
- March 31: So Does an Automobile
- April 22: Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
- May 12: Musical Mountaineers
- June 9: The Scared Crows
- June 10: The Bear That Couldn't Sleep, debut appearance of Barney Bear.
- July 7: Rhythm on the Reservation, last theatrical Betty Boop cartoon.
- July 21: The Pointer, a short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, is released in theaters by RKO Radio Pictures
- August 11: Yip Yip Yippy
- September 9: Life Begins for Andy Panda, produced by Walter Lantz and released by Universal Pictures, marking the film debut of the cartoon character Andy Panda
Television series
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Notes
References
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (1994). Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation. Translated by Anna Taraboletti-Segre. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20937-4.