1943 in animation
This is a list of events in 1943 in animation.
Events
January
- January 1: Jack Kinney's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon Der Fuehrer's Face, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. [1]
- January 4: Walt Disney's war-time propaganda cartoon The Grain That Built a Hemisphere premiers. [2]
- January 7: Jack King's war-time propaganda cartoon The Spirit of '43 premiers, produced by the Walt Disney company, in which Donald Duck promotes paying income taxes to help the war effort. [3]
- January 15: Clyde Geronimi's war-time propaganda cartoon Education for Death, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. [4]
- January 16:
- Bob Clampett's Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is first released. [5]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Sufferin' Cats! premiers, produced by MGM, in which the alley cat Meathead makes his debut. [6]
- January 22: The war-time propaganda Popeye cartoon Spinach Fer Britain, directed by Isadore Sparber, produced by Famous Studios, premiers, in which Popeye fights Nazi marines. [7]
- January 23: Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon Confusions of a Nutzy Spy, a war-time propaganda cartoon, is first released. [8]
- January 29: Dick Lundy's Donald Duck short Donald's Tire Trouble premiers. While not directly referencing World War II it does mention rationing. [9]
February
- February 2: Friz Freleng's Pigs in a Polka is first seen in theaters. [10][11]
- February 19: The war-time propaganda Popeye cartoon Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premiers, in which Popeye and Bluto fight Japanese spies. Hirohito, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring have cameos too. [12]
- February 20: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny cartoon Tortoise Wins by a Hare is first released. [13]
March
- March 4: 15th Academy Awards: Der Fuehrer's Face, produced by the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [14]
- March 6:
- Friz Freleng's The Fifth-Column Mouse is first released, a war-time propaganda cartoon. [15]
- Chuck Jones' To Duck or Not to Duck premiers, which stars Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck eventually fighting it out in a boxing ring. [16]
- March 20: Tex Avery's Dumb-Hounded is first released, marking the debut of Droopy. [17]
- March 25: The Japanese war-time propaganda short Momotarō no Umiwashi is released. [18][18][19][20][21]
- March 26: The Superman war-time propaganda short, Jungle Drums, produced by Famous Studios, has Superman fighting Nazis, with a caricature cameo of Adolf Hitler appearing at the end. [22]
April
- April 2: Clyde Geronimi's Pluto cartoon Private Pluto, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. It marks the debut of Chip 'n' Dale. [23]
- April 3: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Super-Rabbit premiers. [24]
- April 15: Kenzo Masaoka's Kumo to Tulip is first released. [25]
- April 23: Jack King's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon Fall Out Fall In, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. [26]
May
- May 1: Bob Clampett's Daffy Duck short The Wise Quacking Duck premiers. [27]
- May 8: Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood premiers, produced by MGM, in which his recurring Wolf and Red make their debuts.[28]
- May 15: Norman McCabe's war-time propaganda cartoon Tokio Jokio premiers. [29]
June
- June 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Yankee Doodle Daffy is first released. [30]
- June 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoon Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk premiers. [31]
- June 19: Tex Avery's Who Killed Who? premiers. [32]
- June 26: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Yankee Doodle Mouse premiers, produced by MGM. While not directly referencing World War II, much of their fight mirrors a military battle, making it a war-time propaganda short. [33]
- June 28: Warner Bros. Cartoons starts producing the Private Snafu wartime propaganda military instruction cartoons, of which the first entry in the series is Coming!! Snafu. [34]
July
- July 3: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Wackiki Wabbit is first released. [35]
- July 17:
- Frank Tashlin's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Porky Pig's Feat is first released. [36]
- Bob Clampett's Tin Pan Alley Cats is first released. [37]
- Victory Through Air Power, a combination of live-action and animation war-time propaganda film, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is released. It also marks more focus by Disney on producing educational animated films. [38]
August
- August 21: Frank Tashlin's war-time propaganda Daffy Duck cartoon Scrap Happy Daffy premiers. [39]
- August 27: The war-time propaganda short Reason and Emotion, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. [40]
September
- September 18: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny short A Corny Concerto is first released. [41]
October
- October 9: Hanna-Barbera's war-time propaganda short War Dogs, produced by MGM, premiers. [42]
- October 30: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny cartoon Falling Hare premiers, in which Bugs fights a Gremlin.[43]
November
- November 5: Jack King's war-time propaganda Donald Duck cartoon The Old Army Game premiers, produced by the Walt Disney Company. [44]
- November 20: Friz Freleng's war-time propaganda cartoon Daffy - The Commando is first released, in which Daffy Duck outsmarts a Nazi officer and memorably hits Adolf Hitler over the head with a mallet near the end. [45]
- November 26: The Donald Duck war-time propaganda short Home Defense, directed by Jack King and produced by the Walt Disney Company premiers. [46]
- November 27: Tex Avery's What's Buzzin' Buzzard premiers. [47]
December
- December 17: Clyde Geronimi's Chicken Little, produced by the Walt Disney Company is first released. [48]
- December 25: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Baby Puss premiers, produced by MGM, in which Butch and Topsy make their debuts.[49]
Films released
Births
July
- July 11: Suzan Pitt, American animator (Asparagus) (died in 2019). [50]
- July 31: Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator (Walking, Street Musique) (died in 2007). [51]
November
- November 14: Michèle Cournoyer, Canadian animator [52]
December
- December 23: Harry Shearer, American voice actor (Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Reverend Lovejoy, Seymour Skinner, Kent Brockman in The Simpsons). [53]
References
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Der Fuehrer's Face (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Grain That Built A Hemisphere (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Spirit Of '43 (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Education For Death (Walt Disney Studios.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Sufferin' Cats! (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Spinach Fer Britain (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Confusions Of A Nutzy Spy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Donald's Tire Trouble (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Samerdyke, Michael (Aug 28, 2014). "Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng". Lulu Press, Inc. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Pigs In A Polka (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tortoise Wins By A Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Fifth-Column Mouse (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "To Duck ....Or Not To Duck (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Dumb-Hounded (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Sasaki, Sheena (June 2014). "Education Before Schooling: Picture Books, Stories, and Nationalism". Japan Sociology. 45 (2). doi:10.1007/s10583-013-9209-4. ISSN 0045-6713.
- ^ Aonuma, Satoru (2014-10-02). "Momotaro as Proletarian: A Study of Revolutionary Symbolism in Japan". Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 11 (4): 382–400. doi:10.1080/14791420.2014.959452. ISSN 1479-1420.
- ^ Hori, Hikari. (2018). Promiscuous Media : Film and Visual Culture in Imperial Japan, 1926-1945. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501709524. OCLC 1020031890.
- ^ Desser, David (March 1995). "From the Opium War to the Pacific War: Japanese Propaganda Films of World War II". Film History. 7: 32–48.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Jungle Drums (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Private Pluto (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Super-Rabbit (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Casting de Kumo to chûrippu (1943) - SensCritique". www.senscritique.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Fall Out, Fall In (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Wise Quacking Duck (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tokio Jokio (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Yankee Doodle Daffy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Who Killed Who? (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Yankee Doodle Mouse (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Private Snafu Theatrical Series -Warner Bros. @ BCDB". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Wackiki Wabbit (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Porky Pig's Feat (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tin Pan Alley Cats (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Victory through Air Power". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Scrap Happy Daffy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Reason And Emotion (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "A Corny Concerto (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "War Dogs (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Falling Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Old Army Game (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Daffy-The Commando (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Home Defense (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "What's Buzzin' Buzzard? (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Chicken Little (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Baby Puss (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (Jun 21, 2019). "Suzan Pitt, 75, Wildly Inventive Animation Filmmaker, Dies". Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Amidi, Amid (Feb 16, 2007). "Ryan Larkin (1943-2007)". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Les Prix du Québec - la récipiendaire Michèle Cournoyer". www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Round, Simon (October 10, 2008). "Interview: Harry Shearer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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