1935 in animation
This is a list of events in 1935 in animation.
Events
January
- January 5: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
February
- February 23: Wilfred Jackson's The Band Concert, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers. It stars Mickey Mouse performing an orchestra in the park, while Donald Duck and later a tornado cause mayhem. The short is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon animated entirely in colour.
- February 27: 7th Academy Awards: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
March
- March 2: Friz Freleng's I Haven't Got a Hat, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, premiers and marks the debut of Porky Pig and Beans the Cat.
- March 16: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Service Station, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peg-Leg Pete and Goofy, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
- March 25: Alexander Ptushko's The New Gulliver premiers, a stop-motion adaptation of Gulliver's Travels.
May
- May 25: Ben Sharpsteen's The Cookie Carnival, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
June
- June 26: David Hand's Who Killed Cock Robin?, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
July
- July 13: Wilfred Jackson's Mickey's Garden, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
August
- August 3: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Fire Brigade, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
- August 10- September 1: 3rd Venice International Film Festival: The Disney cartoon The Band Concert, directed by Wilfred Jackson, is awarded a special Golden Medal and also receives an award for Best Animation.
- August 16: Betty Boop and Grampy, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premiers. In this cartoon Betty Boop visits Grampy, who makes his debut.
- August 31: David Hand's Pluto's Judgement Day, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers. Although an official Mickey Mouse cartoon, the plot revolves around Pluto being tortured by hellish cats in a nightmare.
September
- September 6: Len Lye's experimental animated film A Colour Box premiers, produced by GPO Film Unit.
- September 14: Jack King's A Cartoonist's Nightmare, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. This self-reflexive animated cartoon features an animator being tormented by his creations in a nightmare.
- September 28: Ben Sharpsteen's On Ice, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
- September 30: Ub Iwerks' Balloon Land premiers. In this cartoon an evil pincushion man tries to kill anthropomorphic balloons.
October
- October 5: Wilfred Jackson's Music Land, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers. In this short the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz fight a battle.
- October 26: David Hand's Three Orphan Kittens, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
November
- November 2: Tex Avery's Gold Diggers of '49, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, premiers. It's Avery's directional debut for Warners. It marks the start of a wackier style of comedy at Warners' animation studio.
- November 16: Friz Freleng's Billboard Frolics, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, features the first use of the song Merrily We Roll Along, which will later become their theme music.
- November 22: Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, features an animated adaptation of Carl Anderson's comic series Henry.
- November 30: Ben Sharpsteen's Cock o' the Walk, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
December
- December 14: Ben Sharpsteen's Broken Toys, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.
Specific date unknown
- The Camel's Dance is released, directed by the Wan Brothers. It's the first sound cartoon produced in China.
Films released
Births
January
- January 27: Vladimir Zuykov, Russian animator and illustrator, (Film, Film, Film, Winnie-the-Pooh, About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Their Hen Ryaba), (d. 2021 from COVID-19).
February
- February 16:
- Brian Bedford, British actor (voice of Robin Hood in Robin Hood), (d. 2016).
- Sándor Reisenbüchler, Hungarian animated film director, animator and graphic artist, (d. 2004).
April
- April 4: Kenneth Mars, American actor (voice of King Triton in The Little Mermaid, Tuskernini on Darkwing Duck, Professor Screweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Grandpa Longneck in The Land Before Time Franchise), (d. 2011).
- April 18: Jerry Dexter, American actor (voice of Alan in Josie and the Pussycats Ted in Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Aqualad in Aquaman, Sunfire in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends ), (d. 2013).
- April 29: Lennie Weinrib, American voice actor (original voice of Scrappy-Doo, the lion monarch and secretary bird in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Hunk in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Bigmouth in The Smurfs), (d. 2006).
May
- May 3: Ron Popeil, American inventor (voiced himself in the Futurama episode A Big Piece of Garbage), (d. 2021).
- May 8: Prescott Wright, American film distributor and animation producer (founder of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, produced the International Tournée of Animation, creative staffing specialist of Disney's Feature Division), (d. 2006).
June
- June 15: Doug Crane, American comics artist and animator (Terrytoons, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, worked on Spider-Man, Heavy Metal, Beavis and Butt-Head), (d. 2020).
- June 22: Floyd Norman, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
July
- July 22: Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer and actor (wrote Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, voice of Gorilla Grodd, Brainiac, in the Super Friends, Franchise), (d. 2000).
- July 29: Joan Gerber, American voice actress (voiced Mrs.Beakley on DuckTales), (d. 2011).
- July 30: Nick Meglin, American comics writer, theatre lyricist and animation scriptwriter (wrote Batfink, The Pink Panther cartoons), (d. 2018).
September
- September 14: Henry Gibson, American actor (voice of Wilbur in Charlotte's Web, Eleroo in The Wuzzles, Dr. Applecheek in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Lord Pain in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), (d. 2009).
- September 18: Roman Arámbula, Mexican comics artist, animator and lay-out artist (Hanna-Barbera, worked on Pinky and the Brain), (d. 2020).
October
- October 1: Julie Andrews, English actress and singer (Mary Poppins, voice of Queen Lillian in The Shrek Sequels, Marlena in The Despicable Me, Franchise).
- October 20: Jerry Orbach, American actor (voice of Lumière in Beauty and the Beast), (d. 2004).
- October 29: Isao Takahata, Japanese animator, film director and producer (director of Grave of the Fireflies , The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), (d. 2018).
- October 31: Thomas Warkentin, American comics artist, comics writer and animator (Filmation, Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2003).
November
- November 7: Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator and director (co-creator of Pat & Mat), (d. 1995).
December
- December 11: Beverly Hope Atkinson, American voice actress (voice of Carol in Heavy Traffic), (d. 2001).
- December 30: Jack Riley, American actor (voice of Stu Pickles on Rugrats), (d. 2016).
Specific date unknown
- Fernando Krahn, Chilean artist, comics artist, illustrator and animator (El Crimen Perfecto), (d. 2010).
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