1887 in animation
Events in 1887 in animation.
Events
[edit]- July 9: Publication of Animal Locomotion, a chronophotographic series by Eadweard Muybridge. It comprised 781 collotype plates, each containing up to 36 pictures of the different phases of a specific motion of one subject (over 20,000 images in total).[1] The series is a result of Muybridge's interest in motion studies and his work on the zoopraxiscope. [2] Historians and theoreticians have proposed that Muybridge's work on animal locomotion influenced a number of other artists, photographers and filmmakers, including Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Eakins, Walt Disney, among others.[3][4][5][6]
- Specific date unknown: Étienne-Jules Marey created a large zoetrope with a series of plaster models based on his chronophotographs of birds in flight.[7]
Births
[edit]January
[edit]- January 16: Ralph Ince, American cartoonist, animator, actor, film director and screenwriter (worked as an animator under Winsor McCay), (d. 1937).[8][9][10]
February
[edit]- February 19: Paul Terry, American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and film producer (Terrytoons, Farmer Alfalfa, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg), (d. 1971).[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
June
[edit]- June 6: Charles Bowers, American comedian, animator and cartoonist (Barré Studio, Walter Lantz), (d. 1946).[19][20]
August
[edit]- August 6: Oliver Wallace, English-American composer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1963).[21][22][23][24]
November
[edit]- November 23: Boris Karloff, British actor (narrator and voice of the title character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Baron Boris von Frankenstein in Mad Monster Party?), (d. 1969).[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
December
[edit]- December 23: Eric Blore, English actor and comedian (voice of Mr. Toad in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), (d. 1959).[35][citation needed]
- December 28: Walter Ruttmann, German film director and cinematographer (pioneer of abstract animation, directed the animated short film Lichtspiel: Opus I, the "oldest fully abstract motion picture known to survive, using only animated geometric forms, arranged and shown without reference to any representational imagery"; served as a special effects artist in the animated feature film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, making the film's moving backgrounds and magic scenes), (d. 1941).[36][37][38][39]
References
[edit]- ^ Muybridge, Eadweard (1887). Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements: prospectus and catalogue of plates. Philadelphia: Printed by J.B. Lippincott company.
- ^ "Eadweard Muybridge: Animal Locomotion". Huxley-Parlor Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Campany, David. "Moving with the times: Eadweard Muybridge I". Tate Museum. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Legacy". Muybridge the Movie. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Infamy and Influence". Cleveland Institute of Art. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Eadweard Muybridge". Kingston Heritage Service. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Herbert, Stephen. (n.d.) From Daedaleum to Zoetrope, Part 2. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- ^ Abel, Richard (August 2004). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203482049.
- ^ Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1921, p. 267 – Ancestry.com
- ^ "Ralph Ince Killed In Crash In London". The New York Times. April 12, 1937. p. 1.
- ^ "PAUL H. TERRY, 84, DREW TERRYTOONS - The New York Times". The New York Times. 2023-10-22. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). "Here I Come to Save the Day!: The Mouse that Saved a Cartoon Studio, 1942-1945". Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory. John Libbey Publishing Ltd. pp. 207–223. ISBN 978-0861967292.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 210. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals. Prentice Hall Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-13-275561-0. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 73. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paul Terry". Lambiek.net. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ Markstein, Donald D. "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Heckle and Jeckle". Toonopedia.com. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ Null, Henry (1965-06-19). "Paul Terry, Now 78, Finds Plenty To Do: Cartoon Pioneer Retired...Not Bored".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 37-39. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Charles Bowers, Pioneer in Animated Cartoons, Dead". The Buffalo News. November 27, 1946. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. September 17, 1963. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "The Week's Best Releases". Billboard. September 26, 1942. p. 66. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
- ^ Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 3, ed. Benjamin F. Shearer (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007), p. 836
- ^ Thomas S. Hischak, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), pp. 691–693,
- ^ "Boris Karloff in Hospital". The New York Times. 20 February 1968.
- ^ "Karloff Out of Hospital". The New York Times. United Press International. 25 February 1968.
- ^ "Role Changed His Life. Boris Karloff, Master Horror-Film Actor, Dies". The New York Times. 4 February 1969.
- ^ Biography Archived 1 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Past Winners Search for "grinch"". Grammy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Brundage, David (December 24, 2016). "Tony the Tiger, not Frankenstein, sang 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch'". The Washington Post. ProQuest 1851977422. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Humphrey, Hal (December 12, 1966). "Seuss Menagerie to Star on Sunday". The Los Angeles Times. p. 92. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ In the Making of: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1994). TNT
- ^ Jacobs, pp. 374-475
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 189–190. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Eric Blore, Perfect Film Butler Dies", The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 2 March 1959, p. 2
- ^ Ruttmann.
- ^ Betancourt, Michael. "Walther Ruttmann's Lichtspiel Films". Cinegraphic. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
from: An Excerpt from 'The History of Motion Graphics'
- ^ Reiniger, Lotte (1970). Shadow Theatres, Shadow Films. London: BT Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-2286-3.
- ^ "Lotte Reiniger's Introduction to The Adventures of Prince Achmed" (PDF). Milestone Films. 2001. pp. 9–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
Sources
[edit]- Jacobs, Stephen (2011). Boris Karloff: More Than A Monster. Tomahawk Press. ISBN 978-0955767043.