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1934 In Animation
Events in 1934 in animation. Films released *1 January – ''Chicken Reel'' (United States) *5 January: **'' The Autograph Hunter'' (United States) **''Buddy the Gob'' (United States) **''She Wronged Him Right'' (United States) *12 January: **''Holland Days'' (United States) **''Scrappy's Art Gallery'' (United States) *13 January – ''The China Shop'' (United States) *15 January – '' The Candy House'' (United States) *19 January – ''Sock-a-Bye, Baby'' (United States) *26 January - ''The Three Bears'' (United States) *27 January – '' Pettin' in the Park'' (United States) *29 January – ''Scrappy's Television'' (United States) *2 February – '' Red Hot Mamma'' (United States) *5 February: **'' Southern Exposure'' (United States) **'' The County Fair'' (United States) *9 February - ''Rip Van Winkle'' (United States) *10 February – '' The Grasshopper and the Ants'' (United States) *16 February: **'' Let's You and Him Fight'' (United States) **''Tom Thumb'' (United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Autograph Hunter
''The Autograph Hunter'' is a 1934 short animated film distributed by Columbia Pictures, featuring the comic strip character Krazy Kat as well as some caricatures of well-known actors of the time. Plot A fancy domed restaurant is open in the city, and famous actors make up most of the patrons. This catches the attention of Krazy who aims to get their autographs. A thin pointy-nosed man comes out of a luxuriant car, and walks toward the restaurant. Krazy comes and asks for his signature of which the man accepts to sign. Krazy wants to collect more autographs but the bouncer would not let him enter the place. To get around the bouncer, Krazy enters the back door of the restaurant. There, he finds Laurel and Hardy working as dishwashers. When Krazy asks for an autograph, Laurel is the one to sign. Krazy then proceeds to the dining area. He meets a mustachioed man who signs by writing three x's with watermelon seeds. He next meets a curly-haired woman who writes "you can be had" on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowery Daze
''Bowery Daze'' is a 1934 short animated film distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film is one of the many animated adaptations featuring Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ... who started out as a comic strip character. Plot Krazy is a bartender of a tavern on the street of Bowery. He serves his patrons by filling their mugs with lager from barrels. When the pianist of the place is done playing, Krazy conducts for an orchestra to play some music. As the music plays, a stage act featuring dancing ladies takes place. The dancing ladies are fronted by none other than Krazy's spaniel girlfriend. Krazy's act is followed by one featuring a bass singer walrus singing a melancholy song. Moments later, while Krazy and the spaniel are at a table chatting, a fat O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop's Trial
''Betty Boop's Trial'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. Plot When handsome motorcycle police officer Freddy pursues Betty, she accidentally breaks the speed limit. Freddy is forced to arrest her and take her to traffic court. Betty pleads her case in song, but the judge and jury are more interested in her body than what she has to say. After the jury finds her not guilty, Betty starts celebrating as do the jury and Freddy having been kissed by Betty. Notes and comments * This short is the second appearance of Fearless Fred, Betty's semi-regular boyfriend, as he had previously appeared in ''She Wronged Him Right'', but they don't seem to know each other in this cartoon. * The last Betty Boop short made before the effects of the Hays Office were felt. One scene has Betty's skirt whirling up, briefly revealing her panty-clad rear end. * A scene briefly showing Freddy in blackface was removed from later colorized prints. * Excerpts of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
''The Hot Choc-late Soldiers'', also stylized as ''The Hot Chocolate Soldiers'', is an American animated short film that was made by Walt Disney Productions for MGM's 1934 film '' Hollywood Party'', which premiered on June 1, 1934. It is prefaced in the film by a scene where Mickey Mouse appears at the party, performs a brief Durante impression, and then sits down at a piano, after which ''The Hot Choc-late Soldiers'' begins to play. Due to stipulations in the contract between Disney and Turner Entertainment, the short was edited out of the film when it was screened on TNT, however Turner was able to negotiate the licenses so that the footage was included in a 1992 VHS release of ''Hollywood Party'' and for subsequent releases. The short contains no vocals other than a song performed by Don Wilson that describes the events of the cartoon. Synopsis A group of confectionery soldiers go to war against a neighboring cookie castle. As the army parade through the city streets, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Of The Apes
''Buddy of the Apes'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, the first supervised by Ben Hardaway. The short was released on May 26, 1934, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary Buddy, dressed in a leopard pelt and wearing his ordinary shoes, steps from his house amid the jungle trees, thumps his chest, and utters a great yell before swinging from tree to tree down to the earth. Cleverly, he washes himself with the water of an elephant's trunk, steps behind the great beast to wring out his raiment, then, when again decent, re-emerges. Buddy steps over to a nearby pond, where he brushes his teeth with a reed thereby growing. We see animals doing similar things: a giraffe rinses its mouth and spits, an alligator cleans its dentures with a porcupine, and a monkey flosses the teeth of a hippopotamus. A mother ape rocks her baby in a cradle (balanced on a ledge), and gives him a coconut as a bottle; when the child looks to be safely asleep, the mother steps a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulliver Mickey
''Gulliver Mickey'' is a black and white short cartoon in the ''Mickey Mouse'' series, produced by Walt Disney and released by United Artists in 1934. It was the 66th Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the fourth of that year. Plot Mickey is first seen reading ''Gulliver's Travels'', the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift, while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. He then joins in their play by hiding under the rug, pretending to be a whale. After poking Mickey with a fork, causing their “ship” to collapse, the children start to cry. Mickey manages to calm them down by retelling the Liliput sequences of ''Gulliver's Travels'', pretending it was a real event that happened to him by portraying the role of Gulliver. The story ends with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider ( Pete). However, after telling the story, one of the children dangles a fake spider attached to a fishing rod, which scares Mickey out of his wits. As soon as Mickey had managed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop's Rise To Fame
''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. Plot In a live action sequence, a reporter interviewing Max Fleischer asks him about Betty Boop. Max obligingly draws Betty "out of the inkwell ''Out of the Inkwell'' is an American major animated series of the silent era produced by Max Fleischer from 1918 to 1929. History The series was the result of three short experimental films that Max Fleischer independently produced from 191 ..." and asks her to perform a couple of numbers. Song and dance numbers from '' Stopping the Show'', '' Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle'', and '' The Old Man of the Mountain'' are used.''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' athe Big Cartoon Database In the end, Betty jumps back into the inkwell, accidentally splashing ink into the reporter's face. References External links * ''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' oYouTube * ''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' oarchive.org * 1934 short films 1934 musical films Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
''Buddy's Trolley Troubles'' is an American animated short film. It is a ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, featuring Buddy, the second star of the series. It was released on May 5, 1934 and is the third cartoon supervised by Friz Freleng. Musical direction was by Norman Spencer. Summary Buddy is a motorman on the urban line: he leaves his home, whistling the tune of the song that he shall sing as he sets out on his run. Creatively employing a piece of his picket fence as a track, he drives his trolley car out of his shed. He stops for a large lady, whom he assists in boarding the car, and starts again before a male passenger can board. The gentleman chases the car, eventually catching up and winning a great deal of money upon dropping five cents. Once Buddy's car has emptied, he picks up Cookie, which he accomplishes by extending the height of his streetcar by an accordion apparatus underneath the vehicle. Of course, the detour obstructs traffic and attracts the unwelcome attention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wise Little Hen
''The Wise Little Hen'' is a 1934 Walt Disney's ''Silly Symphony'' cartoon, based on the fable ''The Little Red Hen''. The cartoon features the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor. Though distributor United Artists gave June 9, 1934 as the cartoon's release date, it was actually first shown on May 3, 1934 at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles for a benefit program, while it was later given its official debut on June 7 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It was animated by Art Babbitt, Dick Huemer, Clyde Geronimi, Louie Schmitt, and Frenchy de Tremaudan (with assistance from a group of junior animators headed by Ben Sharpsteen) and directed by Wilfred Jackson. The story was also adapted in the ''Silly Symphony'' Sunday comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro, which was Donald Duck's first appearance in Disney comics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Those Were Wonderful Days
''Those Were Wonderful Days'' is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released in theaters on April 26, 1934 by Warner Bros. Studios. The film was supervised by Bernard B. Brown. The sound was recorded by him in the uncredited. The characters were animated by Paul Smith and Don Williams. The musical score was by Norman Spencer. Plot Set in 1898, the cartoon offers a nostalgic look at the United States at the turn of the century. It starts with a barbershop quartet, composed of four men with handlebar moustaches who play old-fashioned music on found objects, leading up to the annual Fourth of July celebration at the local fairground, where a hero and villain fight for the heart of a woman. The original “So Long Folks” sequence was thought to have been missing due to a splice between an airing of '' Honeymoon Hotel'' which features that short's closing sequence. The original short, except for the titles, was found on a Nickelodeon ''Looney Tunes'' airing from 1990. However, a restored pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ginger Bread Boy
''The Ginger Bread Boy'' is a 1934 animated short by Walter Lantz Productions and is among the many films of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. The story mentioned in the cartoon is based on "The Gingerbread Man", published in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' in 1875. Plot In a living room, Oswald and the boy beagle are listening to a radio, awaiting a program. Suddenly, they are interrupted by a baby dog from another room who is sucking a thumb very loudly. Not wanting to be bothered by the noise, the boy beagle approaches the small puppy and puts a boxing glove on the latter's hand. The two friends resume their waiting at the radio, only to be disturbed again by the bawling baby dog. The boy beagle then comes back to help the little mutt burp as well as giving a diaper change. While Oswald and the boy beagle are still anticipating at the living room, the baby dog comes to them, craving for chocolate pudding. This time, Oswald stands up and takes the little mutt to the dining room. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Garage
''Buddy's Garage'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, the last to be directed by Earl Duvall. The short was released on April 14, 1934, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary The film opens to the scene of Buddy happily mending a tire. A litter of kittens are nursed by their mother, fish and ducks swim merrily in a tank of free water, and a responsible car washes itself while Buddy the mechanic squirts oil into all of the necessary sockets. A sleeping dog (presumably Towser) is put to good use, as Our Hero attaches one end of an air hose to the dog's mouth, and the other to a tire. Towser's snoring fills the limp tire with air; a bee puts a canker in the plan by popping the tire with its stinger and scaring Towser awake with the noise. The dog eats the bee, but spits it back out on account of the stinger. Buddy, meanwhile, plays "By a Waterfall" on a series of files (as if the files were a xylophone), until Cookie appears with Buddy's lunch. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |