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1935 In Animation
Events in 1935 in animation. Films released * 5 January - ''The Tortoise and the Hare (film), The Tortoise and the Hare'' (United States) * 7 January - ''Robinson Crusoe Isle'' (United States) * 9 January - ''Hey-Hey Fever'' (United States) * 11 January - ''The First Snow'' (United States) * 12 January - ''Buddy of the Legion'' (United States) * 18 January: **''Baby Be Good'' (United States) **''The Gloom Chasers'' (United States) * 19 January: **''Mickey's Man Friday'' (United States) **''Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name'' (United States) **''The Shoemaker and the Elves (film), The Shoemaker and the Elves'' (United States) * 25 January: **''Beware of Barnacle Bill'' (United States) **''What A Night'' (United States) * 1 February: **''The Bird Man'' (United States) **' (United States) * 2 February - ''Little Black Sambo (film), Little Black Sambo'' (United States) * 6 February - ''The Bull Fight'' (United States) * 9 February - ''Country Boy'' (United States) * 15 February - ''Taking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tortoise And The Hare (film)
''The Tortoise and the Hare'' is a 1935 American animated short film released on January 5, 1935, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, it won the 1934 Oscar for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the inspirations for Bugs Bunny by Warner Bros., who first appeared in 1940.Barrier (2003), p. 359-362 Plot Max Hare is the heavy favorite to win a major sporting event. He is cocky, athletic, and incredibly fast. His challenger, Toby Tortoise, is teased and jeered for being sluggish and clumsy. He does seem to have the ability to stretch, which comes in handy in certain situations. Max tells Toby that he intends to play fair, but it seems obvious that Max is just out to humiliate his competition. The race begins and Max zooms off. It takes an extra nudge from the starting line to get Toby going. Max seems to dominate the race, zooming past everything down the road. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Calico Dragon
''The Calico Dragon'' is a 1935 Happy Harmonies cartoon short directed by Rudolf Ising for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Even though the start and end dates for certain scenes are incomplete, the cartoon was produced relatively quickly, with confirmed dates on the animation being done from January 17 to February 14, 1935 and the cartoon first being released on March 30, 1935. Plot When a little girl falls asleep after reading a fairy tale to her doll, her toys come to life. The toys act out a fairy tale in which a prince has to fight a dragon. Crew Members * Musical Direction by Scott Bradley * Animation by Jim "Tony" Pabian, Pete Burness, Cal Dalton and Bob Allen * Additional Animation by Bob Stokes, Tom McKimson, Carl Urbano, Gil Turner, Frankie "Franshaw" Smith and Joe D'Igalo * The Scott Bradley Chorus sings "I'm the Calico Dragon" Awards The cartoon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935 Film)
''Who Killed Cock Robin'' is a Silly Symphonies short released on June 26, 1935, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by David Hand. It is based on the nursery rhyme '' Who Killed Cock Robin?''. It was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short category. An extract from the cartoon was featured the following year in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Sabotage''; the film's opening credits thank Disney for giving permission. Plot While Cock Robin is serenading Jenny Wren, an unseen archer shoots an arrow into Cock Robin's heart. Then he falls to the ground, giving the other birds in the tree an impression that he has been shot and killed. The police arrive at the scene and apprehend a cuckoo, a sparrow, and a blackbird as suspects. The next day, a trial is held over the identity of Cock Robin's murderer, with an owl serving as the judge and a parrot serving as the prosecutor. They interrogate the suspects and show Cock Robin's body as evidence. The blackbird confesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Bug Hunt
''Buddy's Bug Hunt'' is an American animated short film, released June 22, 1935.Maltin, Leonard. ''Of Mice and Magic: a History of American Animated Cartoons''. Von Hoffmann Press, Inc., 1980. p. 406 It is a ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, featuring Buddy, the second star of the series. It was supervised by Jack King; and musical direction was by Norman Spencer. Summary Young bug-catcher Buddy merrily chases an insect with a net, eventually leading it into his "Bug House," a backyard shack in which he collects and studies bugs. Buddy then removes a happy spider from its web and etherizes it upon a table, so that he might examine it with his microscope. As the spider cries, Buddy dispenses more ether. The ether, running off, sends Our Hero spiraling off to unconsciousness. Buddy starts dreaming. The spider breaks free of the microscope and laughs to see its captor straddled about the floor, helpless. The spider leaps to a table on which a jar containing several other spiders are kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Little Soap And Water
''A Little Soap and Water'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally appeared in the ''Talkartoon'' and ''Betty Boop'' film series, which were produced by Fleischer .... Synopsis Pudgy the Pup loses his bone on top of the coal bucket. Meanwhile, Betty Boop is preparing the wash tub for a dog bath. When Pudgy realizes what Betty has planned, he tries to get away. Betty has to pursue him through the house, including several laps under the living room rug. Betty finally gets Pudgy into the tub and washes him while singing the title song. Pudgy is all nice and clean, until he finds his bone, and knocks over the coal bucket to get it. Releases ''A Little Soap and Water'' has been released as part of several different DVD compilations: by BCI Entertainment (2003 & 2004), Genius Entertainment (2004), GT Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cookie Carnival
''The Cookie Carnival'' is an animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released May 25, 1935. It is a Cinderella story involving a cookie girl who wishes to be queen at the cookie carnival, and a homage to the Atlantic City boardwalk parade and bathing beauty contest (what eventually became the Miss America pageant) of the 1920s and 1930s. Plot Various sweets and goodies of Cookietown are preparing to crown their new cookie queen. A parade of potential candidates passes by, all based on various cakes and sweets. Far from the parade, on what would appear to be the wrong side of the peppermint stick railroad tracks, a gingerbread man overhears a sugar cookie girl crying. Upon hearing that she can't enter the parade, because she doesn't have any clothes that are nice enough to wear for it, he hurries to remedy her situation by concocting a ballgown of cupcake wrappers, colored frosting, and candy hearts. He covers her brown hair with golden taffy ringlets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
''No! No! A Thousand Times No!!'' is a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short film, starring Betty Boop. This is the third of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included ''She Wronged Him Right'' (1934), '' Betty Boop's Prize Show'' (1935) and '' Honest Love and True'' (1938). Synopsis Betty is performing on-stage with her boyfriend, Freddy, in an old-fashioned melodrama, complete with mustachioed villain. The vile fiend, after tying up the hero, tempts Betty with diamonds and fur, but she replies by singing the title song. The villain kidnaps Betty and escapes in his balloon, but is eventually caught by Freddy and forced to release Betty. Song The title song was written by Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver in 1934, and sung by Mae Questel. The song was covered by Percival Mackey and his Orchestra featuring a vocal by Bobbie Comber in October of the same year. It was again covered in the 1960s by Beatrice Kay Beatrice Kay (April 21, 1907– November 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kids In The Shoe
The Kids in the Shoe is a 1935 short animated film produced by Max Fleischer. It is a humorous retelling of the classic nursery rhyme. This short film was released on May 19, 1935, as part of the Color Classics collection. Synopsis In the shoe, the woman and her children are shown on their daily lives. Curiously enough, all of the children look identical with the exception of the youngest child, whom the woman tends to personally. It is shown that the children are rebellious by nature, purposefully giving their meals to the cat and avoiding their combing and tooth brushing. "You didn't eat your broth and you didn't eat your bread, so go ahead and brush and hurry into bed!" yells the woman to the kids. After the children are sent to sleep, they begin a rowdy song and the situation becomes happy but highly chaotic. The woman later wakes up and threatens them to feed them castor oil if they don't go to sleep, which they happily comply with. The woman reveals that the castor oil was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Lost World
''Buddy's Lost World'' is a 1935 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Jack King. The short was released on May 18, 1935, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. The title is likely a reference to the 1925 silent film ''The Lost World'', itself based upon the 1912 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The music playing throughout much of the cartoon is " Lullaby of Broadway", played in a minor key. Summary Captain Buddy leaves on a maritime expedition around the world as many adoring well-wishers cheer him on. The crowd stands on a dock, which is pulled apart as Buddy's motorboat, still tied to the structure, sails away, leaving the people floating in the water. The story skips ahead in time, and Buddy & his companion Bozo the dog have found land. It is, as Buddy notes upon looking about and checking his map, the "Lost Island!" Buddy, in his excitement, leaves Bozo to sniff footprints that move away from him every time they are sniffed. This process takes B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Babies (1935 Film)
''Water Babies'' is a '' Silly Symphonies'' cartoon released on May 11, 1935, by United Artists. The cartoon was directed by Wilfred Jackson. It features 2-inch-tall nude babies playing games in and out of the water. The babies are all completely identical other than the color of their hair. The edited version of the cartoon eliminates some shots that feature nude baby bottoms as a sight gag. This cartoon was followed in 1938 by a sequel short, '' Merbabies''. Plot The cartoon begins with several water lilies opening to reveal a 2-inch-tall water baby sleeping in each one. The babies immediately awaken and leap into the water, except for one reluctant, redheaded baby who is assisted by hard slaps on the bottom from his water lily. As the babies play, the redheaded baby is being dunked repeatedly by two others. He finally comes up bottom-first and the other two babies spank him back underwater. Then, flowers played as horns sound and the babies all ride swans, fish, turtles, or l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peace Conference
''The Peace Conference'' is a 1935 short animated film by Columbia Pictures, featuring the comic strip character Krazy Kat. Plot Amidst conflict occurring in other nations, leaders from various parts of the world gather at a government building to discuss peace. At a dining table, the leaders' associates are receiving slices of ham. Because they couldn't agree about which kind of slice they should have, however, the associates brawl onto the table. Momentarily, an army tank barges into the building. Coming out of the tank is none other than Krazy Kat. Krazy tells the rowdy associates that he can restore peace with his special rifle. The associates find his method ludicrous and therefore laugh. To prove them wrong, the cat fires his rifle at them, but unlike regular bullets, the projectiles conjure small-scale people which resemble celebrities at the time (see below). The singing and dancing of these tiny men hypnotically induce pleasure in the associates, causing them to make up. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Robber Kitten
The Robber Kitten is a 1935 Walt Disney Silly Symphonies cartoon, directed by David Hand. Plot A kitten named Ambrose is dreaming about running away and becoming a robber. Calling himself "Butch" at the beginning of the cartoon, he is seen play–acting a stagecoach robbery, which is interrupted by his mother calling for him to take a bath. Not wanting to take a bath in the first place, Ambrose runs away and becomes a robber, first stealing a bag of cookies. His first target turns out to be an actual robber: Dirty Bill the bulldog. Dirty Bill asks Ambrose if he has pulled off any robberies lately, and Ambrose tells him, "Just this morning, I held up a stagecoach." Then Dirty Bill asks Ambrose where his loot is, so Ambrose shows Dirty Bill the bag of cookies. Imagining that the bag is full of gold, Dirty Bill demands it and threatens Ambrose. Scared, Ambrose runs home and jumps into his bathtub, acting as if nothing else has happened. Comic adaptation The cartoon short was adapted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |