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1938 In Animation
Events in 1938 in animation. Films released Events January * January 1: Tex Avery's '' Daffy Duck & Egghead'', starring Daffy Duck and produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. * January 28: '' Riding the Rails'', starring Betty Boop and produced by Fleischer Studios, is first released. February * February 7: Bob Clampett's ''Breakdowns of 1938'' is made, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, an blooper reel made exclusively for Warner Brothers' personnel and not released theatrically. The film is notable for a scene where Porky Pig says "Son of a bitch!". * February 11: Jack King's ''Self Control'', starring Donald Duck and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. * February 19: ** Friz Freleng's ''Jungle Jitters'', produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. ** ''The Captain and the Kids'' film series, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, debuts with their first cartoon ''Cleaning House''. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, Red Hot Riding Hood, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior. He gained influence for his technical innovation, directorial style and brand of humor. Avery's attitude toward animation was opposite that of Walt Disney and other conventional family cartoons at the time. Avery's cartoons were known for their sarcastic, ironic, Surreal humour, absurdist, irreverent, and sometimes sexual humor, sexual tone in nature. Avery' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
