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1945 In Animation
Events in 1945 in animation. Events January * January 6: Chuck Jones' ''Odor-able Kitty'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of the French skunk Pepé Le Pew. * January 13: ** Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon ''Herr Meets Hare'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a war-time propaganda short in which Bugs outsmarts both Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. ** Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel cartoon ''The Screwy Truant'' premieres, produced by MGM. February * February 10: Frank Tashlin's '' Bugs Bunny'' short '' The Unruly Hare'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. March * March 3: Tex Avery's '' Droopy'' cartoon ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'' premieres, produced by MGM. * March 15: 17th Academy Awards: The '' Tom & Jerry'' short ''Mouse Trouble'' by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. * March 24: Friz Freleng's Merrie Melodies short '' Life with Feathers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon, Animated Cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, and Porky Pig, among others. Jones started his career in 1933 alongside Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Robert McKimson at the Leon Schlesinger Production's Termite Terrace studio, where they created and developed the Looney Tunes characters. During the World War II, Second World War, Jones directed many of the ''Private Snafu'' (1943–1946) shorts which were shown to members of the United States military. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started MGM Animation/Visual Arts, Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |