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1950 In Animation
Events in 1950 in animation. Events January * January 7: Hanna-Barbera's ''Tom & Jerry'' short '' Little Quacker'' premieres, produced by MGM. It marks the debut of Quacker the duckling. * January 20: Jack Hannah's ''Lion Around'', a Donald Duck cartoon produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Louie the Mountain Lion. February * February 11: Friz Freleng's '' Bugs Bunny'' and '' Yosemite Sam'' short ''Mutiny on the Bunny'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. * February 15: '' Cinderella'', directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson and produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. The characters Gus and Jaq will later become popular comics characters. March * March 3: ** Jack Kinney's ''The Brave Engineer'', produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. ** In Isadore Sparber's ''Quack-A-Doodle-Doo'', produced by the Famous Studios, Baby Huey makes his debut. * March 4: Chuck Jones' '' Daffy Duck'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to close its in-house cartoon studio. Headquartered in Cahuenga Blvd. until 1998 and then Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California, until going defunct, it created many television shows, theatrical films, televised movies and specials, including ''Huckleberry Hound'', ''Quick Draw McGraw'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Yogi Bear'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Jonny Quest'', ''Wacky Races'', ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''The Smurfs''. Its productions have won a record-breaking 8 Emmy Awards. Its fortunes declined by the 1980s as the profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System took over and used its ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
