1942 in animation

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This is a list of events in 1942 in animation.

Events

January

• January 11: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the wartime propaganda cartoon Donald's Decision starring Donald Duck, directed by Ford Beebe.[1]
• January 11: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the wartime propaganda cartoon The New Spirit starring Donald Duck promoting paying income taxes, directed by Wilfred Jackson and Ben Sharpsteen.[2]
• January 26: George Pal's wartime propaganda cartoon Tulips Shall Grow premiers.[3]

February

• February 7: Riley Thomson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Birthday Party premiers, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios.[4]
• February 26: 14th Academy Awards:
  • The Pluto cartoon Lend a Paw, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[5]
  • The soundtrack of Dumbo, by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[5]
  • Walt Disney, William Garity, John N.A. Hawkins, the RCA Manufacturing Company and Leopold Stokowski all win an Academy Honorary Award for Fantasia.[5]
  • Walt Disney wins the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.[5]
• February 28: Chuck Jones' short, Conrad the Sailor premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The cartoon is notable for its use of match cuts.[6][7]

March

• March 20: Riley Thomson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Symphony Hour, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[8]
• March 28: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon The Wabbit Who Came to Supper, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[9]
• The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases Stop That Tank!, an wartime propaganda short directed by Ub Iwerks.[10]

April

• April 2: Bob Clampett's war time propaganda cartoon Any Bonds Today?, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd, is released to promote war bonds.[11]
• April 6: In Nazi Germany Hans Fischerkoesen's Verwitterte Melodie premiers.[12]
• April 10: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Snow Fight, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[13]
• April 11: Bob Clampett's Horton Hatches the Egg premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, based on Dr. Seuss' eponymous short story.[14]
• April 18: In the Tom & Jerry short Dog Trouble, produced by Hanna-Barbera for MGM Animation, Spike the bulldog makes his debut.[15]

May

• May 1: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald Gets Drafted, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[16]
• May 2:
  • Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short The Wacky Wabbit premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[17]
  • Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon Daffy's Southern Exposure, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[18]
• May 9: Chuck Jones' short, The Draft Horse premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[19]
• May 27: The Fleischer Studios go bankrupt and close down. Their animation department is taken over by Paramount's Famous Studios.[20]

June

• June 6: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short Hold the Lion, Please, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[21]
• June 22: Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker cartoon Ace in the Hole premiers.[22]

July

• July 11: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Beaky Buzzard makes his debut.[23]
• July 18: The Tom & Jerry short The Bowling Alley-Cat, produced by Hanna-Barbera for MGM Animation, premiers.[24]
• July 21: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the war-time propaganda cartoon Food Will Win the War, directed by Hamilton Luske.[25]
• July 30: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the wartime propaganda cartoon Out Of The Frying Pan Into the Firing Line, directed by Ben Sharpsteen, starring Minnie Mouse and Pluto.[26]

August

• August 1: Norman McCabe's wartime propaganda cartoon The Ducktators premiers, produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons. The cartoon satirizes Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo.[27][28]
• August 9: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases Bambi.[29]
• August 22:
  • Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Fresh Hare, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[30]
  • Tex Avery's first cartoon for MGM Animation premiers: Blitz Wolf. It's a war time propaganda short in which the Three Little Pigs story is retold with Adolf Hitler as the Big Bad Wolf.[31]
• August 24: Walt Disney's Saludos Amigos premiers, an animated feature starring Donald Duck, aimed at the Latin American market, which will receive its U.S. premier half a year later. It marks the debut of José Carioca who will become a popular comics character in Brazil.[32][33]
• August 29: Tex Avery's The Early Bird Dood It!, produced by MGM Animation, premiers.[34]

September

• September 4: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Play Baseball, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[35]
• September 6: The wartime propaganda cartoon You're a Sap, Mr. Jap starring Popeye, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premiers.[36]
• September 18: The wartime propaganda cartoon Japoteurs starring Superman, directed by Seymour Kneitel, produced by Famous Studios, premiers.[37]
• September 19: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short, The Dover Boys premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short is notable for the use of limited animation and drybrush smear techniques.[38]
• September 25: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Vanishing Private, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[39]

October

• October 3: Bob Clampett's The Hep Cat, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[40]
• October 8: Chuck Jones' The Squawkin' Hawk premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which marks the debut of Henery Hawk.[41]
• October 9: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon The Olympic Champ, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[42]
• October 10: The Tom & Jerry short Fine Feathered Friend, produced by Hanna-Barbera for MGM Animation, marks the debut of the iconic Tom & Jerry theme song.[43]
• October 23: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Swim, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[44]
• October 24: Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon The Daffy Duckaroo, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[45]

November

• November 6: The wartime propaganda cartoon Sky Trooper starring Donald Duck, directed by Jack King and produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. [46]
• November 20:
  • The wartime propaganda cartoon Eleventh Hour starring Superman, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premiers.[47]
  • The wartime propaganda cartoon Scrap the Japs starring Popeye, directed by Seymour Kneitel, produced by Famous Studios, premiers.[48]
  • Dante Quinterno's Upa en apuros premiers, which is the first Argentine/ South American animated feature in colour.[49]
• November 21: Bob Clampett's A Tale of Two Kitties premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which marks the debut of Tweety Bird.[50]

December

• December 5: Chuck Jones's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon My Favorite Duck, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premiers.[51]
• December 9: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Fish, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premiers.[52]
• December 12: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short, Case of the Missing Hare premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[53]
• December 25: The Popeye cartoon Me Musical Nephews starring Popeye trying to catch his three nephews playing music in their bedroom premiers, directed by Seymour Kneitel and produced by Famous Studios.[54]

Specific date unknown

• Roberto Sgrilli creates the animated short Anacleto e la Faina.[55]
• Norman McLaren's Hen Hop is released. [56][57]

Films released

References

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3. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Tulips Shall Grow (Paramount Pictures)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
4. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Mickey's Birthday Party (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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37. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Japoteurs (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
38. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Dover Boys At Pimento University Or The Rivals Of Roquefort Hall (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
39. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "User Comments About The Vanishing Private Theatrical Cartoon". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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43. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Fine Feathered Friend (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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53. The Big Cartoon DataBase. "Case Of The Missing Hare (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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57. "Hen Hop". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada.

See also

• List of anime by release date (1939–1945)

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb