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 Jr. January 16: Dick Lundy's Donald Duck cartoon The Village Smithy premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–75. . Retrieved June 6, 2020. January 23: 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. January 26: George Pal's wartime propaganda cartoon Tulips Shall Grow premieres.
February February 7: Riley Thomson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Birthday Party premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. February 26: 14th Academy Awards: The Pluto cartoon Lend a Paw, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The soundtrack of Dumbo, by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Walt Disney, William Garity, John N.A. Hawkins, the RCA Manufacturing Company and Leopold Stokowski all win an Academy Honorary Award for Fantasia. Walt Disney wins the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. February 28: Chuck Jones' short Conrad the Sailor premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. Also starring Daffy Duck. The cartoon is notable for its use of match cuts.Amid Amidi, Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation
March March 20: Riley Thomson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Symphony Hour, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. March 28: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon The Wabbit Who Came to Supper, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. Walt Disney Animation Studios releases Stop That Tank!, a wartime propaganda short directed by Ub Iwerks.
April April 2: Bob Clampett's war time propaganda cartoon Any Bonds Today?, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, starring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd, is released to promote war bonds. April 6: In Nazi Germany Hans Fischerkoesen's Verwitterte Melodie premieres. April 10: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Snow Fight premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie. April 11: Bob Clampett's Horton Hatches the Egg premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, based on Dr. Seuss' eponymous short story. April 18: In the Tom and Jerry short Dog Trouble, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for MGM Animation, Spike the bulldog makes his debut.
May May 1: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald Gets Drafted premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Pete. May 2: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny short The Wacky Wabbit premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon Daffy's Southern Exposure, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premiers. May 9: Chuck Jones' short, The Draft Horse premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. May 27: Fleischer Studios goes bankrupt and closes down, with their animation department being taken over by Paramount's Famous Studios.Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 303-305. .
June June 6: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short Hold the Lion, Please, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. June 12: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Garden premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. June 22: Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker cartoon Ace in the Hole premieres.
July July 11: Bob Clampett's Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions in which Beaky Buzzard makes his debut. July 18: The Tom and Jerry short The Bowling Alley-Cat, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for MGM Animation, premieres. July 21: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the wartime propaganda cartoon Food Will Win the War, directed by Hamilton Luske. July 24: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Gold Mine premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. July 30: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the wartime propaganda cartoon Out of the Frying Pan and into the Firing Line, directed by Ben Sharpsteen, starring Minnie Mouse and Pluto.
August August 1: Norman McCabe's wartime propaganda cartoon The Ducktators premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The cartoon satirizes Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo. August 8: Chuck Jones's The Squawkin' Hawk premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions which marks the debut of Henery Hawk. August 9: The Walt Disney Animation Studios releases Bambi. August 22: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Fresh Hare, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. This short marks the final appearance of Fat Elmer Fudd, as he would begin to appear again in his normal physique. Tex Avery's first cartoon for MGM Animation premieres: 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. August 24: Walt Disney's Saludos Amigos premieres, 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. August 29: Tex Avery's The Early Bird Dood It!, produced by MGM Animation, premieres.
September September 4: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Play Baseball, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. September 5: Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon The Impatient Patient premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70-72. . Retrieved June 6, 2020. September 6: The wartime propaganda cartoon You're a Sap, Mr. Jap starring Popeye, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premieres. September 18: The wartime propaganda cartoon Japoteurs starring Superman, directed by Seymour Kneitel, produced by Famous Studios, premieres. September 19: Chuck Jones' short, The Dover Boys premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The short is notable for the use of limited animation and drybrush smear techniques. September 25: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Vanishing Private, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. Also starring Pete.
October October 3: Bob Clampett's The Hep Cat, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. October 9: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon The Olympic Champ, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. October 10: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Fine Feathered Friend, produced by Fred Quimby for MGM Animation, is released, It marks the debut of the iconic Tom and Jerry theme song. October 23: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Swim, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. October 24: Norman McCabe's Daffy Duck cartoon The Daffy Duckaroo, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. October 31: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon The Hare-Brained Hypnotist, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pg. 78. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
November November 6: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Sky Trooper premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Pete. November 20: The wartime propaganda cartoon Eleventh Hour starring Superman, directed by Dan Gordon, produced by Famous Studios, premieres. The wartime propaganda cartoon Scrap the Japs starring Popeye, directed by Seymour Kneitel, produced by Famous Studios, premieres. Dante Quinterno's Upa en apuros premieres which is the first Argentine/ South American animated feature in colour. November 21: Bob Clampett's A Tale of Two Kitties premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions which marks the debut of Tweety Bird.
December December 5: Chuck Jones's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon My Favorite Duck, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. December 9: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon How to Fish, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. December 12: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short Case of the Missing Hare premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. December 18: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Bellboy Donald premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Pete. December 25: The Popeye cartoon Me Musical Nephews starring Popeye premieres, directed by Seymour Kneitel and produced by Famous Studios.
Specific date unknown Roberto Sgrilli creates the animated short Anacleto e la Faina. Norman McLaren's Hen Hop is released.
Films released
August 9 - Bambi (United States) August 24 - Saludos Amigos (United States) December 24 - 15.000 Dibujos (Chile)
Births
January January 8: Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes "They Saved Lisa's Brain", "Don't Fear the Roofer", "Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!" and "Elementary School Musical", and the Futurama episodes "Anthology of Interest I", "The Beast with a Billion Backs" and "Reincarnation"), (d. 2018). January 11: Clarence Clemons, American musician and actor (voice of the Narrator in The Simpsons episode "Grift of the Magi"), (d. 2011). January 14: Michael Mills, British-born Canadian producer and director (Evolution, The Happy Prince, History of the World in Three Minutes Flat). January 17: Muhammad Ali, American boxer (voiced himself in I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali), (d. 2016). January 27: John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (voice of Dad in Waynehead, Oran Jones in The Proud Family, Robert Freeman in The Boondocks, S. Ward Smith in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Scofflaw in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "The Prince and the Pauper", Wayne in the Kim Possible episode "Rewriting History", Jimmy in the Animals episode "Squirrels", Franco Aplenty in the BoJack Horseman episode "Surprise"), (d. 2019).
February February 1: Terry Jones, Welsh-British actor, comedian, writer and film director (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and its film spin-offs, co-creator of Blazing Dragons), (d. 2020). February 2: Ed Bogas, American musician and composer (Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Peanuts, Garfield and Friends). February 13: Simon Prebble, English-American actor (voice of the Computer, Professor Frith and Jennings in Courage the Cowardly Dog, additional voices in Kenny the Shark). February 20: Tibor Kristóf, Hungarian actor (dub voice of Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia, Cookie in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Doc Hudson in Cars, Zeus in Hercules, Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible, Scar in The Lion King, Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series, Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Slinky Dog in the Toy Story franchise), (d. 2009).
March March 7: Michael Eisner, American businessman (The Walt Disney Company, founder of The Tornante Company, co-creator of Glenn Martin, DDS). March 15: The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American professional wrestler (voiced himself in the Robot Chicken episode "El Skeletorito"), (d. 2023). March 17: Roze Stiebra, Latvian animator (The Cat's Mill), (d. 2024).Mūžības ceļos devusies Latvijas animācijas leģenda Roze Stiebra March 25: Richard O'Brien, British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, and television presenter (voice of Lawrence Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb). March 27: Art Evans, American actor (voice of Charlie in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder episode "Old Towne Road"), (d. 2024).