Events in 1935 in animation.
Events January January 5: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
February February 23: Wilfred Jackson's The Band Concert, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. It stars Mickey Mouse performing an orchestra in the park, while Donald Duck and later a tornado cause mayhem. The short is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon animated entirely in color. February 27: 7th Academy Awards: Wilfred Jackson's The Tortoise and the Hare, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
March March 2: Friz Freleng's I Haven't Got a Hat, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions premieres. The film marks the debuts of Porky Pig and Beans the Cat. March 16: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Service Station, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peg-Leg Pete and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. March 25: Alexander Ptushko's The New Gulliver premieres, a stop-motion adaptation of Gulliver's Travels.
May May 25: Ben Sharpsteen's The Cookie Carnival, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
June June 22: Jack King's Buddy's Bug Hunt, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions is released, it's notable for being the first cartoon in the Looney Tunes franchise to feature the Acme name. June 26: David Hand's Who Killed Cock Robin?, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. June 28: The Fleischer Studios release For Better or Worser, which marks the first use of their patented stereoptical process, where a diorama is used to give the illusion of characters walking in front of it.
July July 13: Wilfred Jackson's Mickey's Garden, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
August August 3: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey's Fire Brigade, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. August 10–September 1: 3rd Venice International Film Festival: The Disney cartoon The Band Concert, directed by Wilfred Jackson, is awarded a special Golden Medal and an award for Best Animation. August 16: Betty Boop and Grampy, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres. In this cartoon Betty Boop visits Grampy, who makes his debut. August 31: David Hand's Pluto's Judgement Day, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Despite being an official Mickey Mouse cartoon, the plot revolves around Pluto, with him being tortured by hellish cats in a nightmare.
September September 6: Len Lye's experimental animated film A Colour Box premieres, produced by GPO Film Unit. September 14: Jack King's A Cartoonist's Nightmare, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. This self-reflexive animated cartoon features an animator being tormented by his creations in a nightmare. September 28: Ben Sharpsteen's On Ice, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. September 30: Ub Iwerks' Balloon Land premieres. In this cartoon an evil pincushion man tries to kill anthropomorphic balloons.
October October 5: Wilfred Jackson's Music Land, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres. In this short the Land of Symphony and the Isle of Jazz fight a battle. October 26: David Hand's Three Orphan Kittens, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
November November 2: Tex Avery's Gold Diggers of '49, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. It's Avery's directional debut for Warners. It marks the start of a wackier style of comedy at Warners' animation studio. November 16: Friz Freleng's Billboard Frolics, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, features the first use of the song Merrily We Roll Along which will later become their theme music. November 22: Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, features an animated adaptation of Carl Anderson's comic series Henry. November 30: Ben Sharpsteen's Cock o' the Walk, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
December December 14: Ben Sharpsteen's Broken Toys, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.
Specific date unknown The Camel's Dance is released, directed by the Wan Brothers. It's the first sound cartoon produced in China.
Films released 5 January – The Tortoise and the Hare (United States) 7 January – Robinson Crusoe Isle (United States) 9 January – Hey-Hey Fever (United States) 11 January – The First Snow (United States) 12 January – Buddy of the Legion (United States) 18 January: Baby Be Good (United States) The Gloom Chasers (United States) 19 January: Mickey's Man Friday (United States) Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (United States) The Shoemaker and the Elves (United States) 25 January: Beware of Barnacle Bill (United States) What A Night (United States) 1 February: The Bird Man (United States) (United States) 2 February – Little Black Sambo (United States) 6 February – The Bull Fight (United States) 9 February – Country Boy (United States) 15 February – Taking the Blame (United States) 16 February: Buddy's Theatre (United States) (United States) 22 February: Be Kind to "Aminals" (United States) Fireman, Save My Child (United States) 23 February – The Band Concert (United States) 1 March: The Gold Getters (United States) The Song of the Birds (United States) 2 March: I Haven't Got a Hat (United States) The Bremen Town Musicians (United States) 8 March: The Lost Chick (United States) The Moth and the Spider (United States) 9 March – Buddy's Pony Express (United States) 11 March – Two Little Lambs (United States) 15 March: Hotcha Melody (United States) Stop That Noise (United States) 16 March – Mickey's Service Station (United States) 21 March – Old Dog Tray (United States) 22 March: Pleased to Meet Cha! (United States) The Golden Touch (United States) 25 March: Do a Good Deed (United States) Make Believe Revue (United States) 30 March: Old Mother Hubbard (United States) The Calico Dragon (United States) 5 April – Flying Oil (United States) 6 April: Along Flirtation Walk (United States) My Green Fedora (United States) 12 April – Graduation Exercises (United States) 13 April: Good Little Monkeys (United States) Mickey's Kangaroo (United States) 19 April: Peg Leg Pete, The Pirate (United States) Swat the Fly (United States) 20 April: Buddy in Africa (United States) The Robber Kitten (United States) 26 April: The "Hyp-Nut-Tist" (United States) The Peace Conference (United States) 27 April: Mary's Little Lamb (United States) The Chinese Nightingale (United States) 29 April – Elmer the Great Dane (United States) 3 May - Modern Red Hood (United States) 11 May: Poor Little Me (United States) Water Babies (United States) 14 May – A Cat, a Mouse and a Bell (United States) 17 May – Five Puplets (United States) 18 May – Buddy's Lost World (United States) 19 May – The Kids in the Shoe (United States) 20 May – The King's Jester (United States) 24 May: No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (United States) Scrappy's Ghost Story (United States) 25 May: Barnyard Babies (United States) The Cookie Carnival (United States) 31 May: Choose Your "Weppins" (United States) Opera Night (United States) 8 June – Into Your Dance (United States) 14 June – King Looney XIV (United States) 15 June – Summertime (United States) 17 June – (United States) 21 June: A Little Soap and Water (United States) The Puppet Murder Case (United States) 22 June – Buddy's Bug Hunt (United States) 26 June: Little Rover (United States) Who Killed Cock Robin? (United States) 28 June: For Better or Worser (United States) Moans and Groans (United States) 4 July: The Gummy Sour Kids Factory Year (1950) (United States) 12 July: Amateur Night (United States) Dancing on the Moon (United States) 13 July: Country Mouse (United States) Mickey's Garden (United States) 19 July – A Language All My Own (United States) 20 July – Buddy Steps Out (United States) 22 July – At Your Service (United States) 26 July: Dizzy Divers (United States) Sinbad the Sailor (United States) The Foxy-Fox (United States) 28 July – Scrappy's Big Moment (United States) 1 August – Garden Gaieties (United States) 3 August – Mickey's Fire Brigade (United States) 9 August – Chain Letters (United States) 16 August – Betty Boop and Grampy (United States) 17 August: Neighbors (United States) The Merry Old Soul (United States) 19 August – Bronco Buster (United States) 23 August – Birdland (United States) 24 August – Buddy the Gee Man (United States) 29 August – Scrappy's Trailer (United States) 30 August – The Three Bears (United States) 31 August: Pluto's Judgement Day (United States) You Gotta Be a Football Hero (United States) 6 September: A Colour Box (United Kingdom) Circus Days (United States) Time for Love (United States) 7 September – (United States) 14 September: (United States) Monkey Love (United States) 20 September: Hey Diddle Diddle (United States) Judge for a Day (United States) 21 September – The Old Plantation (United States) 23 September – Amateur Broadcast (United States) 27 September: A Happy Family (United States) King of the Mardi Gras (United States) 28 September – On Ice (United States) 30 September – Balloon Land (United States) 5 October – Music Land (United States) 13 October – The Bon Bon Parade (United States) 14 October – Foiled Again (United States) 15 October – Football (United States) 18 October – Making Stars (United States) 19 October: Hollywood Capers (United States) Honeyland (United States) Little Dutch Plate (United States) 25 October – Adventures of Popeye (United States) 26 October – Three Orphan Kittens (United States) 28 October – The Quail Hunt (United States) 1 November – A June Bride (United States) 2 November – Gold Diggers of '49 (United States) 7 November – Let's Ring Doorbells (United States) 8 November – Musical Memories (United States) 15 November: Aladdin's Lamp (United States) Simple Simon (United States) 16 November: Alias St. Nick (United States) Billboard Frolics (United States) 18 November – (United States) 22 November – Henry, the Funniest Living American (United States) 29 November – Southern Horse - Pitality (United States) 30 November – Cock o' the Walk (United States) 2 December – Case of the Lost Sheep (United States) 7 December – The Spinach Overture (United States) 13 December – Ye Olde Toy Shop (United States) 14 December: Broken Toys (United States) (United States) Run, Sheep, Run! (United States) 18 December – Little Nobody (United States) 23 December – Doctor Oswald (United States) 27 December: Humpty Dumpty (United States) Kannibal Kapers (United States) The Mayflower (United States)
Films released
March 25 - The New Gulliver (Soviet Union)
Births
January January 1: Kenji Yoshida, Japanese anime producer, manga artist and illustrator (co-founder of Tatsunoko Production). January 6: Nino Tempo, American singer and saxophonist (voice of Black Bart and Luigi in Garfield: His 9 Lives, Herbie in Garfield Goes Hollywood, Monkey in Garfield in Paradise, Lt. Washington in Garfield's Babes and Bullets), (d. 2025).Wrecking Crew member Nino Tempo dies at age 90https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/wrecking-crew-member-niino-tempo-dies/article_3f1d337f-f062-4470-aae1-f57c1cc0e50f.html January 7: Tommy Johnson, American orchestral tuba player (Walt Disney Animation Studios, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Antz, Ice Age, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, The Ant Bully), (d. 2006). January 9: Bob Denver, American actor (voice of Gilligan in The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, himself in The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide"), (d. 2005).