Events in 1933 in animation.
Events
January January 21: The Mickey Mouse short The Mad Doctor, produced by Walt Disney, is released.
February February 17: The Betty Boop cartoon Is My Palm Read premiers, gaining much notoriety for its risqué content.
May May 25: Burt Gillett's Disney cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres. The cartoon becomes a huge hit, also thanks to the catchy song Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?, co-composed by Frank Churchill and Ann Ronell.
July July 14: The Fleischer Studios' Popeye the Sailor is released, marking the animated debuts of Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto. Ub Iwerks studio releases the first Willie Whopper cartoon. August August 26: Hugh Harman and Friz Freleng's Bosko's Picture Show produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions is released, It's the final Bosko cartoon at Warner Bros. as well as the last for Harman-Ising before taking the character to MGM, It's also notable for having Bosko apparently saying the word "fuck". September September 9: Tom Palmer's Buddy's Day Out produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions is released, it marks the debuts of Buddy and his girlfriend Cookie.
Specific date unknown Ub Iwerks invents the multiplane camera.
Films released 2 January – Merry Dog (United States) 6 January: Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (United States) Tight Rope Tricks (United States) 7 January: Building a Building (United States) The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (United States) 8 January – Jealous Lover (United States) 10 January – Wedding Bells (United States) 16 January – The Plumber (United States) 21 January: Coo Coo the Magician (United States) The Mad Doctor (United States) 22 January – Robin Hood (United States) 25 January – Sassy Cats (United States) 27 January – Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (United States) 30 January – The Terrible Troubadour (United States) 3 February – Magic Mummy (United States) 5 February – Hansel and Gretel (United States) 7 February – The Medicine Show (United States) 11 February – Bosko in Person (United States) 13 February – Scrappy's Party (United States) 17 February – Is My Palm Read (United States) 19 February – The Tale of a Shirt (United States) 25 February – Wooden Shoes (United States) 27 February – The Shriek (United States) 4 March – The Beer Parade (United States) 5 March – Down On the Levee (United States) 10 March – Betty Boop's Penthouse (United States) 11 March – Birds in the Spring (United States) 13 March – The Lumber Champ (United States) 18 March – Mickey's Mellerdrammer (United States) 19 March – Who Killed Cock - Robin (United States) 29 March – Bunnies and Bonnets (United States) 31 March: Happy Hoboes (United States) Puzzled Pals (United States) Snow-White (United States) 2 April – Oh! Susanna (United States) 3 April – Flip's Lunch Room (United States) 8 April: Father Noah's Ark (United States) Ye Olden Days (United States) 10 April – Going to Blazes (United States) 13 April – Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka (Japan) 16 April – Romeo and Juliet (United States) 18 April – The Broadway Malady (United States) 21 April – Betty Boop's Birthday Party (United States) 22 April – The False Alarm (United States) 28 April – Hook and Ladder Hokum (United States) 30 April – Pirate Ship (United States) 1 May – Russian Dressing (United States) 8 May – Techno-Cracked (United States) 9 May – The Match Kid (United States) 12 May – Betty Boop's May Party (United States) 13 May – Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (United States) 14 May – Tropical Fish (United States) 20 May – Technoracket (United States) 22 May – Beau Best (United States) 25 May – Three Little Pigs (United States) 26 May – In the Park (United States) 28 May – Cinderella (United States) 30 May – Bulloney (United States) 1 June – House Cleaning (United States) 2 June – Betty Boop's Big Boss (United States) 3 June – Bosko's Knight-Mare (United States) 5 June: Nature's Workshop (United States) The World's Affair (United States) 11 June – King Zilch (United States) 14 June: I Like Mountain Music (United States) Antique Antics (United States) 17 June – Mickey's Mechanical Man (United States) 19 June – Ham and Eggs (United States) 23 June – Mother Goose Land (United States) 24 June – A Chinaman's Chance (United States) 25 June – The Banker's Daughter (United States) 1 July – Mickey's Gala Premier (United States) 3 July – Pin Feathers (United States) 7 July – Doughnuts (United States) 9 July – The Oil Can Mystery (United States) 14 July – Popeye the Sailor (United States) 23 July – Fanny In the Lion's Den (United States) 28 July – The Phantom Rocket (United States) 29 July – Old King Cole (United States) 31 July – Confidence (United States) 4 August – The Old Man of the Mountain (United States) 11 August – Hypnotic Eyes (United States) 12 August: Bosko the Musketeer (United States) Pale-Face (United States) 14 August – Hot and Cold (United States) 19 August – Lullaby Land (United States) 25 August – Grand Uproar (United States) 26 August – Bosko's Picture Show (United States) 1 September – I Heard (United States) 4 September – King Klunk (United States) 5 September – Out of the Ether (United States) 8 September: Movie Struck (United States) Pick-Necking (United States) 9 September – Buddy's Day Out (United States) 16 September – The Pied Piper (United States) 18 September – Five and Dime (United States) 22 September: Pick-Necking (United States) Whacks Museum (United States) 23 September – I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (United States) 29 September – I Yam What I Yam (United States) 6 October: A Gypsy Fiddler (United States) Fanny's Wedding Day (United States) Morning, Noon and Night (United States) Sandman Tales (United States) 9 October – She Done Him Right (United States) 12 October – Soda Squirt (United States) 13 October – Krazy Spooks (United States) 20 October – Beanstalk Jack (United States) 27 October – Blow Me Down! (United States) 3 November: Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party (United States) The Village Blacksmith (United States) 6 November – The Zoo (United States) 10 November – Hollywood Babies (United States) 11 November – Buddy's Beer Garden (United States) 13 November – Stage Krazy (United States) 17 November: I Eats My Spinach (United States) Robinson Crusoe (United States) Streamlined Robinson Crusoe (United States) 24 November – The Bill Poster (United States) 25 November: Giantland (United States) Jack and the Beanstalk (United States) 27 November – The Merry Old Soul (United States) 30 November – Little Boy Blue (United States) 1 December – Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (United States) 8 December – Scrappy's Auto Show (United States) 9 December: Buddy's Show Boat (United States) The Night Before Christmas (United States) 15 December: In Venice (United States) The Curio Shop (United States) 16 December – Sittin' on a Backyard Fence (United States) 17 December – Seasin's Greetinks! (United States) 18 December – Parking Space (United States) 29 December: The Sunny South (United States) Wild Elephinks (United States)
Births January January 6: John Clive, English actor (voice of John Lennon in Yellow Submarine), (d. 2012). January 8: Charles Osgood, American news anchor (voice of the Narrator in Horton Hears a Who!), (d. 2024). January 11: Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Japanese voice actor (voice of Daisuke Jigen in Lupin the Third, Bem in Humanoid Monster Bem, Adrian Rubinsky in Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Mohammed Avdol in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA), Watari in Death Note, dub voice of The Wolf in Droopy, Commander Norman in Thunderbirds, the title character in Shazzan, Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Roscoe in Oliver & Company, Jonah Hex in Batman: The Animated Series, Katscratch in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Hernán Cortés in The Road to El Dorado, Jerry in Totally Spies!, Thief in Samurai Jack, Nava in Balto II: Wolf Quest, Rick Dicker in The Incredibles, Ice President in Adventure Time), (d. 2022).訃報 小林 清志 - 東京俳優生活協同組合 January 12: Carlos Vogt, Argentine comic artist and animator (worked for studio Burone Bruché), (d. 2018). January 14: Stan Brakhage, American film director and animator (Mothlight), (d. 2003). January 16: Julio Medina, Colombian actor (voice of Miguel in The New Adventures of Zorro, provided additional voices for Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Mister T), (d. 2024).Murió Julio Medina, famoso actor que marcó la historia de la televisión en Colombia January 17: Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and actress (voice of Princess Nida in Arabian Knights, the title character and Cousin Maggie in Honey Halfwitch), (d. 1998). January 23: Chita Rivera, American actress (voice of the Witch in Dora the Explorer, Katy in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "Thumbelina"), (d. 2024).
February February 2: Tony Jay, English actor (voice of Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Monsieur D'Arque in Beauty and the Beast, Megabyte in ReBoot, Shere Khan in TaleSpin, Jungle Cubs, The Jungle Book 2, and House of Mouse, Baron Mordo in Spider-Man, Galactus and Terrax in Fantastic Four, Chairface Chippendale in The Tick, Lord Dregg in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bootlick in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Dr. Lipschitz in Rugrats), (d. 2006). February 24: Toshiya Ueda, Japanese actor (voice of Titicaca in The Adventures of Pepero, Futon in Rascal the Raccoon, Nefertari Cobra in One Piece, and Vilk in The Promised Neverland, dub voice of Uncle Chuck Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog, Dr. Benjamin Boris Zachary Karbunkle in Biker Mice from Mars, Owl in Winnie the Pooh, and Aloysius in Infinity Train), (d. 2022).
March March 1: Inessa Kovalevskaya, Soviet and Russian animation director (The Bremen Town Musicians). March 14: Michael Caine, English actor (voice of Finn McMissile in Cars 2, Lord Redbrick in Gnomeo & Juliet and Sherlock Gnomes). Quincy Jones, American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer (portrayed himself in Fantasia 2000, voiced himself in The Boondocks episode "A Huey Freeman Christmas"), (d. 2024). March 19: Richard Williams, Canadian-English animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, directed the animated scenes in What's New Pussycat?, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Casino Royale, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Who Framed Roger Rabbit), (d. 2019). Renée Taylor, American actress (voice of Gloria Genarro in Bob's Burgers, Mrs. Start in Ice Age: The Meltdown, Lucille in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Warrior Queen"). March 23: Dave Frishberg, American composer and lyricist (I'm Just a Bill from Schoolhouse Rock!), (d. 2021). March 24: Lee Mendelson, American animation producer (Peanuts specials, Here Comes Garfield, Garfield on the Town, The Romance of Betty Boop, Garfield and Friends), (d. 2019). March 30: Joe Ruby, American animator, animation writer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng), and animation producer (co-founder of Ruby-Spears Productions, co-creator of Scooby-Doo), (d. 2020).
April April 5: Frank Gorshin, American actor, impressionist, and comedian (voice of Daffy Duck in Superior Duck, Foghorn Leghorn in Pullet Surprise, Yosemite Sam in From Hare to Eternity, Sir 1023 and Quart in Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Hugo Strange in The Batman, The Reverend Jack Cheese in The Ren & Stimpy Show episode of the same name, Barney Stone and Clovy in the Johnny Bravo episode "Blarney Buddies"), (d. 2005). April 6: Yasuo Muramatsu, Japanese voice actor (voice of Tom in One Piece, Pisco in Case Closed, Revil in Mobile Suit Gundam, Japanese voice of Steelbeak in Darkwing Duck, Jacob in Joseph: King of Dreams, Santa Claus in Prep & Landing, Cyrus in ReBoot), and founder of Office Kaoru, (d. 2024).村松康雄さん死去 91歳、老衰 声優「フランダースの犬」ハンス役