Thursday, January 21, 2016

animation fun facts for Jan 21, 2016


Birthdays: Leadbelly (Harlan Ledbetter), Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, J. Carol Naish, Tele Savalas, Christian Dior, Placido Domingo is 76, Wolfman Jack, Paul Scofield, Robby Benson, Jack Nicklaus, Benny Hill, Emma Bunton- Baby Spice of the Spice Girls, Gena Davis is 60, Ken Leung is 46

1789- The first American novel published- The Power of Sympathy: An Epistolary Romance by William Hill Brown.

1916- The National Board of Review outlawed nudity in Hollywood movies.

1930- Ubb Iwerks quit The Walt Disney Company.


1935- Disney animator Ollie Johnston’s first day at the studio, at $17 a week.

1938 -Max Fleischer tells his New York cartoon studio they are relocating to Florida. 

1938- George Melies, the father of Motion Picture Special Effects, died selling chocolates in a Paris train station -Gare du Norde to be exact.

1959- Former 'Our Gang' child star Charles 'Alfalfa" Switzer was killed in a bar in Mission Hills, Ca. He pulled a knife on a man over a $50 debt on a hunting dog. The man then shot him. He was 32. According to fellow Little Rascal Darla Hood, Switzer was a brute who bullied the other children, and bitter his adult career never blossomed.

1992- Disney's Beauty and the Beast becomes the first animated film ever nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.



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