Chronology of Animation 1917 | |||||
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January Boomer Bill's Awakening (ss), Pat Sullivan /Sullivan. (drawn animation) first Boomer Bill series The Captain is Examined for Insurance (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS. Ananias Has Nothing on Hooligan (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS. |
January O Kaiser (ss), Seth. (Brazil) (drawn animation) |
January Emile Reynaud (director, animator, producer) dies in Paris. (France) |
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February The Bronco Buster (ss), John R. Bray /Bray. (drawn animation) one of the Historical Cartoons series (1917-1918) Quacky Doodles' Picnic (ss), Johnny Gruelle /Bray. |
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March The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (ss), Willis O'Brien. (model animation) |
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March L'Avenir devoile par les lignes des pieds ("Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet") (ss), Emile Cohl /Eclair. (France) (drawn animation) |
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April Hans Conried (Hans Georg Conried, Jr.) (April 15, 1917–January 5, 1982) (voice actor) born in Baltimore, Maryland. |
April Traquinices de Chiquinho e seu inseparavel amigo Jagunço ("The Escapades of Chiquinho and His Inseperable Friend Jagunço") (ss), Kirsi Filme. (Brazil) (drawn animation) |
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May When Noah's Ark Embarked (ss), John C. Terry. (drawn animation) |
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May Les Exploits de Marius (ss), Lortac /Pathe-Consortium. (France) (drawn animation) Les Aventures de Clementine (ss), Emile Cohl and Benjamin Rabier. (France) Fyodor Khitruk (Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk) (May 1, 1917- ) (director, writer, animator) born in Tver. (Russia) |
May Sarukani Gassen ("The Crab Gets Its Revenge on the Monkey") (ss), Seitaro Kitayama. (drawn animation) |
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June Les Aventures des pieds-nickeles ("The Adventures of the Leadfoot Gang") (ss), Emile Cohl /Eclair. (France) (drawn animation) first Les pieds-nickeles series (1917-1918) |
June Hanawa Konai Meitou no Maki ("Hanawa Konai's Famous Sword") (ss), Junichi Kouchi /Nikkatsu. (drawn animation) |
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July Box Car Bill Falls in Luck (ss), Pat Sullivan /Sullivan. (drawn animation) early Box Car Bill series |
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July Les Fiancailles de Flambeau ("Flambeau's Wedding") (ss), Emile Cohl and Benjamin Rabier. (France) (drawn animation) |
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August Dollies of 1917 (ss), Howard S. Moss /Peter Pan Films. (model animation) one of the Motoy Comedies series (1917) Iska Worreb (ss), Gregory La Cava /IFS. |
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September Goodrich Dirt Among the Beach Nuts ("Goodrich Dirt at the Seashore") (ss), Wallace A. Carlson /Bray. (drawn animation) first Goodrich Dirt series (1917-1919) June Foray (September 18, 1917- ) (voice actress) born in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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September Clementine et Flambeau (ss), Benjamin Rabier. (France) (drawn animation) |
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November El Apostol (f), Quirino Cristiani. (Argentina) (drawn animation) world's first feature length animated film |
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December Jirí Brdecka (director, writer) (December 24, 1917-June 2, 1982) born in Hranice, Moravia. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic]) |
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no date Bray Studios starts making training films for the U.S. Army. Bud Fisher takes over the Bowers-Barre studio to form the Bud Fisher Films Corporation. |
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no date Agitated Adverts (ss), Anson Dyer /Kine Komedy Kartoons. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Fanden i nøtten ("The Devil in the Nut") (ss), Ola Cornelius. (Norway) El toro fenomeno ("The Phenomenal Bull") (ss), Fernando Marco. (Spain) |
no date Imokawa Muzuko Genkanban no Maki [芋川椋三玄関番の巻] ("Muzuko Imakawa the Concierge") (ss), Oten Shimokawa /Nikkatsu. (drawn animation) |
no date Topical Cartoons (ss), Harry Julius /Smith and Julius. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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