1950 in animation
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Events in 1950 in animation.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 7: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Little Quacker premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio. It marks the debut of Quacker the duckling.[1]
- January 14:
- Friz Freleng's fourth Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Home, Tweet Home premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[2]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Saturday Evening Puss, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.[3]
- January 20: Jack Hannah's Lion Around, a Donald Duck cartoon produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Louie the Mountain Lion.[4]
- January 21: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hurdy-Gurdy Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]
- January 28: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Boobs in the Woods premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[6]
February
[edit]- February 11: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short Mutiny on the Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[7]
- February 15: Cinderella, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wilfred Jackson and produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[8] The characters Jaq and Gus will later become popular comics characters.
March
[edit]- March 3:
- Jack Kinney's The Brave Engineer, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[citation needed]
- In Isadore Sparber's Quack-A-Doodle-Doo, produced by the Famous Studios, Baby Huey makes his debut.[9]
- March 4: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[10] The short also stars Porky Pig, Melissa Duck, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk, & Mama Bear.
- March 11:
- Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Texas Tom premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.[11]
- Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Homeless Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]
- March 23: 22nd Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon For Scent-imental Reasons, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[12]
April
[edit]- April 1: Robert McKimson's Strife with Father premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, it marks the final appearance of Beaky Buzzard in the Golden age of American animation.
- April 8: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Jerry and the Lion premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.[3]
- April 22: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short Big House Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]
May
[edit]- May 6: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon The Leghorn Blows at Midnight premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Henery Hawk & Barnyard Dawg.[13]
- May 27:
- Robert McKimson's Porky Pig cartoon An Egg Scramble premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short marks the debut of the character Miss Prissy, who would go on to appear as a supporting character in McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.[6]
- Tex Avery's Ventriloquist Cat premieres, produced by MGM.[citation needed]
June
[edit]- June 17: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon What's Up Doc? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[14] This short was made in honor of Bugs Bunny's 10th anniversary.
- June 24: Friz Freleng's fifth Tweety and Sylvester cartoon All a Bir-r-r-d premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[2]
- June 30: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Motor Mania premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation.
July
[edit]- July 1: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Safety Second premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.[15]
- July 8: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon 8 Ball Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5] This short marks the final appearance of Playboy Penguin in the Golden age of animation.
August
[edit]- August 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Golden Yeggs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Rocky the gangster makes his debut.[16] Also starring Porky Pig.
- August 12: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hillbilly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]
September
[edit]- September 2: Chuck Jones' The Ducksters premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Daffy Duck presents a radio quiz show and torments Porky Pig.[6]
- September 16:
- Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon A Fractured Leghorn premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the first Foghorn Leghorn short where both Barnyard Dawg and Henery Hawk don't appear in.[17]
- Hanna-Barbera's