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1939 in animation

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This is a list of events related to film and television animation of 1939.

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Events

  • The last Betty Boop film, Yip Yip Yippy, was released on August 11 (though she does not appear in the cartoon)

    • Deaths

  • French illustrator, comic book artist and animator Benjamin Rabier
  • Swedish animator Victor Bergdahl, creator of the animated character Captain Grogg

    • Feature films

  • December 22: Gulliver's Travels (1939 film), the second American feature-length animated film

    • Short films

  • Swinging the Lambeth Walk, directed by Len Lye
  • January 27: My Friend the Monkey
  • March 31: So Does an Automobile
  • April 22: Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
  • May 12: Musical Mountaineers
  • June 9: The Scared Crows
  • June 10: The Bear That Couldn't Sleep, debut appearance of Barney Bear.
  • July 7: Rhythm on the Reservation, last theatrical Betty Boop cartoon.
  • July 21: The Pointer, a short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto, is released in theaters by RKO Radio Pictures
  • August 11: Yip Yip Yippy
  • September 9: Life Begins for Andy Panda, produced by Walter Lantz and released by Universal Pictures, marking the film debut of the cartoon character Andy Panda

    • References

    1939 in animation Wikipedia
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