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January The Great Cheese Robbery (ss), Vernon Stallings /Bray. (drawn animation) first Krazy Kat series (1920-1921) Walt Disney is hired by the Kansas City Film Ad Company (Missouri) to create cartoon advertisements. |
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January Osvaldo Cavandoli (January 1, 1920–March 3, 2007) (director, animator, character designer) born in Maderno sul Garda. (Italy) |
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February Ivo Caprino (February 17, 1920–February 8, 2001) (director, producer, writer) born in Oslo. (Norway) |
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March Handy Mandy's Goat (ss), Frank Moser /Bray. (drawn animation) early Bud and Susie series (1920-1921) Paramount Magazine (ss), Pat Powers /Paramount. |
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June Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees) (June 22, 1920–November 2, 1986) (voice actor) born in Chicago, Illinois. Ray Harryhausen (Raymond Frederick Harryhausen) (June 29, 1920- ) (animator, producer) born in Los Angeles, California. |
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August Bill Scott (William Scott, William John Scott III) (August 2, 1920-November 29, 1985) (voice actor, writer, producer) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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August The Daring Deeds of Duckless Darebanks (ss), J.L. Anderson /Kine Komedy Kartoons. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
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September Shedding the Profiteer (ss), Bray. (drawn animation) (one of the Judge Rummy series) Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) (September 23, 1920- ) (voice actor) born in Brooklyn, New York. Jay Ward (J. Troplong Ward) (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) (director, producer, writer) born in San Francisco, California. |
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October Such Is Life Among the Dogs (ss), Hy Mayer /Hy Mayer Productions. (drawn animation) first Such Is Life series (1920-1922) |
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November George Dunning (George Garnett Dunning) (November 17, 1920-February 15, 1979) (director, animator, writer, producer) born in Toronto, Ontario. (Canada) |
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no date Walt Disney founds his first studio to produce the Laugh-O-Grams series in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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no date In the Spring A Young Man's Fancy (ss), Dudley Buxton /Kine Komedy Kartoons. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) first Bucky's Burlesques series (1920) Ladislas Starewicz founds a new animation studio in Paris. (France) |
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