Chronology of Animation 1934
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United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
January
The Rasslin' Match (ss), George Stallings /Van Beuren.
(drawn animation)
first Amos 'n' Andy series (1934)


January
Treasure Island (ss), Brian White /Raycol Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)



February
Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising start making cartoons for MGM.









March
Norakuro Gocho [のらくろ伍長] ("Corporal Norakuro") (ss), Yasuji Murata /Yokohama Cinema Kyokai.
(drawn animation)




April
Brian Cosgrove (Brian Joseph Cosgrove) (producer, director, animator) born. (Great Britain)



May
Hollywood Party (f), Roy Rowland /MGM (Disney).
(live action, some drawn animation)
film contains Mickey Mouse (Fred Moore) in a short sequence with live actors and The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (ss), Jack Kinney and others /Disney.





June
The Wise Little Hen (ss), Wilfred Jackson /Disney.
(drawn animation)
first appearance of Donald Duck

Grandfather's Clock (ss), Burt Gillett /Van Beuren.
(drawn animation)
first Toddle Tales series (1934-1935)





United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
July
Pastry Town Wedding (ss), Burt Gillett and Ted Eshbaugh /Van Beuren.
(drawn animation)
first Rainbow Parade series (1934-1936)

Winsor McCay (Zenis Winsor McKay) (September 26, 1967-July 26, 1934) (animator, director, producer) dies in Brooklyn, New York.





August
Poor Cinderella (ss), Dave Fleischer /Fleischer.
(drawn animation)
first Color Classics series (1934-1940)
Contains the first use of the Stereoscopic process invented by technician John Burks under the direction of Max Fleischer. It allowed for the combination of animation with a live minature set (composed of drawn objects) to create more realistic background effects.





September
Discontented Canary (ss), Rudolph Ising /Harman-Ising.
(drawn animation)
first Happy Harmonies series (1934-1938)





October
The Headless Horseman (ss), Ub Iwerks /Iwerks.
(drawn animation)
Contains the first use of a multiplane camera invented by Iwerks. The camera could photograph several layers of background cels that were several inches apart, giving the final result a more realistic three-dimensional appearance.

Jolly Little Elves (ss), Walter Lantz /Universal.
(drawn animation)
first Walter Lantz Cartune Special (1934-1961)





November
Holiday Land (ss), Art Davis (animator) /Screen Gems.
(drawn animation)
first Color Rhapsodies series (1934-1949)








December
Daikichirou Kusube (Kusube Daikichirou 楠部大吉郎) (December 12, 1934-August 8, 2005) (animator, producer, director) born.


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)



no date
The Eternal Triangle (ss), Dennis Connolly /Champion Pictures. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Das gestohlene Herz ("The Stolen Heart") (ss), Lotte Reiniger. (Germany)
(silhouette animation)

La Joie de vivre ("Joy of Life") (ss), Anthony Gross. (France)
(drawn animation)

Muratti greift ein ("Muratti Gets in the Act") (ss)/(adv), Oskar Fischinger. (Germany)
(model animation)

Skazka o tsare Durandae [Сказка о царе Дурандае] ("Tale of Tsar Durandai") (ss), Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Valentina Brumberg, and Zinaida Brumberg /Mezhrabpomfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

"Sleeping Beauty" (ss)/(adv), George Pal /Pal. (Netherlands)
(model animation)

Manfredo Manfredi (director, art director, writer, producer) born in Palermo. (Italy)

no date
Genroku Koi Moyou: Sankichi To Otoyo ("Love in the Genroku Era") (ss), Mitsuyo Oze /Nihon Manga Film Kenkuyo.
(drawn animation)

Tsukinomiya no Oojosama ("Princess of the Moon Palace") (ss), Yasuji Murata /Yokohama Cinema Kyokai.
(drawn animation)

no date
"On A Moonlit Night" (ss) R. C. Boral. (India)
(drawn animation)
(first Indian sound cartoon)

A Da (Xu Jingda 阿达; 徐景达) (1934-February 15, 1987) (director, animator, designer) born in Shanghai. (China)


Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.


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