Who was Charles M. Shulz…?

‘Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Saint Paul. He was the only child of Carl Schulz, who was German, and Dena, who was Norwegian. His uncle nicknamed him “Sparky” after the horse Spark Plug in the Barney Google comic strip.’

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Ductators (1997)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Peter Pan (1953)

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

One Hundred and One Dalmations (1961)

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Jungle Book (1967)

Aristocats (1970)

Robin Hood (1973)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

The Rescuers (1977)

Felix in Hollywood (1923)

Felix Dines at the Pines (1927)

Felix Woos Woopee (1930)

Reiniger

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1927)

Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Fantasia (1940)

Pinocchio (1940)

Dumbo (1941)

Bambi (1942)

Saludos Amigos (1942)

The Three Caballeros (1944)

Make Mine Music (1946)

Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

Melody Time (1948)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (1949)

Gertie The Dinosaur (1914)

The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm

Willis O’Brien

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915)

EXPERIMENTING WITH SOUND

Oscar Fishinger

Fleischer

Bimbo’s Initiation (1931)

Poor Cinderella

1. A Coach for Cinderalla (1936)

‘Directed by Max Fleischer, the film is actually an advertisement for Chevrolet automobiles. This imaginative cartoon breaks down the parts and features of a Chevy into units that can be understood in terms of plant and animal life: caterpillars roll into circles and become automobile tires; in the “visible V-6″ fireflies equal spark plugs and mice provide motive power. Naturally, tells part of the Cinderella story, too.’
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Blackton was born in Sheffield, England in 1875 before immigrating with his family to the USA.

The Enchanted Drawing (1900)

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)

Little Nemo (1911)

Meanwhile, in Paris a French caricaturist, Emile Cohl made a series of progressive drawings photographed on motion picture film.

Fantasmagorie (1908)

The Hasher’s Delirium (1910)

Tarzan

“Animation” < you are here
Beginnings
Early Work
Studio Animation
Television Era
War Animation

“Oh, no, never let spirit die”
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