In 1937, Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, pioneering a new form of family entertainment.
Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which began as the feature-animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937; as of November 2023, it has produced a total of 62 feature films.
On this day, December 21, in 1937, Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was released. It was the first full-length animated film. It is considered the legend and mother of animated films. It laid the foundation for animated films later.
1908 – Émile Cohl created Fantasmagorie — the first animated film using hand-drawn animation, and film historians consider it to be the first animated cartoon.
It was 100 years ago that Walt Disney founded The Walt Disney Company The company has become a pop culture empire — with movies such as Fantasia and Frozen. To celebrate the milestone anniversary, Disney is releasing a restored 4k version of the 1937 film Snow White.
Fantasmagorie is considered to be the oldest cartoon in the world. The very short animation is one of the earliest examples of traditional hand-drawn animation. It was created in 1908 by French cartoonist Émile Cohl.
The first filmmaker to employ Technicolor's new process number 4 was Walt Disney on his first color animated short, Flowers and Trees – recipient of the Academy Award in 1932 for Best Animated Short Subject.
Émile Eugène Jean Louis Cohl (French: [kol]; né Courtet; 4 January 1857 – 20 January 1938) was a French caricaturist of the Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon".
Fiddlesticks is a 1930 Celebrity Pictures theatrical cartoon short directed and animated by Ub Iwerks, in his first cartoon since he departed from Walt Disney's studio. The short features Iwerks' character Flip the Frog. It is the first complete sound cartoon to be photographed in color.
'Wish' marks 100 years of Disney Studios with original new animated musical. Sandy Kenyon has more on the new Disney movie. NEW YORK -- A new animated movie called "Wish" is the one feature chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of Disney Studios.
The last live-action film that Walt was involved with and produced was The Happiest Millionaire. Production began at the beginning of 1966 and the film was released June 23rd, 1967. Follow Me, Boys! was the last film that was released by the studio before Walt's death, on December 1st, 1966.
What was Mickey Mouse originally called? Walt Disney named his first iteration of the character Mortimer Mouse. However, at the urging of Lillian Disney, his wife, the character was renamed Mickey Mouse; reportedly, Lillian disliked the name Mortimer for the mouse and suggested Mickey.
1995. Toy Story, the world's first computer animated feature film, is released in theaters on November 22. It opens at #1 that weekend and will go on to become the highest grossing film of the year, making $192 million domestically and $362 million worldwide.
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a 1906 short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton and generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film recorded on standard picture film.
Felix has been said to represent a child's sense of wonder, creating the fantastic when it is not there, and taking it in stride when it is. His famous pace—hands behind his back, head down, deep in thought—became a trademark that has been analyzed by critics around the world.
But when Disney joined forces with Pixar — a then-up-and-coming computer animation studio chaired by Steve Jobs — for Toy Story, the first computer-animated feature film was born, and a new world of film was unlocked.
And then we come to The Princess and the Frog, the first time truly African American characters appear in a Disney animated film. They did a great job with the story and hiring wonderful African American actors.
Goofy's birthday is May 25, 1932. That's when he first appeared (as Dippy Dawg) in the cartoon short Mickey's Revue. His first appearance as Goofy was two years later in Orphan's Benefit, which also saw the debut of Donald Duck.
In 1937 the release of Disney's first full length-animated film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” in Technicolor, goes on to become the most successful sound film of all time.
Everyone's favorite mouse is turning 94. On Nov. 18, 1928, Mickey Mouse made his debut in the short film "Steamboat Willie." Since then, his birthday has been honored by his loving fans all around the globe. To celebrate, we've compiled some interesting facts about Disneyland.
Before Mickey Mouse, there was his predecessor: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Before Mickey Mouse, there was his predecessor: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. For the first time, we're seeing footage of the first Disney character. The silent film in black and white dates back to 1928, when a young Walt Disney created Oswald.
Steamboat Willie (1928), the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to be publicly released, shows Mickey flirtatiously pursuing Minnie Mouse, playing with animals as if they are instruments, and discovering his curiosity and love of music; Mickey's actions are typified by that of a teenager or young boy.
