1940 in animation

Years in animation: 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943

Events in 1940 in animation.

Events

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Deaths

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February

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May

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  • May 17: Thoralf Klouman, Norwegian satirical illustrator and actor (produced the animated film Admiral Palads (1917), about the American president Woodrow Wilson), dies at age 50.[95][96]

July

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  • July 2: Guido Seeber, German film director, cinematographer and animator (Prosit Neujahr 1910!), dies at age 61.[97][98][99]

September

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  • Alexander Black, American photographer, inventor, and writer (presented the magic lantern show Life through a Detective Camera(alternately titled Ourselves as Others See Us); created the pre-film "Picture Play" Miss Jerry, a series of posed magic lantern slides projected onto a screen with a dissolving stereopticon, accompanied by narration and music. It was the first example of a feature-length dramatic fiction on screen), dies at age 81.[107][108][109][110]

See also

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Notes

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  64. ^ Nie żyje aktorka Mirosława Krajewska-Marczewska (in Polish)
  65. ^ È morto Roberto Del Giudice, la voce italiana di Lupin III (in Italian)
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