List of animated feature films of the 1950s
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A list of animated feature films released in the 1950s.
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release date |
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1950 | ||||||
Cinderella | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | February 15, 1950 | |
Always Happy Immer wieder Glück |
West Germany | Ferdinand Diehl | Stop motion | October 1, 1950 | ||
Johnny the Giant Killer Jeannot l'intrépide |
France | Jean Image | Traditional | December 13, 1950 | ||
Once Upon A Time Érase una vez |
Spain | Alexandre Cirici-Pellicer | Traditional | December 18, 1950 | ||
1951 | ||||||
Prince Bayaya Bajaja |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | January 26, 1951 | ||
Alice in Wonderland | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | July 26, 1951 | |
The Night Before Christmas Noch pered Rozhdestvom |
Soviet Union | Valentina Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | December 31, 1951 | |
1952 | ||||||
The Snow Maiden Snyegurochka |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | February 2, 1952 | |
The Scarlet Flower Alenkiy tsvetochek |
Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | June 6, 1952 | |
The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep La Bergère et le Ramoneur |
France | Paul Grimault | Traditional | September 1952 | ||
The Visions of Tay-Pi Los Sueños de Tay-Pi |
Spain | José María Blay, Franz Winterstein |
Traditional | December 22, 1952 | ||
1953 | ||||||
Peter Pan | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | February 5, 1953 | |
Tobias Knopp – Adventure of a Bachelor Tobias Knopp - Abenteuer eines Junggesellen |
West Germany | Gerhard Fieber | Traditional | February 8, 1953 | ||
The Treasure of Bird Island Poklad Ptacího ostrova |
Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | Stop motion | March 27, 1953 | ||
Old Czech Legends Staré pověsti české |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | April 8, 1953 | ||
Dangerous When Wet | United States | Charles Walters | M-G-M Cartoons | Traditional animation/Live Action | February 5, 1953 | |
Bonjour Paris | France | Jean Image | Traditional | October 30, 1953 | ||
1954 | ||||||
Tsarevna the Frog Tsarevna-Lyagushka |
Soviet Union | Mikhail Tsekhanovsky | Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | [1][2][3][4] | January 1, 1954 |
Amazon Symphony Sinfonia Amazônica |
Brazil | Anelio Latini | Traditional | First Brazilian animated feature. | January 13, 1954 | |
The Good Soldier Schweik Dobrý voják Švejk |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | August 19, 1954 | ||
Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy | United States | Michael Myerberg, John Paul |
RKO Radio Pictures | Stop motion | October 10, 1954 | |
Animal Farm | United Kingdom United States |
John Halas, Joy Batchelor |
Halas and Batchelor | Traditional | First British animated feature | December 22, 1954 |
1955 | ||||||
Lady and the Tramp | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | First animated feature to be presented in widescreen (CinemaScope) | June 22, 1955 |
The Enchanted Boy Zakoldovanyy malchik |
Soviet Union | Vladimir Polkovnikov, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | September 16, 1955 | |
The Enchanted Village Le Village enchanté |
Canada | Marcel Racicot, Réal Racicot |
Traditional | First Canadian animated feature | December 23, 1955 | |
1956 | ||||||
The Devil and Kate Čert a Káča |
Czechoslovakia | Václav Bedřich | Bratři v triku | Traditional | April 20, 1956 | |
Invitation to the Dance (film) | United States | Gene Kelly | M-G-M Cartoons | Traditional animation/Live Action | May 22, 1956 | |
The Heavenly Creation Nebesnoe sozdanie |
Soviet Union | Sergey Obraztsov, Georgiy Natanson, Grigoriy Lomidze |
Soyuzmultfilm | Stop Motion | First Soviet full-length animated film made completely in stop-motion technology of animation[5][6] | October 24, 1956 |
The Twelve Months 12 mesyatsev |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mikhail Botov |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | December 31, 1956 | |
1957 | ||||||
The Big Fun Carnival | United States | Marc Daniels, Shamus Culhane, Hans Fischerkoesen, Dave Fleischer, John A. Haeseler, George Pal |
Traditional/Stop Motion | A compilation film of old theatrical cartoons previously distributed by Paramount Pictures. Originally planned as the first of twelve such features, only this first one was released. |
January 20, 1957 | |
Hemo the Magnificent | United States | Frank Capra | Traditional/Live action | First animated feature made for TV | March 20, 1957 | |
The Snow Queen Snezhnaya koroleva |
Soviet Union | Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Fyodorov |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | December 31, 1957 | |
1958 | ||||||
Beloved Beauty Krasa nyenaglyadnaya |
Soviet Union | Vladimir Degtyaryov | Soyuzmultfilm | Stop motion | 1958 | |
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne Vynález zkázy |
Czechoslovakia | Karel Zeman | Stop motion/Live action | 1958 | ||
The Picchiatelli | Italy | Antonio Attanasi | documentary about animation, show 2-d animation and stop-motion puppet | 1958 | ||
The Creation of the World La création du monde |
France Czechoslovakia |
Eduard Hofman | Traditional | April 4, 1958 | ||
The White Snake Enchantress Hakuja den |
Japan | Taiji Yabushita, Kazuhiko Okabe |
Toei Animation | Traditional | First anime feature to be in color and the first feature film produced by Toei Animation. | October 22, 1958 |
1959 | ||||||
Chuang Tapestry 一幅僮锦 |
China | Qian Jagun | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | First Chinese animated feature to be produced as the People's Republic of China | 1959 |
Sleeping Beauty | United States | Clyde Geronimi, Les Clark, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | First animated feature to be presented in Super Technirama 70 widescreen, Last Disney feature to use traditional inking. | January 29, 1959 |
Hyoutan suzume ひょうたんすずめ |
Japan | Yokoyama Ryuichi | Traditional | February 10, 1959 | ||
I Was a Satellite of the Sun Ya byl sputnikom Solntsa [A] |
Soviet Union | Victor Morgenstern | Soyuzmultfilm, Mosnauchfilm | Traditional/Live action | First Soviet feature film combining the traditional animation and live-action | May 5, 1959 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream Sen noci svatojánské |
Czechoslovakia | Jiří Trnka | Stop motion | September 25, 1959 | ||
1001 Arabian Nights | United States | Jack Kinney | Columbia Pictures UPA |
Traditional | December 1, 1959 | |
Magic Boy Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke |
Japan | Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita |
Toei Animation | Traditional | December 25, 1959 | |
The Adventures of Buratino Priklyucheniya Buratino |
Soviet Union | Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Dmitriy Babichenko, Mikhail Botov |
Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | Last drawn full-length animated film which entered the period of the Soviet social realism | December 31, 1959 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Я был спутником Солнца
References
[edit]- ^ Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (Official Russian)
- ^ Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (Russian with English subtitles)
- ^ Cartoon «Tsarevna the Frog» on YouTube (English)
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚FROG THE PRINCESSE╩
- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE CELESTIAL CREATURE╩
- ^ Cartoon «The Heavenly Creation» on YouTube (Russian)
External links
[edit]- Animated films of the decade, listed in the IMDb