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| Animated feature films |
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| By decade |
A list of animated feature films released prior to 1940.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Notes | Release Date |
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| 1916 | ||||||
| Creation [1] | 
United States
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Pinto Colvig | The Animated Film Corporation | Traditional/ Cutout | The first animated feature; Lost film | 1916 |
| 1917 | ||||||
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El Apóstol (The Apostle) |
Argentina |
Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/ Cutout | Lost film | November 9, 1917 | |
| 1918 | ||||||
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Sin dejar rastros (Without a Trace) |
Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/ Cutout | Lost film | 1918 | |
| 1924 | ||||||
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Vida y milagros de Don Fausto
(The Life and Miracles of Jiggs) |
Chile | Carlos Espejo Carlos F. Borcosque | Traditional/ Cutout | Possibly Lost Film; First Chilean Animated Film | September 1924 | |
| 1926 | ||||||
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed |
Germany | Lotte Reiniger | Silhouette | The oldest surviving animated feature and the first German animated film. | September 23, 1926 | |
| 1931 | ||||||
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Peludópolis (Peludo City) Peludópolis |
Argentina | Quirino Cristiani | Traditional/ Cutout | Lost film and the first animated feature film with sound. | September 18, 1931 | |
| 1935 | ||||||
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The New Gulliver Новый Гулливер |
Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/ Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and the first animated feature film to be made in the Soviet Union. | March 25, 1935 |
| 1937 | ||||||
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The Tale of the Fox Le Roman de Renard |
France | Ladislas Starevich | Stop motion | Although completed in 1930, it remained unreleased for years because of problems with the original French soundtrack. It premiered in Berlin in 1937 with a German soundtrack, and was released with a new French soundtrack in April 1941. It was also the first French animated film. | April 10, 1937 | |
| Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons | United States |
Burt Gillett Wilfred Jackson David Hand |
Traditional | Package film. The first animated feature film to be presented in Technicolor. | May 19, 1937 | |
|
The Seven Ravens Die sieben Raben |
Germany |
Ferdinand Diehl Hermann Diehl |
Stop motion | December 2, 1937 | ||
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | United States |
David Hand William Cottrell Wilfred Jackson Larry Morey Perce Pearce Ben Sharpsteen |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Oldest surviving American animated feature overall, and the first to use cels as its medium; the film won a special Academy Award for the first animated feature. | December 21, 1937 (Carthay Circle Theatre) |
| 1939 | ||||||
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The Golden Key Золотой ключик |
Soviet Union | Aleksandr Ptushko | Mosfilm | Stop motion/ Live action | Combines live-action with animation, and it's Ptushko's last foray into animation. | July 1, 1939 |
| Gulliver's Travels | United States | Dave Fleischer | Fleischer Studios | Traditional | The first American Technicolor animated feature film not to be made by Disney. Also first Technicolor animated feature film made in World War II. | December 22, 1939 |
Key: Film considered lost
References
- ^ "Colvig, Pinto". Southern Oregon Historical Society Library. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.
External links
- Animated films from 1915 to 1939, listed in the IMDb