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Happy Rabbit, the prototype of Bugs Bunny, in Porky's Hare Hunt
1938 was the 9th year of 1930's.
Production[]
- Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton direct "Porky's Hare Hunt", which features Happy Rabbit, the predecessor to Bugs Bunny.
- Chuck Jones's directorial debut, "The Night Watchman", is released. This cartoon also was the first to use the green Color Rings.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 1 - Sergeant Murphy
- January 8
- January 15 - Hollywood Hotel
- January 22 - The Invisible Menace
- February 5 - Blondes at Work
- February 12
- February 26 - Penrod and His Twin Brother
- March 5 - A Slight Case of Murder
- March 12 - Love, Honor and Behave
- March 19 - He Couldn't Say No
- March 26 - Jezebel
- April 2 - Over the Wall
- April 9 - Accidents Will Happen
- April 16 - Fools for Scandal
- April 23 - Women Are Like That
- April 30 - The Beloved Brat
- May 7 - Torchy Blane in Panama
- May 14 - The Adventures of Robin Hood
- May 21 - Mystery House
- May 28 - Crime School
- June 4 - Little Miss Thoroughbred
- June 11 - Gold Diggers in Paris
- June 18 - When Were You Born
- June 23 - White Banners
- July 9
- July 16
- July 23 - Penrod's Double Trouble
- July 30 - The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
- August 9 - Four Daughters
- August 27 - Boy Meets Girl
- September 3 - Four's a Crowd
- September 10 - Secrets of an Actress
- September 17 - Valley of the Giants
- October 1 - Garden of the Moon
- October 8 - Broadway Musketeers
- October 14 - The Sisters
- October 22 - Girls on Probation
- October 29 - Brother Rat
- November 5 - Hard to Get
- November 12 - Torchy Gets Her Man
- November 19 - Nancy Drew... Detective
- November 26 - Angels with Dirty Faces
- December 3 - Comet Over Broadway
- December 10 - Heart of the North
- December 24 - The Dawn Patrol (remake of the Warner Bros. 1930 film)
- December 31 - Going Places
Shorts[]
- January 1 - Daffy Duck & Egghead
- January 15 - Porky's Poppa
- January 29 - My Little Buckaroo
- February 5 - Porky at the Crocadero
- February 19 - Jungle Jitters
- February 26 - What Price Porky
- March 12 - The Sneezing Weasel
- March 19 - Porky's Phoney Express
- April 2 - A Star is Hatched
- April 16 - Porky's Five & Ten
- April 23 - The Penguin Parade
- April 30 - Porky's Hare Hunt
- May 14 - Now That Summer Is Gone
- May 21 - Injun Trouble
- May 28 - The Isle of Pingo Pongo
- June 4 - Porky the Fireman
- June 11 - Katnip Kollege
- June 25
- July 9 - Love and Curses
- July 23 - Cinderella Meets Fella
- July 25 - Porky's Spring Planting
- August 6 - Porky & Daffy
- August 13 - The Major Lied 'Til Dawn
- August 27
- September 10 - Cracked Ice
- September 24
- October 8 - Little Pancho Vanilla
- October 15 - Porky's Naughty Nephew
- October 22 - Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
- November 5
- November 19 - The Night Watchman
- November 26 - The Daffy Doc
- December 3 - Daffy Duck in Hollywood
- December 17
- December 31 - The Mice Will Play
People[]
Births[]
- July 30 - Michael Bell (actor)
- October 19 - Noel Blanc (voice actor)
- October 29 - Ralph Bakshi (animator, filmmaker and painter)
Deaths[]
- January 8 - Myrtle Stedman (actress)
- January 18 - Maurice Black (actor)
- January 19 - Robert McWade (actor)
- January 26 - Matthew Betz (actor)
- February 17 - T. D. Crittenden (actor)
- March 21 - Oscar Apfel (actor, director, screenwriter and producer)
- May 11 - Thelma Hill (actress and model)
- June 7 - James Donlan (actor)
- June 21 - Mathilde Comont (actress)
- July 1 - Carrie Daumery (actress)
- July 19 - Harvey Clark (actor)
- August 1 - John Aasen (film actor and sideshow performer)
- August 6 - Warner Oland (actor)
- September 15 - Otto Fries (actor)
- September 16 - Valerie Bergere (actress)
- September 19 - Pauline Frederick (actress)
- September 21 - Andrew Arbuckle (actor)
- September 29 - Bruce Covington (actor)
- October 1 - Conway Tearle (actor)
- October 28 - Fred Kohler (actor)
- December 25 - Harry Myers (film actor and director)
- December 28 - Florence Lawrence (stage performer and film actress)
Events[]
- April 5 - Chuck Jones, who has been an animator with Leon Schlesinger for five years, has been made a director and will direct a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons for the 1938-39 season.
- June 16 - Leon Schlesinger has engaged Pinto Colvig to work in his story department, and he will also be heard as a voice in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
- July 19 - Leon Schlesinger has signed Charles Thorson to a five-year contract as a character model to work on his Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Thorson was formerly connected with Walt Disney.
Character debuts[]
- April 18 - Superman
- April 30 - Happy Rabbit (precursor of Bugs Bunny)
- May 14 - Robin Hood
- May 21 - Sloppy Moe, Injun Joe
- June 11 - Johnny Cat, Kitty Bright
- September 24 - Yoyo Dodo
- October 15 - Pinky Pig
- November 19 - Thomas Cat
- November 26 - Dr. Quack
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