November 25: MGM releases Cellbound, a cartoon starring Spike the bulldog, directed by Tex Avery.November 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short film Roman Legion-Hare, produced by Warner Bros.November 11: The Tom and Jerry short film Pecos Pest is first released, produced by MGM.Avery left MGM in 1953, but the cartoon was only finished and released after he left. October 28: MGM releases Deputy Droopy, a cartoon starring Droopy, directed by Tex Avery.October 3: The first episode of The Mickey Mouse Club airs on television.It launches the character as the star of a long-running series. September 17: Speedy Gonzales, who was earlier created by Bob McKimson, appears in a remodeled version in the Friz Freleng cartoon Speedy Gonzales, produced by Warner Bros.September 16: Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya's The Enchanted Boy premieres, an animated feature based on Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlöf.September 2: Art Clokey's short film Gumbasia premieres.August 5: Karel Zeman's Journey to the Beginning of Time premieres.July 18: Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.June 16: The Walt Disney Company releases Lady and the Tramp, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske.It is the final theatrical animated short made by him before his retirement. June 6: Tex Avery's animated short Sh-h-h-h-h-h is first released, produced by Walter Lantz Productions.April 26 - May 10: 1955 Cannes Film Festival: Jiří Trnka's The Good Soldier Schweik premieres.Cartoons, an animated short he directed and animated almost entirely on his own. April 16: Bob McKimson's The Hole Idea is first released, produced by Warner Bros.April 11: Tex Avery's The Legend of Rockabye Point premieres, produced by Walter Lantz.Magoo short film When Magoo Flew, produced by UPA and directed by Pete Burness, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. March 30: 27th Academy Awards: The Mr. ![]() February 12: Chuck Jones's Beanstalk Bunny premieres, starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, produced by Warner Bros.It will become a full series a year later. January 29: The pilot episode of Art Clokey's Gumby airs.
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