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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster ...
Dec 13, 1970 · "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a 1970 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The film stars Fred Astaire as the narrator S.D. Kluger, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus, Keenan Wynn as the Winter Warlock, and Paul Frees in various roles.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- 1970-12-14
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- Rudolph’s Red Nose Was a Recent Invention. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer premiered in 1964 on NBC as part of The General Electric Fantasy Hour. To create Rudolph’s glowing red nose, animators used a type of LED lightbulb that General Electric engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.
- Animation Was Created in Japan. Rankin/Bass hired Japanese companies to animate almost all of their TV specials. The Tokyo studio MOM Productions, founded by pioneering animator Tadahito “Tad” Mochinaga, did the stop-motion animation for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Little Drummer Boy.
- Rudolph’ Used Over 200 Stop-Motion Puppets. MOM Productions crafted over 200 stop-motion puppets for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and it’s unclear where they ended up.
- Not All Rankin/Bass Holiday Specials Were Popular. You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, but do you know Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey?
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town is an hour-length stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass, originally aired on ABC on December 13, 1970. It stars Fred Astaire as S.D. Kluger, the narrator, and Mickey Rooney as the title character.
Summaries. A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. The Mailman decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who was left on the doorstep of the Kringle family (toymakers).
Movie. 1970. Holiday. Special. Documentary. Narrates the origins of Santa Claus, depicting how a young postman and a toymaker named Kris Kringle challenge the authoritarian Burgermeister...
