Frosty the Snowman (DVD)

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Frosty the Snowman (DVD)

Condition

New

Publisher

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2018

Age Group

Adult

Rating MPA

Not Rated

Recording Studio

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

Universal Studios

Amazon ASIN

B07GQZKSN5

UPC / EAN

191329068908

Year

1969

ReleaseDate

1969-12-07

RuntimeMins

25

RuntimeStr

25min

Directors

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

Writers

Romeo Muller

Stars

Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante

Produced by

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

Film Editing by

Irwin Goldress

Sound Department

Jim Harris, Phil Kaye, Eric Tomlinson, Bob Elder

Animation Department

Paul Coker Jr., Steve Nakagawa, Osamu Dezaki, Sadao Miyamoto, Akio Sugino

Editorial Department

Irwin Goldress

Music Department

Maury Laws, Brian Tyler

Additional Crew

Don Duga, Kat Mullaly

Genres

Animation, Short, Comedy

Companies

Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International

Countries

USA

Languages

English

ContentRating

TV-G

ImDbRating

7.3

ImDb Rating Votes

18519

Short Description

Frosty the Snowman is a 1969 American animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It is the first television special featuring the character Frosty the Snowman. The special first aired on December 7, 1969 on the CBS television network in the United States; it has aired annually for the network s Christmas and holiday season every year since. The special was based on the Walter E. Rollins and Steve Nelson song of the same name. It featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante (in his final film role) as the film s narrator, Billy De Wolfe as Professor Hinkle, and Jackie Vernon as Frosty the Snowman.

The special s story follows a group of school children who build a snowman called Frosty and place a magician s hat on his head, which makes him come to life. But after noticing the high hot temperature and fearing that he would melt, Frosty, along with a young girl named Karen and a rabbit named Hocus Pocus, must go to the North Pole to be safe from melting.

Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass wanted to give the show and its characters the look of a Christmas card, so Paul Coker Jr., a greeting card and Mad magazine artist, was hired to do the character and background drawings. The animation was produced by Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan, with Hanna-Barbera staffer Yusaku Steve Nakagawa and then-Mushi staffer Osamu Dezaki (who is uncredited) among the animation staff. Durante was one of the first people to record the song when it was released in 1950 (though at the time the song had slightly different lyrics); he re-recorded the song for the special.

Rankin/Bass veteran writer Romeo Muller adapted and expanded the story for television, as he had done with the Animagic stop motion production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

TV Guide ranked the special number 9 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list.

Keywords

Dog,snowman,little girl,train,christmas