Arthur Rankin, Jr. — Director (11)
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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
director: Jules Bass / Arthur Rankin, Jr. actor: 安吉拉·兰斯伯瑞 / Cyril Ritchard …
other title: Noche de paz
A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
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Cricket on the Hearth (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cricket on the Hearth
director: Jules Bass / Arthur Rankin, Jr. actor: Danny Thomas / Marlo Thomas …
A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, it's Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
director: Arthur Rankin, Jr. / Jules Bass actor: 弗雷德·阿斯泰尔 / 米奇·鲁尼 …
other title: サンタが街にやってくる / Le Père Noël arrive en ville …
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.