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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 Children's Choir.
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (ABC, 1969) ... This cartoon proved so impressive it spawned a live-action TV-movie (starring John Goodman) in 2006.
In 1970, Rankin-Bass produced Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, an hour-long animated TV film based on the song, with Fred Astaire narrating the origin of Santa Claus. The same year, the Jackson 5 included the song on their best-selling album Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The Jackson 5 version would chart 50 years later on the Billboard 100 at #33.
Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. [1] (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. [2] [3] Co-creator of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion and traditional animation features such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, and the 1977 cartoon ...
'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' (1970) Rankin/Bass clearly dominate Christmas, and this movie is proof. Fred Astaire narrates this story with Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle (aka Santa).
The Year Without a Santa Claus, ... 1969’s Frosty the Snowman and 1970’s Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, among others. Most of their specials used a stop-motion animation style they called ...
Robie Lester (March 23, 1925 – June 14, 2005) was an American voice artist, actress, and singer, best known as the voice of "Miss Jessica" in the Rankin/Bass animated special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, the singing voice of Eva Gabor in Disney's The Aristocats and The Rescuers, and the original "Disneyland Story Reader" for Walt Disney Records read-alongs.
These classic Christmas movies will never get old. Black and white films like It's a Wonderful Life and 90s holiday hits like The Santa Clause are on included. ... Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.