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The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop-motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book. It is narrated by Shirley Booth (her final acting credit before her retirement from acting) and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn and George S. Irving. [1]
The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December. The beloved special was adapted from the book of the same name by Phyllis McGinley.
In 1974, Rankin/Bass Productions was relaunched once again as an independent production company and produced another Christmas special for television, The Year Without a Santa Claus, featuring Shirley Booth, voicing narrator Mrs. Claus; Mickey Rooney, returning as the voice of Santa Claus; and supporting characters Snow Miser (voiced by Dick ...
The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974) When old Saint Nick starts feeling burnt out, Mrs. Claus decides to step in one holiday season and winds up on a whirlwind adventure — with a bit of help ...
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970/ABC) Festival of Family Classics: "A Christmas Tree" (1972/syndication) Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974/CBS) The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974/ABC) The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975/NBC) Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976/ABC) Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976/ABC)
The Year Without A Santa Claus (ABC, 1974) Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr. Written by William Keenan and based on the novel by Phyllis McGinley.
Later that year, on November 25, 1979, the film premiered on television in the US on ABC. [5] This is the last Rankin/Bass production to star Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph and Jackie Vernon as Frosty. Mickey Rooney reprises his role as Santa Claus from Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970) and The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974). [6]
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a 2008 Christmas stop motion spin-off special, based on the characters from the 1974 Rankin/Bass special The Year Without a Santa Claus. [2] ...