Frosty the Snowman

1969 "Special Christmas magic!"

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Frosty the Snowman

7.3 | G | en | Animation

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, Frosty and Karen, a young girl who he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the north pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!

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Released: December. 07,1969 | Released Producted By: Rankin/Bass Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Genre

Animation , Family , TV Movie

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Cast

Jimmy Durante , Billy De Wolfe , Jackie Vernon , Paul Frees , June Foray

Director

Jules Bass

Producted By

Rankin/Bass Productions

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Jimmy Durante

as Narrator (voice)

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Billy De Wolfe

as Professor Hinkle (voice)

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Jackie Vernon

as Frosty the Snowman (voice)

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Paul Frees

as Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)

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June Foray

as Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)

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Jules Bass

Director

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Director

Irwin Goldress

Editor

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Producer

Jules Bass

Producer

Maury Laws

Music Director

Phil Kaye

Sound Engineer

Jim Harris

Sound Engineer

Eric Tomlinson

Sound Recordist

Bob Elder

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jimmy Durante

Theme Song Performance

Osamu Dezaki

Animation Director

Steve Nakagawa

Animation Supervisor

Paul Coker Jr.

Character Designer

Tsuguyuki Kubo

Key Animation

Akio Sugino

Key Animation

Romeo Muller

Writer

Frosty the Snowman Audience Reviews

Pluskylang Great Film overall

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Rainey Dawn I have very fond memories of watching this as a kid - I just recently re-watched it all these years later and yes it's still cute to me. This is a wonderful Christmas classic for entire family especially for the kids.You can't take a story or film like this seriously - it's all in good clean fun. It's a film you simply just kick back to enjoy if an adult while recapturing the past and entertaining your inner child. When you are a little kid the film is magical, something to get excited about.This movie is not a claymation but it is a great animation. The film still holds a special place in my heart.10/10

Christmas-Reviewer CBS TELEVISION has broadcast Christmas Cartoon Specials now for over 50 years. "Rudolph" is of course the most popular but I am willing to bet that "Frosty" is a close 2nd. In fact "Frosty" has had 3 sequels. Now if you are not familiar with this cartoon then shame on you. This cartoon is such a part of Christmas that you now see Outdoor Christmas Decorations being sold at Home Depot that are images from this special. Now this cartoon is of course based on the popular song. It is fast paced Christmas cartoon that has that little something special that only "The Rankin-Bass Productions" could deliver. Frosty of course is the snowman the kids were able to bring to life. However they realize that Frosty is on very limited time. In order to stay alive he needs to get to the North-pole. A little girl named Karen is doing everything she can to get him there. My Christmas Time Viewing would not be complete without viewing this. I am sure I am not alone. If you have kids watch it with them. There is something so special about this cartoon that parents should want to watch this with their kids..

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) I think this short film works best, when watched maybe in early December or late November, not necessarily right before Christmas. Sure, it has Santa in it, but the main character is frosty and it makes you look forward to when there's actually snow outside, so you can build your own Frosty the Snowman. The antagonist is perfect for a kids movie like this one. he's not really evil, more clumsy than anything, so it's a good watch also for smaller children even if they still believe in the existence of Santa (oh I'm sorry, biggest spoiler ever!). They'll also love the furry white rabbit. The adults will enjoy the voice-work from Jimmy Durante, the man who gave us a wonderful version of the old classic song I'll Be Seeing You.The plot is about a little girl trying to get a snowman magically put to life to the North Pole, so he won't melt once temperature rises. It's a journey with many obstacles, but thanks for the help of a fat bearded man in red dress, they finally succeed. The animation is neither particularly great, nor bad for 1969, it's kinda appropriate, as everything else in this harmless little fun movie.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain Basically an extended version of the song, Frosty the Snowman probably holds more cheer for American audiences. In England we have The Snowman, a much subtler and sadder story, but very similar. Here we have some kids looking to have fun with Frosty while a magician tries to reclaim his magic hat. I couldn't completely enjoy this as, to me, it was rightfully the magician's hat in the first place. The song is always great, and I liked most of the voice work. At under half an hour, it's a great, quick dose of Christmas. The animation has its 60's charm and you can tell a lot of hard work must have gone into it. The vocal work is good too, but I found myself waiting for those recognizable chords.