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07/12/1969 Family, Animation, TV Movie 0h 25m
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Special Christmas magic!

Overview

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, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom 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!

  1. Jules Bass

    Director

  2. Arthur Rankin, Jr.

    Director

  3. Romeo Muller

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jimmy Durante

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Billy De Wolfe

    Professor Hinkle (voice)

  3. Jackie Vernon

    Frosty the Snowman (voice)

  4. Paul Frees

    Santa Claus / Traffic Cop / Additional Voices (voice)

  5. June Foray

    Teacher / Karen / Additional Voices (voice)

  6. Suzanne Davidson

    Karen (voice) (uncredited)

  7. Greg Thomas

    Karen's friends (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
It's pure nostalgia again. It was on television almost every Christmas from 1969 to today. It was a Christmas tradition...

...and now unfortunately it's a tradition that is being copied by a thousand low-rent cartoons that even snatch the cover in their cheap imitations....

...but in any case, about two generations of American kids grew up with this as a part of their Christmas holiday, along with Rudolph and the puppet Santa cartoon. It's as much a part of Christmas as "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story," and it has spanned the generations.

Unfortunately it's on less and ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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