Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Nascimento : 1924-07-19, New York City

Morte : 2014-01-30

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arthur Rankin, Jr. (July 19, 1924 - January 30, 2014) was an American-born, Bermudian director, producer and writer, mostly working in animation. The son of actor Arthur Rankin, in the early 1960s he founded the film production company Videocraft International (now called Rankin/Bass) with Jules Bass. The two worked closely together for many years, co-directing and producing a wide array of stop motion animated features and cartoons, perhaps most famously the holiday-themed TV specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special), and Jack Frost. He is also credited with devising the story for many Rankin/Bass productions, including the featurefilms The Daydreamer and Mad Monster Party?. In 1977 Rankin and Bass produced a version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. The pair also teamed on a wide variety of animated TV series, including ThunderCats and Silverhawks. The pair last teamed on the 1987 TV special based on The Wind in the Willows. Rankin's last producing credit was on the 1999 animated version of The King and I, in which Bass was not involved, since Arthur was a supervising animator in The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron. Rankin's grandfather was Harry Davenport, perhaps best known as Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Rankin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Filmes

The Wind in the Willows
Producer
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
The Wind in the Willows
Director
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
Director
The Great Ak calls a council of the Immortals to ask that Santa Claus be given immortality. And to justify it, he tells the history of Santa Claus. The Ak found an abandoned baby and gave it to a lioness and a fairy to raise, who named him Claus. When Claus grew up, the Great Ak showed him the evil and hardship in the world and Claus decides to live there and relieve some of the suffering. He decides to make toys for orphans, but King Awgwa, the ruler of the valley where Claus lives doesn't want the children to be happy, and there is a great battle among Immortals.
The Coneheads
Director
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.
The Coneheads
Producer
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Executive Producer
In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
O Último Unicórnio
Production Design
Um bravo unicórnio, que descobre talvez ser o último de sua espécie, vai em busca de seus semelhantes, para isso tendo que atravessar terras longínquas. No caminho junta-se a um mágico, e ambos enfrentarão um malvado rei cujo objetivo é o de capturar todos os unicórnios do mundo.
O Último Unicórnio
Producer
Um bravo unicórnio, que descobre talvez ser o último de sua espécie, vai em busca de seus semelhantes, para isso tendo que atravessar terras longínquas. No caminho junta-se a um mágico, e ambos enfrentarão um malvado rei cujo objetivo é o de capturar todos os unicórnios do mundo.
O Último Unicórnio
Director
Um bravo unicórnio, que descobre talvez ser o último de sua espécie, vai em busca de seus semelhantes, para isso tendo que atravessar terras longínquas. No caminho junta-se a um mágico, e ambos enfrentarão um malvado rei cujo objetivo é o de capturar todos os unicórnios do mundo.
The Flight of Dragons
Producer
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
The Flight of Dragons
Director
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Producer
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison. Leprechaun Blarney Kilakilarney knows that in order to survive, the banshee will try to swipe his clan's pot of Christmas gold. With some magical assistance from Lord Patrick, the king of the wee folk, Dinty and Blarney make a plan to outwit the gold-hungry hag before Christmas morning dawns.
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Director
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison. Leprechaun Blarney Kilakilarney knows that in order to survive, the banshee will try to swipe his clan's pot of Christmas gold. With some magical assistance from Lord Patrick, the king of the wee folk, Dinty and Blarney make a plan to outwit the gold-hungry hag before Christmas morning dawns.
The Bushido Blade
Producer
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Pinocchio's Christmas
Producer
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried.
Pinocchio's Christmas
Director
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried.
O Retorno do Rei
Production Design
Este filme adapta o livro final da trilogia O Senhor dos Anéis, onde os hobbits Frodo e Samwise, lutam para atravessar a terra estéril de Mordor para destruir o Anel Governante na Montanha da Perdição. Ao mesmo tempo, Gandalf e seus companheiros lutam uma desesperada batalha contra as forças de Sauron em Minas Tirith, mas Sauron parece ter a vantagem, enquanto a fonte de seu poder, o Um Anel, lentamente ameaça corromper seus portadores.
O Retorno do Rei
Director
Este filme adapta o livro final da trilogia O Senhor dos Anéis, onde os hobbits Frodo e Samwise, lutam para atravessar a terra estéril de Mordor para destruir o Anel Governante na Montanha da Perdição. Ao mesmo tempo, Gandalf e seus companheiros lutam uma desesperada batalha contra as forças de Sauron em Minas Tirith, mas Sauron parece ter a vantagem, enquanto a fonte de seu poder, o Um Anel, lentamente ameaça corromper seus portadores.
The Ivory Ape
Producer
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
The Ivory Ape
Executive Producer
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
The Ivory Ape
Story
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
Jack Frost
Producer
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
Jack Frost
Director
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
Natal em Julho
Production Design
Anos atrás o Polo Norte era governado pela fada Lady Boreal, que concedeu à rena Rudolph um nariz brilhante e mágico para proteger Papai Noel de Winterbolt, um mago malvado. Anos depois, Rudolph e seu amigo Frosty, um boneco de neve, são chamados para salvar um circo das garras de Winterbolt.
Natal em Julho
Producer
Anos atrás o Polo Norte era governado pela fada Lady Boreal, que concedeu à rena Rudolph um nariz brilhante e mágico para proteger Papai Noel de Winterbolt, um mago malvado. Anos depois, Rudolph e seu amigo Frosty, um boneco de neve, são chamados para salvar um circo das garras de Winterbolt.
Natal em Julho
Director
Anos atrás o Polo Norte era governado pela fada Lady Boreal, que concedeu à rena Rudolph um nariz brilhante e mágico para proteger Papai Noel de Winterbolt, um mago malvado. Anos depois, Rudolph e seu amigo Frosty, um boneco de neve, são chamados para salvar um circo das garras de Winterbolt.
The Stingiest Man in Town
Director
This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, Stingiest stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.
The Bermuda Depths
Producer
Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle.
The Bermuda Depths
Story
Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle.
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Producer
Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Director
Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.
O Hobbit
Production Design
O Hobbit é um 1977 de animação musical especial de televisão criada por Rankin / Bass , um estúdio conhecido por seus especiais de férias, e animado por Topcraft , um precursor do Studio Ghibli , com letras adaptadas do livro. O filme é uma adaptação do 1937 o livro de mesmo nome de JRR Tolkien e foi transmitido pela primeira vez na NBC no Estados Unidos no domingo, 27 de novembro, 1977. O Lugar é a Terra-Média. Bilbo Bolseiro é o herói e um hobbit pacato que sai em uma perigosa aventura. A aventura mais emocionante que nenhum outro hobbit jamais pensou em ir. Nesta adaptação animada do primeiro livro do grande clássico de J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo é chamado para ajudar no resgate de um grande tesouro que fora roubado dos anões por Smaug, o dragão. Eles devem mostrar toda sua bravura na Floresta das Trevas, nas Montanhas Sombrias, enfrentando orcs, aranhas gigantes, trolls comedores de hobbits e muito mais.
O Hobbit
Producer
O Hobbit é um 1977 de animação musical especial de televisão criada por Rankin / Bass , um estúdio conhecido por seus especiais de férias, e animado por Topcraft , um precursor do Studio Ghibli , com letras adaptadas do livro. O filme é uma adaptação do 1937 o livro de mesmo nome de JRR Tolkien e foi transmitido pela primeira vez na NBC no Estados Unidos no domingo, 27 de novembro, 1977. O Lugar é a Terra-Média. Bilbo Bolseiro é o herói e um hobbit pacato que sai em uma perigosa aventura. A aventura mais emocionante que nenhum outro hobbit jamais pensou em ir. Nesta adaptação animada do primeiro livro do grande clássico de J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo é chamado para ajudar no resgate de um grande tesouro que fora roubado dos anões por Smaug, o dragão. Eles devem mostrar toda sua bravura na Floresta das Trevas, nas Montanhas Sombrias, enfrentando orcs, aranhas gigantes, trolls comedores de hobbits e muito mais.
O Hobbit
Director
O Hobbit é um 1977 de animação musical especial de televisão criada por Rankin / Bass , um estúdio conhecido por seus especiais de férias, e animado por Topcraft , um precursor do Studio Ghibli , com letras adaptadas do livro. O filme é uma adaptação do 1937 o livro de mesmo nome de JRR Tolkien e foi transmitido pela primeira vez na NBC no Estados Unidos no domingo, 27 de novembro, 1977. O Lugar é a Terra-Média. Bilbo Bolseiro é o herói e um hobbit pacato que sai em uma perigosa aventura. A aventura mais emocionante que nenhum outro hobbit jamais pensou em ir. Nesta adaptação animada do primeiro livro do grande clássico de J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo é chamado para ajudar no resgate de um grande tesouro que fora roubado dos anões por Smaug, o dragão. Eles devem mostrar toda sua bravura na Floresta das Trevas, nas Montanhas Sombrias, enfrentando orcs, aranhas gigantes, trolls comedores de hobbits e muito mais.
O Último Dinossauro
Producer
Cientistas anunciam a descoberta de uma terra perdida, escondida dentro da caverna quente de um vulcão adormecido, sob a calota de gelo polar. Masten Thrust, um bilionário magnata do petróleo e caçador profissional, é recrutado para liderar uma equipe que ira ate la para estudar a nova descoberta. Ao chegar, Thrust e sua equipe descobrem que o mundo oculto é habitado por dinossauros e humanos pré-históricos. Enquanto os humanos dão aos exploradores um pouco de dificuldade, o perigo real é o tiranossauro faminto que pretende fazer o grande caçacor branco e sua tripulação de almoço.
O Coelho da Páscoa está Chegando
Producer
Em Kidsville, os jovens fazem suas prórprias regras, controlam suas próprias lojas e ficam acordados até tarde o quanto quiserem. A cada primavera, cada um deles - incluindo Sunny, o Coelho - faz os preparativos para a Páscoa. Então, fica o cargo de Sunny levar os ovos pintados e os outros doces para uma cidade vizinha chamada Town. Mas é bom ele tomar cuidado. A velha e conservadora Town não permite crianças ou mesmo um coelhinho da Páscoa saltitante. O filme mostra como Sunny e seus amigos salvaram a Páscoa do mau humor dos habitantes de Town, inventadno muitas das tradições conhecidas hoje por nós.
O Coelho da Páscoa está Chegando
Director
Em Kidsville, os jovens fazem suas prórprias regras, controlam suas próprias lojas e ficam acordados até tarde o quanto quiserem. A cada primavera, cada um deles - incluindo Sunny, o Coelho - faz os preparativos para a Páscoa. Então, fica o cargo de Sunny levar os ovos pintados e os outros doces para uma cidade vizinha chamada Town. Mas é bom ele tomar cuidado. A velha e conservadora Town não permite crianças ou mesmo um coelhinho da Páscoa saltitante. O filme mostra como Sunny e seus amigos salvaram a Páscoa do mau humor dos habitantes de Town, inventadno muitas das tradições conhecidas hoje por nós.
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Producer
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Director
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Producer
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Director
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Producer
Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Director
Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.
The First Easter Rabbit
Director
A beloved toy stuffed rabbit is rescued by a fairy to be the first Easter Rabbit.
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Producer
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.
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Director
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.
O Ano Sem Papai Noel
Producer
A Sra. Noel conta a história do ano em que Papai Noel, sentindo-se doente e indesejado, decide tirar férias. Mas quando os elfos mostram a Papai Noel todos os brinquedos que estão preparando - e as crianças que aguardam ansiosas pelo Natal - Papai Noel veste sua roupa vermelha e dirige seu trenó repleto de presentes para sua ronda anual, neste especial animado em stop-motion para a família.
O Ano Sem Papai Noel
Director
A Sra. Noel conta a história do ano em que Papai Noel, sentindo-se doente e indesejado, decide tirar férias. Mas quando os elfos mostram a Papai Noel todos os brinquedos que estão preparando - e as crianças que aguardam ansiosas pelo Natal - Papai Noel veste sua roupa vermelha e dirige seu trenó repleto de presentes para sua ronda anual, neste especial animado em stop-motion para a família.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Director
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Marco
Producer
A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's relationship with the powerful Kublai Khan.
That Girl in Wonderland
Director
Annie Marie imagines herself in the stories "Alice in Wonderland", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "The Wizard of Oz" and "Cinderella".
A Christmas Tree
Director
With the help of Charles Dickens, two young children attempt to save the essence of Christmas from the evil Mantu.
The Red Baron
Director
This animated feature casts the Red Baron as a hero, in a world of heroic anthropomorphic dogs and villainous anthropomorphic cats.
Jack O'Lantern
Director
A leprechaun, who had changed himself into a pumpkin seed to hibernate for the winter, comes to life as Mr. Jack O'Lantern, who then uses his pumpkin shell to help scare away Zelda the Witch and Archibald the Warlock.
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
Producer
A guardian angel agrees to help Willie Mays win the National League Pennant if Mays agrees to take care of Veronica, a lonely, mischievous orphan girl. Veronica makes Mays' life difficult, but when relatives show up to claim her after hearing that she's inherited money, Mays' heart softens.
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
Director
A guardian angel agrees to help Willie Mays win the National League Pennant if Mays agrees to take care of Veronica, a lonely, mischievous orphan girl. Veronica makes Mays' life difficult, but when relatives show up to claim her after hearing that she's inherited money, Mays' heart softens.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Producer
All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Director
All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding.
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
Producer
This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic film, 'The Daydreamer', both of which chronicles the fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen.
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
Director
This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic film, 'The Daydreamer', both of which chronicles the fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen.
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Producer
Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs than this archrival to earn the top spot...and save Easter for children everywhere!
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Director
Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs than this archrival to earn the top spot...and save Easter for children everywhere!
A Verdadeira História de Papai Noel
Producer
É um longa metragem de 1970 em Stop-Motion. O carteiro decide responder algumas das perguntas mais comuns a respeito do Papai Noel, ele conta sobre um bebezinho chamado Kris que foi abandonado na porta da família Kringle (fabricantes de brinquedos). Quando Kris cresce, ele decide entregar os brinquedos para as crianças da Cidade Sombria. Porém o Burgo Mestre (Prefeito da Cidade) é uma má pessoa e não deixará que isso aconteça. Para piorar as coisas, há um malvado feiticeiro chamado Inverno que vive entre os Kringles e a Cidade Sombria, Kris planeja derreter o coração de gelo do feiticeiro (assim como da professora da cidade) para poder entregar seus preciosos brinquedos.
A Verdadeira História de Papai Noel
Director
É um longa metragem de 1970 em Stop-Motion. O carteiro decide responder algumas das perguntas mais comuns a respeito do Papai Noel, ele conta sobre um bebezinho chamado Kris que foi abandonado na porta da família Kringle (fabricantes de brinquedos). Quando Kris cresce, ele decide entregar os brinquedos para as crianças da Cidade Sombria. Porém o Burgo Mestre (Prefeito da Cidade) é uma má pessoa e não deixará que isso aconteça. Para piorar as coisas, há um malvado feiticeiro chamado Inverno que vive entre os Kringles e a Cidade Sombria, Kris planeja derreter o coração de gelo do feiticeiro (assim como da professora da cidade) para poder entregar seus preciosos brinquedos.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Director
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.
Frosty: O Boneco de Neve
Producer
Um boneco de neve ajuda uma menina a lutar contra um mago ganancioso que descobre que seu chapéu mágico dá vida ao boneco de neve.
Frosty: O Boneco de Neve
Director
Um boneco de neve ajuda uma menina a lutar contra um mago ganancioso que descobre que seu chapéu mágico dá vida ao boneco de neve.
The Little Drummer Boy
Producer
After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.
The Little Drummer Boy
Director
After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Producer
The famous ship called Mayflower is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a church-mouse called Willum, from his viewpoint. The tale begins with the pilgrim preachers deciding to move to America and getting aboard the Mayflower. However, because of the huge storm, the ship gets on the verge of sinking. Then, Willum, the pilgrim mouse, comes up with an idea to save the ship. When the pilgrims land safely, they write the Mayflower Compact and start constructing their new church and colony. However, it is already the autumn season and they do not have much food stored for the winter. The pilgrims then learn to plant crops during the spring season and celebrate a big feast toward the onset of the autumn season or fall. This is their first Thanksgiving celebration.
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Director
The famous ship called Mayflower is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a church-mouse called Willum, from his viewpoint. The tale begins with the pilgrim preachers deciding to move to America and getting aboard the Mayflower. However, because of the huge storm, the ship gets on the verge of sinking. Then, Willum, the pilgrim mouse, comes up with an idea to save the ship. When the pilgrims land safely, they write the Mayflower Compact and start constructing their new church and colony. However, it is already the autumn season and they do not have much food stored for the winter. The pilgrims then learn to plant crops during the spring season and celebrate a big feast toward the onset of the autumn season or fall. This is their first Thanksgiving celebration.
Cricket on the Hearth
Director
This animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning.
Cricket on the Hearth
Writer
This animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning.
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Producer
In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky spies.
The Wacky World of Mother Goose
Story
In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky spies.
A Fuga de King Kong
Producer
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
A Festa do Monstro Maluco
Producer
When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!
A Festa do Monstro Maluco
Story
When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!
The Ballad of Smokey the Bear
Producer
The Ballad of Smokey the Bear tells the story, or a story of Smokey the Bear. The premise has Smokey’s big brother, voiced by James Cagney, telling the story of how his brother got his name. It’s a long winded and rambling tale that has very little Smokey and a great deal of a cranky Jimmy. The story has the animals trying to find out who set a forest fire and is poisoning the water. Its not giving anything away to say it’s an escaped circus gorilla that smokes cigars.
No Mundo Encantado dos Sonhos
Producer
In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.
No Mundo Encantado dos Sonhos
Writer
In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Producer
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Writer
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Director
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history.
Rudolph, a Rena do Nariz Vermelho
Producer
Sam, o boneco de neve, conta a história do jovem Rudolph, uma rena de nariz vermelho que depois de ter sido expulsa pelas outras renas por causa de seu nariz brilhante junta-se a Hermey e Yukon Cornelius. Eles viajam para longe até o Abominável Homem das Neves, e encontram uma ilha cheia de brinquedos quebrados. Rudolph faz então uma promessa: voltar para o Pólo Norte e pedir para o Papai Noel ajudá-los.
Return to Oz
Producer
Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, from which this was derived) have had their MGM gifts destroyed by the restored Wicked Witch, and the four proceed to the Wizard for help, who is ineffectual as usual.
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Second Telegraph Operator
An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
Finders Keepers
Percy
Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.