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Frosty the Snowman

  • TV Short
  • 1969
  • TV-G
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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June Foray, Suzanne Davidson, Billy De Wolfe, Paul Frees, and Jackie Vernon in Frosty the Snowman (1969)
Four Christmas classics in this trailer
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A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.

  • Directors
    • Jules Bass
    • Arthur Rankin Jr.
  • Writer
    • Romeo Muller
  • Stars
    • Jackie Vernon
    • Billy De Wolfe
    • Jimmy Durante
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    22K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,781
    1,543
    • Directors
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • Writer
      • Romeo Muller
    • Stars
      • Jackie Vernon
      • Billy De Wolfe
      • Jimmy Durante
    • 73User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Jackie Vernon
    Jackie Vernon
    • Frosty
    • (voice)
    Billy De Wolfe
    Billy De Wolfe
    • Professor Hinkle
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Paul Frees
    Paul Frees
    • Santa Claus
    • (voice)
    • …
    June Foray
    June Foray
    • Karen (original version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Suzanne Davidson
    • Karen (re-dubbed version)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Greg Thomas
    • Karen's friends (re-dubbed version)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • Writer
      • Romeo Muller
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    • Trivia
      Originally, June Foray voiced Karen, the Teacher, and the other children. Karen and most of the childrens' voices were replaced with those of actual children before the original broadcast. The end credits were never changed. In late 2017, some sources started listing Suzanne Davidson as the actor who provided the new voices. The original voices can still be heard however on the original MGM soundtrack, re-released years later by Rhino.
    • Goofs
      When the train heading for the North Pole stops to let another train cross, it stops *after* it has already crossed the track.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Frosty: Happy birthday!

    • Crazy credits
      In the end of the credits, Frosty gets back into Santa's waiting sleigh and they return to the North Pole, with Frosty proclaiming, "I'll be back on Christmas Day!"
    • Alternate versions
      The December 2002 broadcast on a Canadian TV network was truncated. The sequence surrounding the lyric "He led them down the streets of town right to a traffic cop" was cut, with the cartoon fading out just before the cop appears and then fading up with Frosty already arrived at the train station.
    • Connections
      Featured in Home and Away: Episode #1.1603 (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Frosty the Snowman
      Written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
      Performed by Jimmy Durante and the Children
      © 1951 Hill & Range Songs

    User reviews73

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    8/10

    a great one

    This one has always worked for me--where else can you find Jimmy Durante come Christmas time on Primetime TV nowadays? A special done with great heart, good work by Paul Frees, June Foray, and the great Billy De Wolfe. We always loved his 'Think Nasty! Think Nasty!' bit as kids. He was a funny man, a stand up comedian/magician combo.

    All I can say is that Rankin Bass hit a homer with this one, and I am glad CBS keeps on trotting it out every December.

    **** outta ****, this one works.
    • gazzo-2
    • Oct 15, 1999
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 7, 1969 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nguoi Tuyet Frosty
    • Production companies
      • Rankin/Bass Productions
      • Videocraft International
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    • Runtime
      25 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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