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This 1954 short film, directed by Robert Cannon, truly is a animation hidden gem. The short film is less than three minutes in length, but was the very first visual adaptation of the classic Christmas jingle.
It was produced by the UPA (United Productions of America), which was formed after the Disney animators' strike of 1941, where many talented artists, including the very creator of Mickey Mouse, UB Iwerks, left the Disney animation studio.
The short is completely in black and white and features a snowman frolicking around town, singing and dancing with kids, just as the song states he does. I wish it was longer and had more to offer to the table, but it does have an enjoyable upbeat performance of the song we all know and love, "Frosty the Snowman" performed by the Norman Luboff choir.
The program appears regularly on WGN-TV and is available in its entirety on YouTube. If you're looking to kill some time, or watch something you've never seen before, give it a watch.
December 7th
Frosty the Snowman (1954)
Directed by:Robert Cannon
There must of been some magic in
That old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around
-Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nielson
That old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around
-Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nielson
This 1954 short film, directed by Robert Cannon, truly is a animation hidden gem. The short film is less than three minutes in length, but was the very first visual adaptation of the classic Christmas jingle.
It was produced by the UPA (United Productions of America), which was formed after the Disney animators' strike of 1941, where many talented artists, including the very creator of Mickey Mouse, UB Iwerks, left the Disney animation studio.
The short is completely in black and white and features a snowman frolicking around town, singing and dancing with kids, just as the song states he does. I wish it was longer and had more to offer to the table, but it does have an enjoyable upbeat performance of the song we all know and love, "Frosty the Snowman" performed by the Norman Luboff choir.
The program appears regularly on WGN-TV and is available in its entirety on YouTube. If you're looking to kill some time, or watch something you've never seen before, give it a watch.