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List of Rankin/Bass Productions films

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Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials.

Television specials[edit]

Title Year Directed by Written by Music Animation Production Style Ref
Return to Oz 1964 F.R. Crawley
Thomas Glynn
Larry Roemer 		Romeo Muller Gene Forrell
Edward Thomas
James Polack 		Crawley Films Traditional [1]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 Larry Roemer Romeo Muller Johnny Marks MOM Production Stop-motion [2]
The Ballad of Smokey the Bear 1966 Larry Roemer Joseph Schrank Johnny Marks MOM Production Stop-motion [3]
The Cricket on the Hearth 1967 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller
Arthur Rankin, Jr. 		Maury Laws TCJ Animation Center Traditional [4]
The Mouse on the Mayflower 1968 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Toei Animation Traditional [5]
The Little Drummer Boy 1968 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Colin Romoff MOM Production Stop-motion [6]
Frosty the Snowman 1969 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Mushi Production Traditional [7]
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians 1970 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Mushi Production Traditional [8]
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Jules Bass
Maury Laws 		Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [9]
Here Comes Peter Cottontail 1971 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Jack Rollins Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [10]
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes 1972 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [11]
Mad Mad Mad Monsters[lower-alpha 1] 1972 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		William J. Keenan
Lou Silverstone 		Maury Laws Mushi Production Traditional [12]
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid[lower-alpha 2] 1972 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [13]
The Red Baron[lower-alpha 3] 1972 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Leonard Starr Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [14]
That Girl[lower-alpha 4] 1973 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Stu Hample Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [15]
'Twas the Night Before Christmas 1974 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Jerome Coopersmith Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [16]
The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		William J. Keenan Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [17]
The First Christmas Snow 1975 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Julian P. Gardner Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [18]
The First Easter Rabbit 1976 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Julian P. Gardner Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [19]
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II 1976 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Julian P. Gardner Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [20]
Frosty's Winter Wonderland 1976 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Jack Rollins
Steve Nelson 		Topcraft Traditional [21]
Rudolph's Shiny New Year 1976 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Johnny Marks Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [22]
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town 1977 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [23]
The Hobbit 1977 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [24]
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey 1977 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [25]
The Stingiest Man in Town 1978 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Fred Spielman Topcraft Traditional [26]
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July 1979 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Johnny Marks
Maury Laws 		Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [27]
Jack Frost 1979 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [28]
The Return of the King 1980 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [29]
Pinocchio's Christmas 1980 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [30]
The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold 1981 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Video Tokyo Production Stop-motion [31]
The Flight of Dragons 1982 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Topcraft Traditional [32]
The Coneheads 1983 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Al Franken
Tom Davis 		Bernard Hoffer Topcraft Traditional [33]
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus[lower-alpha 5] 1985 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Julian P. Gardner Bernard Hoffer Pacific Animation Corporation Stop-motion [34]
The Wind in the Willows[lower-alpha 6] 1987 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Romeo Muller Maury Laws Cuckoo's Nest Traditional [35]
Santa, Baby! 2001 Lee Dannacher Peter Bakalian
Suzanne Collins 		Glen Roven Pacific Animation Corporation
Hanho Heung-Up 		Traditional [36]

Feature films[edit]

Title Year Directed by Written by Music Animation Production Style
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine 1965 Arthur Rankin, Jr. Arthur Rankin, Jr. Edward Thomas MOM Production Stop-motion
The Daydreamer 1966 Jules Bass Arthur Rankin, Jr. Maury Laws MOM Production Stop-motion
Mad Monster Party? 1967 Jules Bass Len Korobkin
Harvey Kurtzman 		Maury Laws MOM Production Stop-motion
The Wacky World of Mother Goose 1967 Jules Bass Romeo Muller George Wilkins TCJ Animation Center Traditional
The Last Unicorn 1982 Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Jules Bass 		Peter S. Beagle Jimmy Webb Topcraft Traditional
The King and I 1999 Richard Rich Peter Bakalian
Jacqueline Feather
David Seidler 		William Kidd Rich Animation Studios Traditional

Animated TV series[edit]

With the exception of "The New Adventures of Pinocchio" (stop-motion), all of the TV shows were traditionally animated.

Title Year Animation Production Network No. of
episodes
The New Adventures of Pinocchio 1960 MOM Production Syndication 130
Tales of the Wizard of Oz 1961 Crawley Films Syndication 110
The King Kong Show
  • Tom of T.H.U.M.B.
 1966 Toei Animation ABC 26
The Smokey Bear Show
  • Smokey Bear's Album
 1969 Toei Animation ABC 17
The Tomfoolery Show 1970 Halas and Batchelor NBC 17
The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show 1970 Mushi Production ABC 17
The Jackson 5ive 1971 Halas and Batchelor
Pegbar Production 		ABC 23
The Osmonds 1972 Halas and Batchelor ABC 17
Kid Power 1972 Topcraft ABC 17
Festival of Family Classics 1972 Mushi Production (17 episodes)
Topcraft (3 episodes) 		Syndication 20
The Dr. Suess Show 1973 Halas and Batchelor
Pegbar Production 		NBC 100
ThunderCats 1985 Pacific Animation Corporation Syndication 130
SilverHawks 1986 Pacific Animation Corporation Syndication 65
The Comic Strip 1987 Pacific Animation Corporation Syndication 65

Live-action productions[edit]

Title Year Directed by Written by Music Distribution
King Kong Escapes 1967 Ishirō Honda Takeshi Kimura Akira Ifukube Universal Pictures (theatrical)
Marco 1973 Seymour Robbie Romeo Muller Maury Laws Cinerama Releasing Corporation (theatrical)
The Last Dinosaur 1977 Alexander Grasshoff
Shusei Kotani 		William Overgard Maury Laws ABC (television)
The Bermuda Depths 1978 Tom Kotani William Overgard Maury Laws ABC (television)
The Ivory Ape 1980 Tom Kotani William Overgard Bernard Hoffer
Maury Laws 		ABC (television)
The Bushido Blade 1981 Tom Kotani William Overgard Maury Laws Aquarius Releasing (theatrical)
The Sins of Dorian Gray 1983 Tony Maylam Ken August
Peter Lawrence 		Bernard Hoffer ABC (television)

Explanatory notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
  2. ↑ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
  3. ↑ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
  4. ↑ Also known as "That Girl in Wonderland". Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
  5. ↑ The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) is based on the 1902 children's story of the same name, written by L. Frank Baum.
  6. ↑ The Wind in the Willows (1987) is based on the 1908 children's story of the same name, written by Kenneth Grahame.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Return to Oz (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ Burl Ives. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. November 24, 1966. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ Cricket on the Hearth (1967) - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved 2021-12-16
  5. ↑ "Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  6. ↑ the Vienna Boys Choir. "The Little Drummer Boy (1968) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  7. ↑ Jimmy Durante. "Frosty the Snowman (1969) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians on IMDb Search this movie on
  9. ↑ "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1970) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  11. ↑ "The Emperor's New Clothes (1972) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. February 21, 1972. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  13. ↑ Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (1972) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved 2021-12-16
  14. ↑ The Red Baron (TV) (1972), retrieved 2021-12-16
  15. ↑ That Girl in Wonderland (TV) (1973), retrieved 2021-12-16
  16. ↑ "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  17. ↑ Jules Bass'. "The Year without a Santa Claus (1974) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  18. ↑ "The First Christmas (1975) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  19. ↑ "The First Easter Rabbit (1976)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  20. ↑ Zero Mostel. "The Little Drummer Boy: Book 2 (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  22. ↑ "Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  23. ↑ "The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town (1977) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  24. ↑ "The Hobbit (1978) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  25. ↑ "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  26. ↑ "The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  28. ↑ "Jack Frost (1979) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  29. ↑ "The Return of the King (1980) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. May 11, 1980. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  31. ↑ "Leprechaun's Christmas Gold (1981) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  32. ↑ "The Flight of Dragons (1982) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  33. ↑ "Mutations: The Coneheads briefly starred in a Rankin-Bass cartoon series". The Dissolve. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  34. ↑ L. Frank Baum. "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  35. ↑ "The Wind in the Willows (1987) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. July 5, 1987. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  36. ↑ "The Enchanted World of Rankin-Bass News". www.rankinbass.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.


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