Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 51 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.
- mayor
- santa claus
- musical
- surrealism
- stop motion
- foundling
- grouch
- banned
- christmas
- christmas special
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Fred Astaire
S.D. Kluger (voice)
Mickey Rooney
Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice)
Keenan Wynn
Winter Warlock (voice)
Paul Frees
Mayor Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)
- Robie Lester — Miss Jessica / Mrs. Claus (voice)
- Joan Gardner — Tanta Kringle (voice)
- Directed
- Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
- Written
- Romeo Muller
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 265 ratings
- Studio
- Rankin/Bass Productions
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