List of Rankin/Bass Productions films
Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials.
Television specials[]
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[a] | 1972 | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
William J. Keenan Lou Silverstone |
Maury Laws | Mushi Production | Traditional | [12] |
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid[b] | 1972 | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Romeo Muller | Maury Laws | Topcraft | Traditional | [13] |
The Red Baron[c] | 1972 | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Leonard Starr | Maury Laws | Topcraft | Traditional | [14] |
That Girl[d] | 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[e] | 1985 | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Julian P. Gardner | Bernard Hoffer | Pacific Animation Corporation | Stop-motion | [34] |
The Wind in the Willows[f] | 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[]
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[]
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
|
1966 | Toei Animation | ABC | 26 |
The Smokey Bear Show
|
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 |
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[]
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[]
- ^ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
- ^ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
- ^ Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
- ^ Also known as "That Girl in Wonderland". Originally aired as part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Wind in the Willows (1987) is based on the 1908 children's story of the same name, written by Kenneth Grahame.
References[]
- ^ "Return to Oz (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Burl Ives. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. November 24, 1966. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Cricket on the Hearth (1967) - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved December 16, 2021
- ^ "Mouse on the Mayflower (1968) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ the Vienna Boys Choir. "The Little Drummer Boy (1968) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Jimmy Durante. "Frosty the Snowman (1969) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians at IMDb
- ^ "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1970) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Emperor's New Clothes (1972) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. February 21, 1972. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (1972) - | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved December 16, 2021
- ^ The Red Baron (TV) (1972), retrieved December 16, 2021
- ^ That Girl in Wonderland (TV) (1973), retrieved December 16, 2021
- ^ "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ Jules Bass'. "The Year without a Santa Claus (1974) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The First Christmas (1975) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The First Easter Rabbit (1976)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Zero Mostel. "The Little Drummer Boy: Book 2 (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town (1977) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Hobbit (1978) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Jack Frost (1979) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Return of the King (1980) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. May 11, 1980. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Leprechaun's Christmas Gold (1981) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Flight of Dragons (1982) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Mutations: The Coneheads briefly starred in a Rankin-Bass cartoon series". The Dissolve. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ L. Frank Baum. "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Wind in the Willows (1987) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. July 5, 1987. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "The Enchanted World of Rankin-Bass News". www.rankinbass.com. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
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