Silent Night, Holy Night (1976 film)

Silent Night, Holy Night
Silent Night, Holy Night
Written by	Gene Thompson
Voices of	Kevin Golsby; Richard Meikle; James Condon; Barbara Frawley
Music by	Pat Aulton; Hoyt Curtin; Joseph Barbera; William Hanna
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Milton Salzburg
Producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Editors	Peter Addison; Peter Jennings
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions; Hanna-Barbera Australia
Distributor	National Telefilm Associates (USA)
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	January 7, 1976 in American syndication

Silent Night, Holy Night is a 1976 Australian animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera and written by .^[1]

Plot[]

During a choir practice two days before Christmas, village organist Franz Gruber is worried to hear unusual sounds from the church organ and suspects the bellows. One of Gruber's sons discovers mice in the pipes of the organ and the mice have chewed up parts of the organ. Without the organ the church choir cannot perform the rehearsed Bach piece because the music was written to be performed with an organ.

Accompanied by both his sons, Gruber travels to Salzburg, hoping to buy spare parts and then mend the organ when returning to the village. The party is caught in a snow storm and the spare part is lost on the way home but pastor Joseph Mohr is simply thankful they are unharmed.

Pastor Mohr (with a little help from the bell-ringer Otto) writes the lyrics for a song and the next morning he brings it to Gruber, asking him to compose a melody for the lyrics. With some inspiration from his wife, Gruber sets music to Mohr's words. At church Gruber and Mohr presents "Silent Night" performed a cappella by the choir.

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

"Silent Night" with music by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr.

References[]

^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 281–282. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links[]

Silent Night, Holy Night at IMDb

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[1] Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 281–282. ISBN 9781476672939.

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