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Festival Of Family Classics
''Festival of Family Classics'' is a Rankin/Bass animated anthology series that originally aired between 1972 and 1973. The show originally aired in syndication. It was re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang channel and on 16 June 2011 via the Teletoon Retro network. ''Festival of Family Classics'' is a series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature. 16 of the 18 episodes were 20 minutes long. The two 40 minutes-long episodes ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days") were split into two-parters, making 20 episodes in total. The episodes were animated by two Japanese animation studios: Mushi Production and Topcraft. Videos have been distributed by several companies, including Prism Entertainment, Starmaker Video, EBM Group, and Classic Media. 12 episodes (including the two-parters as single episodes) have been released on DVD. A similar series, '' Famous Classic Tales'', aired on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rankin Jr
Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. Co-creator of Rankin/Bass Productions with his friend Jules Bass, he created stop-motion and traditional animation features such as '' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'', '' Frosty the Snowman'', '' Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'', and the 1977 cartoon special of ''The Hobbit''. He is credited on over 1,000 television programs. Early life Rankin was born in New York City, the son of actors Arthur Rankin and Marian Mansfield. His paternal grandmother was actress Phyllis Rankin, and his paternal step-grandfather, who adopted his father, was actor Harry Davenport, who played Dr. Meade in the film ''Gone with the Wind''. Career Rankin began his career as an art director for the American Broadcasting Company in the 1940s. In 1955, he and Jules Bass formed the production company Videocraft International to produce television commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Starr
Leonard Starr (October 28, 1925 – June 30, 2015) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist, and advertising artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strip ''Mary Perkins, On Stage, On Stage'' and reviving ''Little Orphan Annie''. Early life Born in 1925 in New York City Starr graduated from Manhattan's The High School of Music and Art, High School of Music and Art and then studied at Pratt Institute. Career While attending Pratt during between 1942 and 1943, Starr worked for the Harry "A" Chesler and the Funnies, Inc. studios, contributing to the early comic-book features produced at these studios. For Funnies, he began as a background artist, eventually inking Bob Oksner's pencils. He graduated to drawing for early Timely Comics, Timely/Marvel Comics titles, including the Human Torch and the Namor, Sub-Mariner. Throughout the 1940s, Starr worked for a plethora of publishers of both comic books and pulp magazines, pulps, including Thrilling Publications, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s American Animated Television Series
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Mad Mad Monsters
''Mad Mad Mad Monsters'' is a 1972 traditional animated Halloween-themed comedy television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and animated overseas by Mushi Production in Japan. The special aired on September 23, 1972 as an episode of '' The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie''. It is "related" to the 1967 stop motion animated film '' Mad Monster Party?'' Plot After Baron Henry von Frankenstein creates a Bride for his Monster, he decides to make arrangements for a lavish wedding at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel. Henry's assistant Igor is jealous of the Monster and wants the Bride for his own, much to the annoyance of Henry. Arriving at the hotel, Henry gets the wedding booked on Friday the 13th while having the hotel manager Harold write down the required foods. He does turn down the flaming shish-kebabs idea since some of the guests are allergic to fire. Another thing Henry asks is for him to watch his pet vulture Rosebud and make sure he stays in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
''Here Comes Peter Cottontail'' is a 1971 Japanese-American Easter stop-motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, currently distributed by Universal Television and based on the 1957 novel, ''The Easter Bunny That Overslept'', by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich. The special is narrated by Danny Kaye, and stars Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees. The special also features Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins's Easter song, " Here Comes Peter Cottontail". It was originally broadcast in the United States on April 4, 1971, on the ABC television network. Subsequent airings have appeared on CBS, Fox Family, The CW and Cartoon Network. In 2005, it was followed by a computer-animated sequel ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie''. Plot Peter Cottontail is a young Easter Bunny who lives in April Valley, where all Easter bunnies live and work, making Easter candy, sewing bonnets, and decorating and delivering Easter eggs. Colonel Wellington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Soles
Paul Robert Soles (August 11, 1930 – May 26, 2021) was a Canadian character actor, voice artist and television personality. He voiced the title character in ''Spider-Man'' (1967), and portrayed Hermey in the 1964 television special ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''; Soles was one of the last surviving participants of the special's voice cast. Soles first screen appearance was on CFPL in 1953, and he continued to perform over 60 years later, performing as of 2016 in the comedy web series '' My 90-Year-Old Roommate'' on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's online comedy channel, CBC Comedy. Early life Soles was born in Toronto, the son of Lillian (Goodfellow) and Arthur L. Soles. His family were Jewish emigrants from Poland and Lithuania. He had two siblings. Soles is the cousin of Bernard "Bunny" Cowan, and they both worked on the original 1960s ''Spider-Man'' animated series and the 1967 children's series '' Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse''. Career Acting roles Soles wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Scopp
Alfred Scopp (15 September 1919 – 24 July 2021) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in television series, including as a voice actor. He also worked in theatre, radio, and films. He was part of the voice cast for the 1964 Christmas special ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. Scopp was the longest-lived and one of the last surviving cast members of the special. Life and career Scopp was born on 15 September 1919 in London, England, to a Russian-Jewish father and an English mother. As a child, he and his family emigrated to Montreal, Canada. During World War II, he was part of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Newfoundland. It was during this time that he began a career in radio, working for the local station CBG (AM). In theatre, he worked in different Toronto productions, as well as working for National Film Board of Canada. He attended Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts after the war, along with Leslie Nielsen, Gordie Tapp and Fred Davis. He provided the voice of Socrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Mae Richards
Billie Mae Richards (née Dinsmore, November 21, 1921 – September 10, 2010) was a Canadian actress who also appeared onstage and on television. She was the voice of Rankin/Bass' version of the Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from 1964 to 1979, and of the Kid in the radio series ''Jake and the Kid''. Early life and education Richards was born Billy Mae Dinsmore, in Toronto to parents Garnett and Eva May (Stanton) Dinsmore. Enrolled by her ambitious father in dancing lessons as a toddler, by the age of five she was in a stage show with WW1 veterans.Schaefer, William M"Billie Mae Richards: The Voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" billiemaerichards.com; retrieved December 17, 2008. She enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy and performed in the show '' Meet the Navy'' that travelled across Canada and in Europe. She attended the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto. Career Richards worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, speaking and singi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Perry
Frank Joseph Perry Jr. (August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American stage director and filmmaker. His 1962 independent film '' David and Lisa'' earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (written by his then-wife Eleanor Perry). The couple collaborated on five more films, including '' The Swimmer'', '' Diary of a Mad Housewife'', and the Emmy Award–nominated '' A Christmas Memory'', based on a short story by Truman Capote. Perry went on to form Corsair Pictures, privately financed by United Artists Theatres, which produced '' Miss Firecracker'' and '' A Shock to the System'', then folded. His later films include '' Mommie Dearest'' and the documentary ''On the Bridge'', about his battle with prostate cancer. Early life Frank Joseph Perry Jr. was born in New York City to stockbroker Frank Joseph Perry Sr. (1907–1970) and Pauline E. Schwab (1909–1965), who worked at Alcoholics Anonymous. As a teenager, Frank Jr. began pursu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Hampshire
Keith Hampshire (born 23 November 1945) is an English-born singer and actor. He recorded three songs which were top ten hits in Canada, and hosted the CBC Television show ''Keith Hampshire's Music Machine''. His voice has been compared to David Clayton-Thomas."Keith Hampshire: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Keith Hampshire" ''AllMusic'' Review by Steve Leggett In the United States his highest charting single,"Daytime Night-time", reached No. 51 on . Early life Hampshire was born in |
Peg Dixon
Margaret Elizabeth Dixon (23 August 1923 – 26 October 2015), credited as Peg Dixon, was a Canadian actress. She was best known for her voice acting in ''Spider-Man''. She was married to Ed McNamara. She was also in an episode with Rob Paulsen. In the mid-1970s, Peg changed her name to Melissa, at the suggestion of her numerologist Numerology (known before the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, .... Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Peg 1923 births 2015 deaths Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Cowan
Bernard Cowan (June 11, 1922 – July 17, 1990) was a Canadian actor, producer and writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was occasionally credited under his nickname, Bunny Cowan. His name was pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable of "Bernard" and last name as "cow in". Cowan worked as the announcer on many CBC television series such as ''The Pierre Berton Show'', ''Front Page Challenge'' and ''Wayne and Shuster''. He also worked on such animated series as ''Spider-Man'', ''The Marvel Super Heroes'', '' Rocket Robin Hood'', ''The King Kong Show'', and the Christmas special ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' voicing Bumble, Clarice’s Father, and the Spotted Elephant. Bernard Cowan was the father of the Canadian disc jockey and voice actor Rob Cowan, and the cousin of Paul Soles Paul Robert Soles (August 11, 1930 – May 26, 2021) was a Canadian character actor, voice artist and television personality. He voiced the title character in ''Spider-Man' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |