Small Star Cinema

''Small Star Cinema'' is a series of live-action/animated shorts broadcast on CBC Television from April 12, 1974, to May 24, 1975, as part of their ''Bagatelle'', ''Camera Twelve'' and ''Children's Cinema'' series. It was produced by Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, and starred Clive A. Smith. Each short began with a small animated character purposefully walking into a spotlight. The series was then followed by the 1975 Christmas special '' Christmas Two Step'' also made for the CBC that has a similar premise.

Small Star Cinema was one of the first series made by Canada's Nelvana Limited; known as Nelvana Films at the time, and was their first television program. All 10 of the Small Star Cinema shorts have been documented online, however, almost all of the shorts have been lost. Only one short, "Mr. Pencil Draws the Line", broadcast on April 12, 1975, has been recovered, and can be found on YouTube as of January 2020.

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1970s Canadian children's television series
Television series by Nelvana
1974 Canadian television series debuts
1975 Canadian television series endings
Canadian television series with live action and animation

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