An animated musical number of the beloved classic song based off everyone's favorite snowman Frosty.An animated musical number of the beloved classic song based off everyone's favorite snowman Frosty.An animated musical number of the beloved classic song based off everyone's favorite snowman Frosty.
Mary Moder
- Offscreen Singer
- (voice)
- Directors
- Robert Cannon(uncredited)
- John Hubley(uncredited)
- Writers
- William T. Hurtz(uncredited)
- Steve Nelson(uncredited)
- Jack Rollins(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis short was commissioned by music publishers Hill & Range in 1950. They provided animation studio United Productions of America (UPA) a finished recording for the soundtrack. The short cost $7,500 to produce and was made for television showings to promote the song.
- ConnectionsEdited into Garfield Goose and Friends (1952)
- SoundtracksFrosty the Snowman
(uncredited)
Written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Sung by The Starlighters double-tracked with themselves
Featured review
About what to expect from UPA and $7000.
"Frosty the Snoman" is an odd little curio from the 1950s that I found on YouTube. Apparently, some music production company wanted to promote the song "Frosty the Snowman" and commissioned UPA to create this three minute promotional film. It's very bouncy and good considering it only cost $7000 to make. As for the animation, it's enjoyable but very primitive and simple...the sort of stuff UPA was known for and the best you could get for the money they were willing to pay! Don't expect MGM or Looney Tunes or Disney quality animation here...but working with these better studios would simply have been prohibitively expensive and this simple black & white animation is not bad and serve its purpose. Not exactly brilliant and nothing like the lovely 1969 cartoon version...which had a lot of story as well as the song. Here in the 1951 version, it's basically a music video.
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- planktonrules
- Dec 17, 2020
Details
- Runtime3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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