Frosty the Snowman (1969)
Directed by Jules Bass
A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the North Pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!
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The scenes at the North Pole are done in an obvious fantasyland style clearly influenced by the Rankin-Bass Christmas specials we all remember as kids: “Frosty the Snowman” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Right from the opening credits, I felt something was amiss… There was a nostalgic, light touch to them, reminding me of the old Rankin-Bass Christmas specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
The inclusion of Rankin-Bass-style animated characters — including a Leon Redbone-voiced Snowman (a clever variant on the Burl Ives one) and another character voiced by legendary animator Ray Harryhausen — handily recalls perennial TV specials like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.