Arthur Gardner Rankin Jr. (July 19, 1924 – January 30, 2014) was an American director, producer and screenwriter, who mostly worked in animation. Co-creator...
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Arthur Rankin may refer to: Arthur Rankin (surveyor) (1816–1893), Canadian surveyor, entrepreneur, and politician Arthur Rankin Jr. (1924–2014), American...
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Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, best known for its animated seasonal television specials. Television series and films pre-1974...
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in New York City by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass on September 14, 1960, as Videocraft International, Ltd. The majority of Rankin/Bass' work, including...
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Arthur Gardner Rankin (August 30, 1895 – March 23, 1947) was an American film actor. Arthur Rankin was born in New York, the son of actress Phyllis Rankin...
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The Hobbit (1977 film) (redirect from The Hobbit (Rankin/Bass film))
directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass Productions in New York City. It was adapted for the screen by Romeo Muller; Rankin took on the...
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production began on The Return of the King at Rankin/Bass Productions in New York City under supervision of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. The film's original...
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actors Elizabeth "Kitty" Blanchard and Arthur McKee Rankin, also known as McKee Rankin. Her older sister, Gladys Rankin, was also an entertainer with her husband...
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Arabella Rankin, Scottish artist Arthur Rankin, surveyor, entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West Arthur Rankin, Jr., who worked on Rankin/Bass animation...
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Arthur Rankin (30 April 1904–1962) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City. Arthur Rankin at the English National...
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Jules Bass (category Rankin/Bass Productions)
company Videocraft International, later named Rankin/Bass Productions, with his friend, Arthur Rankin Jr. He joined ASCAP in 1963 and collaborated with...
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The Last Unicorn (film) (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
Unicorn is a 1982 American animated fantasy film directed and produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, from a script by Peter S. Beagle adapted from his...
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Arthur Rankin (1816 – March 13, 1893) was a surveyor, entrepreneur, militia officer, and political figure in Canada West. Rankin was born in Montreal in...
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Jack Frost (TV special) (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It was directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., written by Romeo Muller, narrated...
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Harry also adopted Phyllis's son, Arthur Rankin (actor father of Arthur Rankin, Jr., founder of the Rankin/Bass animation studio). Actress Anne Seymour...
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The Bermuda Depths (category Films with screenplays by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
film originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie written by Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass fame. Special effects and creature elements were handled...
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The Flight of Dragons (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
1982 animated fantasy film produced and directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. loosely combining the speculative natural history book of the same...
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Mad Monster Party? (category Films with screenplays by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
Arthur Rankin Jr. Executive producer – Joseph E. Levine Associate producer – Larry Roemer Screenplay by Len Korobkin, Harvey Kurtzman Story by Arthur...
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Tadahito Mochinaga (section Rankin/Bass Productions)
for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Studio in Tokyo throughout the 1960s. He did this work in association with American director Arthur Rankin...
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have been given the grand treatment that Peter Jackson afforded it." Arthur Rankin said Jackson was making "marvellous films." However, some filmmakers...
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traditionally animated TV projects from Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass' Videocraft International (now Rankin/Bass Productions) in New York, New York...
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The Year Without a Santa Claus (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
is a 1974 stop motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of...
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Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
animated time travel film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass' Videocraft International (now Rankin/Bass Productions) in the United States...
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2011. It is the final animated collaboration of both Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, as Arthur Rankin Jr. died on January 30, 2014, and Jules Bass died...
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Gladwish 1971 Here Comes Peter Cottontail January Q. Irontail Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Voice The Abominable Dr. Phibes Dr. Anton Phibes Robert Fuest Mooch...
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venture between Rankin/Bass and Japanese studio Toei Animation, The King Kong Show premiered on ABC in September 1966. Around that time, Rankin/Bass made a...
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Frosty the Snowman (TV special) (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
named Hocus Pocus, must go to the North Pole to be safe from melting. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass wanted to give the show and its characters the look...
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The Little Drummer Boy (TV special) (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
The Little Drummer Boy is a stop motion television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, based on the song of the same name. It was first televised...
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The Daydreamer (film) (category Films with screenplays by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
Videocraft International. Directed by Jules Bass, it was written by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Romeo Muller, based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen...
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (TV special) (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire...
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