• 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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    War II, Rankin rejoined the Marine Corps. Rankin married Marian Mansfield, and they had two sons, one of them being animator Arthur Rankin Jr. He died...
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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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  • Retrieved December 9, 2012. Cricket on the Hearth (1967) - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie...
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  • 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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  • Frosty the Snowman (TV special) (category Rankin/Bass Productions television specials)
    Vernon as Frosty. Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass wanted to give the show and its characters the look of a Christmas card, so Paul Coker Jr., a greeting card...
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  • Jack Frost (TV special) (category Rankin/Bass Productions television specials)
    animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It is directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., written by Romeo Muller, narrated by...
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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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  • 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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  • The Year Without a Santa Claus (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Motion 101 (Deluxe Edition Exclusive) We Are Santa's Elves: Profiling Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass (Deluxe Edition Exclusive) A live-action remake of The...
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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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  • 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. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars...
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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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  • Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Davies as Mary Harry Maurice Rosner as Joseph Produced and Directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass Assistant Producer: Masaki Iizuka Written by Romeo...
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  • the 1960s. He did this work in association with American director Arthur Rankin, Jr. who wrote and designed the productions before sending them to Japan...
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  • Frosty's Winter Wonderland (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    as a Child The Wee Winter Singers as Children Producers/Directors – Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass Writer – Romeo Muller Based on the Song "Frosty the Snowman"...
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  • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Christmas (closing version) – Children Chorus Produced and Directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass Written by Julian P. Gardner Music and Lyrics by Maury...
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  • The Red Baron (1972 film) (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Catahari Executive Producer: Michael Webster Produced and Directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass (Uncredited) Associate Producer: Mary Alice Dwyer...
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  • The Stingiest Man in Town (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. It was created by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, and features traditional animation rather than the...
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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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  • Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    animated time travel musical film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass' Videocraft International (now Rankin/Bass Productions) in the United States...
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  • The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold (category Rankin/Bass Productions television specials)
    Christine Mitchell Glynis Bieg and Frankie Moronski as The Children. Arthur Rankin Jr. — Director/Producer Jules Bass — Director/Producer/Lyricist (as "Julian...
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  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special) (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Before Christmas is a 1974 animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions that features Clement Clarke Moore's famous 1823 poem A...
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  • The First Easter Rabbit (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    Glinda Christine Winter as Vocalist Producers/Directors - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. Writer - Julian P. Gardner Songs - There's That Rabbit, Easter Parade...
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    The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV series) (category Rankin/Bass Productions television series)
    series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and made by Dentsu Studios in Japan. Created by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and his partner Jules...
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  • Here Comes Peter Cottontail (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    (reprise) – Seymour S. Sassafrass, Chorus Producers/Directors – Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. Teleplay – Romeo Muller Music and Lyrics – Jules Bass, Maury Laws...
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  • The Wind in the Willows (1987 film) (category Films directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    American animated musical television film directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, co-founders of Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. It is an...
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  • Rudolph's Shiny New Year (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    standalone sequel to the 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The special premiered on ABC on December 10, 1976. Just...
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  • The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 film) (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    1985 Christmas stop motion animated television special. It was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, based on the 1902 children's book The Life and Adventures...
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  • The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (category Television shows directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.)
    produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, using their "Animagic" stop motion animation. The special reunites the writer Romeo Muller, designer Paul Coker Jr., and...
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