The animator, producer, director, and composer who worked diligently on some of the most popular stop-motion holiday films of the 1960s and 1970s with his production partner Arthur Rankin Jr. passed away on Tuesday.
Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week he serves up a classic Christmas dish from Corky Quakenbush
Directed by Max Fleischer and produced by the Detroit-based Jam Handy Company, 1948 animated cartoon was originally intended as a promotional piece for Montgomery Ward department stores.
New forever stamps feature still frames from the beloved Rankin/Bass-produced stop-motion animated holiday TV special, ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’
The classic holiday special ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new DVD and Blu-ray, featuring brand-new bonus features.
Broadcasting legend Arthur Rankin Jr. -- the animator, producer and director behind some of television’s most enduring holiday specials -- is dead at the age of 89 following a bout of illness.
Larry D. Mann, the voice of Yukon Cornelius in the animated Christmas favorite Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, has died at the age of 91.
