Christmas Comes But Once a Year is a 1936 Color Classics cartoon.
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Studio |
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Distributor |
Paramount Pictures |
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Directed by |
Dave Fleischer |
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Animation |
Seymour Kneitel, William Henning |
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Music and Lyrics |
Tot Seymour, Sammy Timberg, Bob Rothberg |
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Originally Released on |
December 4, 1936 |
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Originally Released |
Theatrically |
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Running Time |
9 minutes |
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Color by |
Technicolor |
Summary[]
The children at the orphanage are thrilled to wake up and find plenty of new toys on Christmas morning. Unfortunately, all of them break or fall apart within a few seconds. Prof. Grampy, the inventor, passes by in his motorized sled and hears the wailing of the disappointed orphans, which brings him to the door to investigate. When he learns what is wrong, he puts on his thinking cap and quickly comes up with a plan to make everything all right. He sneaks into the kitchen through the window, takes out every pot, pan, plate, spoon, etc., and builds better toys than the kids could have dreamed of.
Plot[]
At an orphanage, a group of lonely kids are given broken toys, leaving these sad youngsters without a Merry Christmas. Professor Grampy, traveling in his self-propelled sled, sees the unhappy kids. The brilliant inventor puts on his thinking cap to find a solution to this problem. After a few false starts, the light bulb on Professor Grampy's cap lights up. He heads into the orphanage and creates a series of homemade toys from kitchen utensils. Then he decorates the main room with soap chips, cotton and other items, creating a Santa suit from red cloth, stovepipes and a red bag. He rings a dinner bell and calls the kids in. The kids, seeing Grampy as Santa, rush in happily. They play with their new and better toys. To complete the festive moment, Grampy Claus takes some umbrellas and fastens them to a record player turntable to make a Christmas tree.
Notable appearances[]
- Shining Time Station
External Links[]
Christmas Comes But Once a Year at the Internet Movie Database- Christmas Comes But Once a Year at the Big Cartoon Database
- Christmas Comes But Once a Year at the Internet Animation Database
