Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Name: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Released: 1948-11-11
Duration: 8 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Paul Wing

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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YOUR RATING

Animation Family Fantasy Musical Short

Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

904

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Last cartoon ever produced by Max Fleischer who produced the Popeye the Sailor man, Betty Boop and Koko the Clown cartoons from the 1910's to the 1940's.

Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: 'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the hills the reindeer were playing enjoying the spills of skating and coasting and climbing the willows and hopscotch and leap frog... protected by pillows.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "HOLIDAY INN (La Taverna Dell'Allegria, 1942) - New Widescreen Edition + RUDOLPH, LA RENNA COL NASO ROSSO (1948)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Edited into Retro Christmas Classics (2007)

Soundtracks
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Written by Johnny Marks

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Review

Featured review

A Fleischer Studios Christmas Classic!

The talents of Max & Dave Fleischer were surely not wasted on this terrific little cartoon. The use of real sets or dioramas for the backgrounds in their cartoons was a brilliant idea, and looks fantastic. Especially compared to the cranked-out garbage that litters the TV nowadays. This toon is available on many 'public domain' vhs tapes, and should be easy to locate by eager collectors or cartoon fans.