Santa and the Three Bears (1970)
It's Wintertime
Two bear cubs want to meet Santa despite their mother telling them that Santa does not exist. With the help of the park ranger, their wish might come true!
- Date of release
- 1970-11-07
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Director
- Barry Mahon, Tony Benedict
Casting
- Hal Smith — Grandfather / Santa / Mr. Ranger
- Jean Vander Pyl — Nana
- Christina Ferra-Gilmore — Nikomi
- Bobby Riha — Chinook
Interesting facts
Santa and the Three Bears is a 1970 animated feature film, which aired in syndication on television regularly during the holiday season.
Background
The film was originally pitched to TV networks, which rejected it as it lacked a villain, but was then shown in theaters instead. This special has been rerun on TBN, USA Network, FOX Family (now Freeform), and on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles. It also received a "blue ribbon" award for Best Family Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
The live-action sequences, directed by Barry Mahon, at the beginning and end of the film are often edited out in television reruns. The edited version was later released on VHS in 1992 by Kids Klassics, and distributed by GoodTimes Home Video.
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