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Christmas Comes But Once A Year (1936)
Christmas Comes But once A Year (1936)
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
Directors: Dave Fleischer (direction), Seymour Kneitel (animation director)
Stars
Jack Mercer (voice), Mae Questel (voice)
Trivia
This cartoon used a process called the Stereoptical Camera or Setback created in 1934 as a variation on the multiplane camera. Three-dimensional sets were created so that animation cels could be placed in a realistic background allowing the characters to move about an actual miniature stage. The scenes were shot with a horizontal camera and the set was rotated on a turntable for background motion. The opening shot of the orphanage and the final shot of the umbrella tree were completed using this process.
Connections
Edited into Santa's Magic Book (1996)
Soundtracks
The First Noël
(uncredited)
Traditional
[Sung at the beginning]
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