Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1944) Theatrical Cartoon

Rudolph's playmates make fun of his glowing nose until Santa- finding it rough going on a foggy Christmas Eve- visits Rudolph's house, gets a look at that luminous... (more)

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The first filmed version of this story, pre-dating the famous Rankin-Bass version by over 20 years. The film was based on the original story by Robert L. May. The song adaption of the story followed... (more)

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Rudolph by Max Fleischer

Comments By: Bruce B

This is a pleseant, but rather pedestrian cartoon.

During the heyday of Fleischer Studios Max was the business-man, while brother Dave was the cartoon director and, apparently, added all the comic flourishes that made all their 1930's... (read more)

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Faithful

Comments By: mojosam

This cartoon is faithful to the original story. However, there is nothing otherwise noteworthy about. It's just a pedestrian retelling of the story. No real animation magic happening here. No inventive visuals or... (read more)

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