Direction: Arthur Rankin Jr.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Faced with the inevitable replacement of magic by science, the magician Carolinus summons his 3 brothers (all magicians) to pitch a wild plan. The creation of a realm of magic...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot The story of Mr Toad and his pals Ratty, Badger and Mole. The quirky quartet embarks on a road-trip in Mr Toad's posh Rolls Royce. But his numerous eccentricities and...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Narrated by Fred Astaire, this one stars Mickey Rooney as Santa. Another stop-motion classic, this one is also based on the hit song of the same name. Of all the...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil king who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns.

Direction Arthur Rankin Jr. · Jules Bass

Plot TV Series (1986). 65 episodes. When the outer space gangster known as Mon Star escapes from the Penal Planet, the Limbo section of the galaxy is in great peril. In...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Mrs. Claus tells us about the time Santa had a bad cold and decided to take a vacation from Christmas. Two of his elves, Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells decided...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr. · Takeya Nakamura

Plot An orphan drummer boy who hated humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men on route to Bethlehem.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot This film adapts the final book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy where the Hobbits, Frodo and Samwise, struggle through the barren land of Mordor to destroy the Ruling...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions on ABC from 1971 until 1973; a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot "A Christmas's Carol" version through the perspective of the insect B.A.H. Humbug. Scrooge is portrayed as the tightwad Charles Dickens intended him to be with his consistent resistance to assist...

Direction Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Frustrated genius Rasputin Von Rotten has decided to make his mark upon history once and for all by building a time machine to travel back to all the important achievements...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot When the Chief Easter Bunny retires, he chooses Peter Cottontail as his successor. However, the reclusive January Q. Irontail wants the position as well, seeking to revenge himself upon children...

Direction Jules Bass · John Halas · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Tomfoolery was an animated cartoon series based on the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. There were several recurring characters, including the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo from the Lear poem "The...

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot The Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot This animated feature casts the Red Baron as a hero, in a world of heroic anthropomorphic dogs and villainous anthropomorphic cats.

Direction Jules Bass · Arthur Rankin Jr.

Plot Frosty's kind of lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?