Jack Frost (1934 film)
Jack Frost is a 1934 animated short film produced by Ub Iwerks and is part of the ComiColor cartoon series.[2]
Jack Frost | |
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Directed by | Ub Iwerks[1] |
Produced by | Ub Iwerks |
Music by | Carl Stalling |
Color process | Cinecolor Color Systems, Inc. (1973 Korean redrawn three-strip color edition with stock music and sounds added) |
Production company | Ub Iwerks Studio[1] |
Distributed by | Celebrity Productions |
Release date | December 24, 1934 |
Running time | 8:31 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot summary
Jack Frost arrives to the forest and paints the world in autumn colors. He announces the coming winter to the animals of the forest and urges them to prepare for it. A grizzly bear cub retorts "I don't have to worry, I don't have to care. My coat is very furry, I'm a frizzly, grizzly bear." When his parents have fallen asleep (hibernation), the cub prepares to run away from home. He sees Jack Frost paint frost patterns on his bedroom window and follows him.
Surprised by heavy snowfall, the cub is chased by Old Man Winter and is trapped in a hollow tree trunk. He is rescued by Jack Frost who returns him home, flying on Jack Frost's palette.
Alternate versions
In 1973, Jack Frost became one of several cartoons to be redrawn and colorized by Color Systems, Inc. under the name "Radio and Television Packagers" despite the fact that the cartoon was already in color and its original audio was replaced by stock music and sounds. It's likely that the company got a hold of a silent black and white print of the cartoon to colorize.
References
- Jack Frost at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 150. ISBN 9781476672939.
External links
- Jack Frost on IMDb
- "It's A Very Special Cel Bloc Xmas: Jack Frost (1934)", extensive plot summary by Rik Tod Johnson.
- The short film Jack Frost is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Jack Frost (Redrawn) on YouTube