Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

Directed by

Max Fleischer

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphanage is sad on Christmas morning because the children have no presents. Professor Grampy shows up and uses household items to make toys and treats for everyone.

whimsicalnostalgiclightheartedinventiveplayfulgentleupbeatcozy

What happens

Christmas Comes But Once a Year is a 1936 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on December 4, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It is part of the Color Classics series. The cartoon features Professor Grampy, a character from the Betty Boop series, in his only solo cartoon. An edited version was featured during the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, as the featured short shown by the King of Cartoons. The cartoon was restored from the original Paramount Pictures camera negatives by Jane Fleischer Reid's company Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored and debuted on MeTV's Toon in With Me on December 21, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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