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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.