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The Night Before Christmas

Jim Pabian

1968 • 26m

Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been...

The Night Before Christmas

Cast

Olan Soule

Olan SouleDr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Barbara Eiler

Barbara EilerMrs. Moore (voice)

Hal Smith

Hal SmithDr. Sawyer (voice)

Virginia Gregg

Virginia GreggGretchen (voice)

Laura Turnbull(voice)

Shari Turnbull(voice)

Douglas Crowther(voice)

Diana LeeSoloist (voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Thurl RavenscroftSoloist (voice)

Bill ColeSoloist (voice)

Eleanor GeffertSoloist (voice)

Julia RinkerSoloist (voice) (as Julie Rinker)

Crew

Clement C. Moore

Clement C. MooreWriter

Norm McCabe

Norm McCabeAnimation

Iwao Takamoto

Iwao TakamotoCharacter Designer

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