Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to stop him.
Acting
Ethel Merman belts while evil wizard plots
Production
Bizarre circus sequences, actual fire effects
Writing
Surprisingly dense mythology for snowman lore
Director
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Red Buttons
Milton (voice)
Ethel Merman
Lilly Loraine (voice)
Mickey Rooney
Santa Claus (voice)
Alan Sues
Scratcher, the Jealous Reindeer (voice)
Jackie Vernon
Frosty (voice)
Shelley Winters
Crystal (voice)
Paul Frees
Winterbolt / Jack Frost / Policeman (voice)
Harold Peary
Big Ben (voice)
Don Messick
Sam Spangles (voice)
Darlene Conley
Mrs. Santa Claus (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a stealth sequel connecting Rudolph (1964) and Frosty (1969) with shared continuity—Rankin/Bass invented holiday cinematic universes.
Winterbolt's design was based on classic stage magicians, and his melting scene used actual acetate decomposition filmed frame-by-frame.
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Tbh, this makes me so curious if someone taped the original broadcast of Rudolph and Frosty
@miguelmontero6130 8
Really sucks the special wasn’t a theatrical release 😂
@RandomRed2005 5
Can you uploaded the Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July aired on The Disney Channel promo (1989), please⁉️
@violettevicencio363 4
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