Santa's Workshop is a Disney short film directed by Wilfred Jackson, first released on December 10, 1932[4] in the Silly Symphonies series. The film features Santa Claus and his elves preparing for Christmas in Santa's workshop. A sequel, The Night Before Christmas, partially based on the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", was made the year after, portraying Santa leaving the toys in a house with nine children.[5]
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Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | Allan Watson-Santa Claus Pinto Colvig-Santa’s Secretary Walt Disney-Elf Frank Geiger |
Music by | Frank Churchill[1][2] |
Animation by | Marvin Woodward [fr; ja; ru] Les Clark Art Babbitt Norm Ferguson Ben Sharpsteen Tom Palmer Joe D'Igalo [fr] Harry Reeves [fr; it] Hamilton Luske Louie Schmitt [fr] Dick Williams Paul Fennell Chuck Couch [fr] Fred Moore Jack King Ed Love Jack Kinney Jack Cutting Nick George Clyde Geronimi George Drake Eddie Donnelly[3] |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
In Sweden and Norway, Santa's Workshop is part of the Christmas television special From All of Us to All of You, traditionally shown on Christmas Eve. At the initiative of Disney, scenes depicting various ethnic stereotypes such as a pickaninny doll have been cut out of the film, which has given rise to a lot of public criticism in Sweden.[6][7]
Santa's Workshop is the first "Silly Symphonies" titled cartoon to develop with RCA's Photophone synchronization early-in-film sound system.
The short features the first of the Marches Militaires by Franz Schubert.
The short was featured on early VHS releases of A Walt Disney Christmas, which featured the uncut scene with the blackface doll.
The short was released on DVD on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two[8] in the "From the Vault" section, because of the blackface doll.[9]
The short was remastered in HD and released on Disney+ on November 12, 2019, with the blackface doll scene removed. It was originally claimed by Disney+ that the short was presented as originally released, but this claim has since been removed from the streaming service.
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