Santa's Workshop (film)
| Santa's Workshop | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Animation by | Marvin Woodward Les Clark Art Babbitt Norm Ferguson Ben Sharpsteen Tom Palmer Joe D'Igalo Harry Reeves Hamilton Luske Louie Schmitt Dick Williams Paul Fennell Chuck Couch Fred Moore Jack King Ed Love Jack Kinney Jack Cutting Nick George Clyde Geronimi George Drake Eddie Donnelly |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Santa's Workshop is a Walt Disney produced, animated short film directed by Wilfred Jackson, first released on December 10, 1932 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.
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 and a Jewish doll have been cut out of the film, which has given rise to a lot of public criticism in Sweden and in Denmark.
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.