The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

Name: The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1933-01-07
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Carman Maxwell

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5.2/10

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The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933)

Animation Short Comedy

Christmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to t... Read allChristmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild (in the full version, they ... Read allChristmas Eve. A poor orphan boy trudges through the snow, pathetically. He finally arrives at his miserable cabin. While he is crying, Santa arrives and, singing the title song, offers to take the boy to his workshop. They arrive, and the toys go wild (in the full version, they sing the title song, but this has been censored in some versions due to outdated stereotyp... Read all

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

397

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Directors
- Hugh Harman(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
Star
- Carman Maxwell(uncredited)

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Carman Maxwell

Poor Kid
(uncredited)

Directors
- Hugh Harman(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
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Trivia
Vitaphone production reel #5583.

Alternate versions
This cartoon was colorized in 1992 by Turner Entertainment Company, with each frame traced over onto a cel. Each cel was then painted in color and photographed over a colored reproduction of each background.

Connections
Featured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996)

Soundtracks
Get Happy
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Played by studio orchestra during the opening credits

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6/10

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives is enjoyable Merrie Melodies cartoon

This Hugh Harmon-Rudy Ising Merrie Melodies cartoon short produced by Leon Schlesinger for Warner Bros. tells the story of a poor boy who gets invited by Santa to go with him to his shanty to watch all the toys come to life. That's basically the plot of the story with some unfortunate blackface stereotypes in some scenes. Still mostly enjoyable with some entertaining musical sequences like the title song and a Kate Smith doll singing, "Shine on Harvest Moon". It was during this period that the Merrie Melodies shorts' purpose was to showcase a song that was published by the Warner Bros. publisher in each short with the showcased song's title the name of the film. That's the case here. Recommended for anyone who are Warner cartoon completists.

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