Description

Santa and the Three Bears is a 1970 animated featurette, which aired on television regularly during the holiday season. It was later released on video in 1992 by Kids Klassics and distributed by GoodTimes Home Video in the VHS format.

Originally this 46 minute feature contained live-action sequences that ran for 2 minutes at the beginning of the film, and 2 minutes at the end. These live-action sequences featured the park ranger and his two young grandchildren sitting by the fireplace and Christmas tree, and a short montage of mechanical toys, Christmas decorations, and a pet kitten during the opening and closing credits. Since 1992 VHS and DVD releases of this feature have edited out all of the live-action footage, and the opening credit sequence has been re-edited over animation.

The film was originally pitched to TV networks, who rejected it as it lacked a villain, but was then shown in theatres instead.

Cast

• Hal Smith (actor) as Grandfather/Santa/Mr. Ranger
• Jean Vander Pyl (credited as Jean van der Pyl) as Nana
• Christina Ferra-Gilmore (credited as Annette Ferra) as Nikomi
• Bobby Riha as Chinook
• Joyce Taylor
• Ken Engels
• Beth Goldfarb as Beth
• Brian Hobbs as Brian
• Lenard Keith
• Kathy Lemmon
• Roxanne Poole
• Michael Rodriguez