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Santa Claus

1959, Movie, NR, 94 mins

Santa Claus: Review

Like many of the films distributed by Florida-based Z-movie impresario K. Gordon Murray, this Yuletide oddity was produced in Mexico, where it was originally released in 1959. Murray acquired U.S. distribution rights, dubbed the dialogue into English and raked in the money. While many people rank SANTA CLAUS among the worst films of all time, it was an enduring favorite on the "kiddie matinee" circuit throughout the 1960s, and one of Murray's biggest hits. It's also become so... read more leave a comment

Santa Claus: Cast & Details

Year: 1959
Rated NR

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Cast
Jose Elias Moreno: Santa Claus
Ken Smith: Narrator
Cesarero Quezadas: Tom Thumb
Jose Luis Aguirre: Pitch
Armando Arriola: Merlin the Magician
Antonio Diaz Conde Hijo: Little Ricky

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Santa Claus: TV Guide News

FlickChick Answers Movie Questions: Letters from Iwo Jima and More | Movie News | 2/9/2007
Question I just caught up with Showtimes Dexter and since I know from the podcast that youve been watching it too maybe you can answer my question In the last episode theres some kind of weird-looking Christmas thing on TV all you see is Santa and a couple of stiff white reindeer flying through the air Was that a real movie or TV special or was it made especially for the series PeachyFlickChick Its for real and its a loopy little Mexican number called Santa Claus 1959 in which Santa must battle a second-tier demon named Mr Pitch for the hearts and minds of the worlds children The film first made its way onto the childrens matinee circuit yes there was a time when theaters would book kiddie movies for the weekend and parents would drop off their little darlings to see them courtesy of Florida-based impresario K Gordon Murray I highly recommend the site The Wonder World of K Gordon Murray for in-depth info about his nutty re read more be the first to leave a comment
What was the first Christmas ... | Movie News | 12/22/2005

Question: What was the first Christmas movie?

Answer: Oh, how I love a "first" question! While I know better than to definitively declare any film the first of anything, there have been Christmas-themed movies for almost as long as there have been movies. Early films on a holiday theme include the shorts Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning and The Christmas Tree Party (all 1897). Jolly old St. Nick takes center stage in Santa Claus and Visit of St. Nicholas (both 1897); Santa Claus (1899); Georges Melies' Le Rêve de Noël (The Christmas Dream, 1900); Edwin S. Porter's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1905); D.W. Griffith's A Trap for Santa (1909); the comic myste read more

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