Product Review

Bursting with color and shimmering with merry musical moments, this holiday cartoon collection includes three landmark Max Fleischer cartoons, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Comes But Once A Year and Somewhere in Dreamland as well as Ub Iwerks' rare short Jack Frost.

Max Fleischer (1883-1972), a long time rival of Walt Disney, was the creator of Betty Boop and the inventor of the rotoscope technique that allowed animators to illustrate over live action. Fleischer brings his dazzling visual poetry and stunning 3D technique to the holiday season.

Along with Disney and Fleischer, the third great grandfather of American animation was Ub Iwerks. Iwerks (1901-1971) started out working for Disney and had a huge hand in the early success of Mickey Mouse. He struck out on his own and created quality original work that assured his own unique legacy.

Christmas Cartoon Classics is rounded out with many other titles including Santa's Surprise, Hector's Hectic Life and most spectacularly, Snow Foolin'- a wintertime fantasia that climaxes with a follow-the-bouncing-ball sing-a-along rendition of "Jingle Bells."