Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny

Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Richard Winer (credited as R. Winer)
  • Film-within-the-film:
  • Barry Mahon
Written byRichard Winer
Produced byBarry Mahon
StarringJay Clark
Narrated byDorothy Brown Green
Cinematography
  • Richard Winer
  • Wraparound material:
  • William Tobin
Edited by
  • Richard Winer
  • Wraparound material:
  • Steve Cuiffo
Music by
  • Richard Winer
  • Thumbelina:
  • Ralph Falco
  • George Linsenmann
  • Jack and the Beanstalk:
  • Eugene Ventresca
Distributed byR & S Film Enterprises Inc.
Release date
  • December 1972 (1972-12)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny is a 1972 American musical fantasy film written, composed, shot, edited and directed by Richard Winer to frame Barry Mahon's Childhood Productions films for a Christmas release. The plot concerns Santa Claus' attempts to free his sleigh from the sands of a Florida beach, assisted by local children.[1][2]

Different prints feature one of two films-within-the-film (that take up a majority of the film itself). They are Mahon's previously filmed 1970 adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina or Benjamin Tabart's Jack and the Beanstalk.[3][4][5]

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