The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

26 mins | Drama, Animation, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 1, 1968

Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.

The Night Before Christmas

26 mins | Drama, Animation, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 1, 1968

The Night Before Christmas
Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Elba Productions, Playhouse Pictures
Original title The Night Before Christmas
Directors Jim Pabian
Writers Dick Woellhaf, Louise Turnbull, Clement C. Moore

Cast

Olan Soule

as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Barbara Eiler

as Mrs. Moore (voice)

Hal Smith

as Dr. Sawyer (voice)

Virginia Gregg

as Gretchen (voice)

Laura Turnbull

as (voice)

Shari Turnbull

as (voice)

Douglas Crowther

as (voice)

Diana Lee

as Soloist (voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

as Soloist (voice)

Bill Cole

as Soloist (voice)

Eleanor Geffert

as Soloist (voice)

Julia Rinker

as Soloist (voice) (as Julie Rinker)