![]() ![]() MGM’s 1956 The Wizard of Oz sound track album was an edited version of the finished sound track with no narration. The vinyl version was an early, if not the very first, recording combining dialogue, narration and music. Linkletter does not appear on Decca’s elaborate sound track album of The Snow Queen, nor do June Foray or Dick Beals, who voiced the lady crow and the Prince, respectively. Linkletter, a familiar and ubiquitous TV personality, was filmed in the Wonder Breadiest of living room settings, handing gifts to child actors portraying mid-20th century images of adorable youngsters-a few even quoting directly from Linkletter’s bestselling book, Kids Say the Darndest Things (illustrated by Charles M. ![]() Perhaps adding the live action prologue not only made the film run longer but also assuaged American viewers. (at least, none that I can derive.) Parents’ Magazine recommended The Snow Queen with great enthusiasm, praising its old-world style. It’s also interesting to ponder that a film made in the Soviet Union was released without any in the ‘50s U.S. One can only speculate as to whether Miyazaki would have cared for Universal-International’s 1959 English-language version. Miyazaki waswas so moved by it, he ‘decided to continue working on animation with renewed determination.’ He says that he learned that characters in animation can act if they are animated well enough, and animation can move people as other media can do.” According to, “Miyazaki saw this film when he was unhappy about his job and wondering if he should continue working as an animator. In the case of The Snow Queen, what we got was pretty good indeed. This was before the full animation of Disney and other studios was right there on our home shelves and we took what we could get. ![]() Many of us grew up watching The Snow Queen on local TV around Christmastime… and loving it. Songs: “The Snow Queen,” “Do It While You’re Young.” (The voices by Dick Beals and June Foray do not appear on the record and I don’t know who plays the lady who writes on the fish.) Voices: Paul Frees (Old Dreamy, Bucky) Sandra Dee (Gerda) Tommy Kirk (Kay) Lillian Buyeff (Granny) Patty McCormick (Angel) Louise Arthur (Snow Queen). Sound Track Album Running Time: 40 minutes. English Dialogue Version Producer: Robert Faber. English screenplay: Alan Lipscott, Bob Fisher, Dialogue Supervisor/Editor: Hugo Grimaldi. Adapted from the 1957 Russian version written by Nikolai Erdman, Lev Atamanov, Georgly Grebner and Nikolay Zabalotsky produced by Lev Atamanov and Nickolay Petrovich Fydorov and Directed by Lev Atamanov for Soyuzmultfilm Studio. Next Monday (two days before the film opens), Walt Disney Records will release sound track CDs and downloads of Frozen a new musical epic incorporating elements of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. In 1959, Decca Records released a vinyl LP of the English-dubbed sound track to The Snow Queen, a 1957 animated film that reportedly inspired Hayao Miyazaki to continue in his craft. ![]()
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