Padme's Library: 📘🎥Friday's Film Adaptation🎥📘: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L May

Friday, December 7, 2018

📘🎥Friday's Film Adaptation🎥📘: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L May

Summary:
The original story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer—written in verse by his creator, Robert L. May—now with charming new illustrations!

Every year at Christmastime, everyone—young and old alike—has one catchy, joy-inspiring song stuck in their heads: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!” Now fans of the most famous reindeer of all-time can fall in love with the original story, written by Robert L. May in 1939.

Rudolph, a youthful reindeer buck who possesses an unusual luminous red nose, is harassed mercilessly and excluded by his peers because of this trait. One particularly stormy Christmas Eve, Rudolph manages to prove himself after Santa Claus catches sight of his nose and asks him to lead his sleigh for the evening. Rudolph agrees, saving Christmas, and is finally treated the way he deserves by his fellow reindeer!

A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.

Release Date: December 6, 1964
Release Time: 55 minutes

Cast:
Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph
Stan Francis as Santa Claus & King Moonracer
Paul Kligman as Donner, Comet, & Clarice's unnamed father
Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman
Paul Soles as Hermey
Janis Orenstein as Clarice
Larry D. Mann as Yukon Cornelius
Peg Dixon as Mrs. Claus & Mrs. Donner
Carl Banas as The Head Elf & Various Misfit Toys
Alfie Scopp as Fireball & Charlie-in-the-box
Corinne Conley as Dolly

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Robert L May
Robert L. May penned one of America's most famous contributions to Christmas folklore while working as a copywriter for Montgomery Ward & Co. in Chicago. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1926 and held various advertising jobs in several department stores across the country before going to the catalog company in 1936. A humble, soft-spoken man, May was gratified that children the world over responded to the story of the lonely little deer who found happiness when he gladly accepted a chance to help others. May referred to Rudolph as "my generous son," claiming that the noble reindeer enabled him to send his six children to college.

In 1958 May donated the original 32-page Rudolph manuscript to the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, which now houses the Robert L. May Collection. May left Montgomery Ward in 1951 to manage Rudolph's burgeoning career but returned to the company in 1958, retiring in 1970. He died in 1976.

Antonio Javier Caparo(Illustrator)

Antonio Javier Caparo is a Cuban-born illustrator and designer. Although much of his early career was spent in graphic design, his passion for animation and comics led him to devote himself to illustration—both traditional and digital. He has been published around the world and has won numerous awards in multiple countries. He lives in Quebec, Canada.