Christmas Night

1933
G
7m

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On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.

Directors
- Oscar E. Soglow
- James Tyer
Writer
- Oscar E. Soglow

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

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Directors
- Oscar E. Soglow
- James Tyer
Writer
- Oscar E. Soglow

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The tall tramp's NRA tattoo is a patriotic reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration.

Quotes
[first lines]
Santa Claus: Do you go to bed early? Do you eat your spinach? All right, run along. I'll bring you some toys.

Connections
Featured in Rifftrax Shorts: The Little King: Christmas Night (2021)

Soundtracks
Jingle Bells
(uncredited)
Written by James Pierpont
Used as background music

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Featured review

8/10

Quite adorable...a nice Christmas surprise.

In general, I find the cartoons from Van Beuren Studio to be awfully saccharine--and a far cry from the quality of rival studios Disney and Fleischer Brothers. However, I was pleasantly surprised with "The Little King"--a sweet little cartoon if I've ever seen one.

The character 'Little King' was a creation of Oscar Soglow and it was so popular in "The New Yorker" that William Randolph Hearst paid handsomely to bring Soglow to his paper and make the strip a daily. And, from the 1930s until his death in the late 1970s, Soglow made a ton of these cute cartoons. And, like "Henry", the Little King didn't speak.

Van Beuren made several Little King cartoons but I only see a couple listed on IMDb. I assume that this is the correct place to review "The Little King: Merry Christmas". It begins with the King going about town just before Christmas. He meets two nice hobos and they become friends. So, in the spirit of Christmas, he invites them home for the holidays and they have a lovely time.

As I said above, this film is awfully sweet--but not to the point of being saccharine. It's more just a very nice little film that made me smile. Not brilliant, but it was worth seeing.