A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Danny Thomas
- Self
- (voice)
- …
Marlo Thomas
- Bertha
- (voice)
Hans Conried
- Tackleton
- (voice)
Paul Frees
- Messanger
- (voice)
- …
The Norman Luboff Choir
- Themselves
- (singing voice)
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- Writers
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- TriviaReal life father and daughter Danny Thomas and Marlo Thomas played father and daughter in this cartoon special.
- Quotes
Cricket Crocket: Ooh, you - you - you - you nincompoop! Paying any attention to the words of a gushing female!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Phelous & the Movies: Cricket on the Hearth: Part 1 (2014)
- SoundtracksParade Of The Toys
Music by Maury Laws
Lyrics by Jules Bass
Performed by The Videocraft Studio Orchestra Conducted by Maury Laws
Featured review
Older Than Pinocchio
For those unaware, 'Pinocchio', by Carlo Collodi, was first published in 1883 while Charles Dickens' 'Cricket on the Hearth' was first published in 1845 - that's almost 40 years difference. Do not make the mistake in thinking this Rankin/Bass story is original and they ripped off Collodi's 'Pinocchio' - that is untrue.
This Dickens tale cannot hold a candle to his famous 'A Christmas Carol' but that doesn't mean 'Cricket on the Hearth' isn't worth watching. "Cricket" is worth watching but it doesn't have the same impact that "Carol" has story-wise.
"Cricket" is a rather nice tale of a young girl in-love with a man who goes away. She believes he's died and goes blind. Her father spends a lot of money to help his daughter and the father befriends a cricket along the way. The cricket does help out in the end.
6/10.
This Dickens tale cannot hold a candle to his famous 'A Christmas Carol' but that doesn't mean 'Cricket on the Hearth' isn't worth watching. "Cricket" is worth watching but it doesn't have the same impact that "Carol" has story-wise.
"Cricket" is a rather nice tale of a young girl in-love with a man who goes away. She believes he's died and goes blind. Her father spends a lot of money to help his daughter and the father befriends a cricket along the way. The cricket does help out in the end.
6/10.
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- Rainey-Dawn
- Nov 5, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 4:3
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By what name was Cricket on the Hearth (1967) officially released in Canada in English?
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