521 - SANTA CLAUS (1959; Mexico; NR; 78m)

Ad: "An Enchanting World of Make-Believe!"

Ad: "Bursting upon our BIG SCREEN in all the colors of the rainbow... a prize-winning blue ribbon treat for old and young alike!
Here's something for the whole family to see together!"

Ad: "SEE All the Weird and Wonderful Characters of Make-Believe!
SEE the Fantastic Crystal Work-Room of the Happy Elves!
SEE the Fabulous Realm of the Candy-Stick Palaces!"

Plot: Pitch the Devil hinders Santa during his delivery of presents on Christmas Eve.

Prod: Guillermo Calderon (Aztec Mummy;
102-The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy)
Prod/USA: K. Gordon Murray
(*102; 624-Samson Vs. the Vampire Women; Doctor of Doom; Tom Thumb)
Dir/Scr: Rene Cardona Sr.
(Wrestling Women Vs. Aztec Mummy)
Dir/English: Ken Smith (also narrator)
Scr: Adolpho Torres Portillo (Tom Thumb)
Cin: Raul Martinez Solares
(Santo Vs. the Blue Demon in Atlantis)
Score: Anthony Diaz Conde
(102; Curse of the Doll People;
Curse of the Aztec Mummy)

Santa / Jose Elias Moreno (La Loba a.k.a. The She Wolf)
Pitch / Cesareo Quezadas a.k.a. Pulgarcito
(Pulgarcito a.k.a. Tom Thumb)
narrator / Ken Smith
with Jose Luis Aguirre (Mambru Went to War)
Armando Arriola (El Extra)
Nora Veryan (Tom Thumb; Frankenstein, The Vampire and Co.)

Trivia: The movie is in public domain, so it's played frequently in its original Spanish during the holiday season. As a result (as strange as it may seem) it has become, for many Spanish-speaking TV viewers world wide, a holiday tradition as cherished as viewing It's A Wonderful Life and other holiday classics is for English-speaking Americans.

Last Updated: 6/25/1999