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The Candlemaker (Original title)
Date: 1957 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Halas, Joy Batchelor

Synopsis: ANIMATION. A small boy in an American town fails in his duty of making candles just before Christmas. He makes amends in his own small way.

Genre:
Animation

Subjects:
Christmas, Candles
Releases
Date: 1957not specifiedRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 13 mins Length: 1180 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.33:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lutheran Film Service
Date: January 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 13 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (19)
Production Company: Halas & Batchelor, Sponsor: United Lutheran Churches of America, Producer: John Halas, Producer: Joy Batchelor, Camera: Bill Traylor, Camera: Roy Turk, S.G. Griffiths, Animator: Harold Whitaker, Animator: John Smith, Animator: Vic Bevis, Animator: John Williams, Layouts: Philip Stapp, Backgrounds: Ted Pettingell, Backgrounds: Tom Bailey, Guy Neale, Editor: Jack King, Music: Matyas Seiber