Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with rotating cast members.
After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and performed in their original settings. Added to the Rodgers and Hammerstein score was "Loneliness of Evening", which had been composed for South Pacific but not used.
Animasyon klasiğinin 30. yıldönümü şerefine, bu animasyon ve canlı aksiyon karışımı özel film, hayranların en sevdiği filmin yanı sıra klasik hikâyeden esinlenen yeni müzikal performanslar, setler ve kostümler sergilemektedir.
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Following the death of their miller father, his eldest son inherits the mill, the middle one a donkey, and the youngest a cat. While initially disappointed, the lad soon learns not only that the cat can talk but is quite resourceful.
Kibirli üvey annesi ve zalim üvey kız kardeşlerine rağmen hevesli bir şarkıcı, yılbaşı ağacı satış yerinde elf olarak işe girer ve kendi Noel mucizesini yaratır.