Product Details

• Actors: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Hans Conried, Paul Frees, Roddy McDowall
• Directors: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
• Writers: Arthur Rankin Jr., Charles Dickens, Romeo Muller
• Producers: Danny Thomas, Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Aaron Spelling, Shelley Hull
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Classic Media
• DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R7G6JK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,334 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Cricket on the Hearth" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, it’s Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Glad this is out on DVD...A RANKIN/BASS TV Special!, October 10, 2006

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Richard J. Goldschmidt "Rick Goldschmidt" (Oak Lawn, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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The cover looks nice BUT Should say A RANKIN/BASS Classic at the top BUT CLASSIC MEDIA and SONY WONDER continue to package the RANKIN/BASS catalog in a very generic way (NOT sure why, it only hurts sales). Anyway, this was originally a 1967 TV Special, which features a very nice LIVE introduction and closing by DANNY THOMAS. Not one of the better Cel Animated RANKIN/BASS specials BUT not bad either. The soundtrack is enjoyable and it is GREAT to hear MARLO THOMAS work with her dad. For this price, I definitely recommend it to any RANKIN/BASS fan!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cricket on the Hearth, March 22, 2007

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Another Rankin Bass classic released. Enjoy it, but it doesn't last long.

Running time is less than an hour, which makes me wonder about the price. The company should really put out several of Rankin-Bass's unreleased specials and features as a box set, with 2 or 3 features to a disk.

LET'S SEE MORE PLEASE. There are still so many that haven't come out yet.

Releasing the "Festival of Family Classics" series, one volume at a time as "Classic Adventures" doesn't do it justice. Put the full series out on DVD, please.

Let's have their other unreleased features and their 70s serieses like "Smokey Bear," "Osmonds", etc.

Don't let them sit on vault shelves for more decades.

Peter

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Rankin/Bass TV Special, March 8, 2007

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Enjoyable soundtrack. Great to hear Danny Thomas and daughter Marlo Thomas working together. A must-have for Rankin/Bass fans.