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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- 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
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So bad, it's good
Just watched this gem for the first time and understand why it's not aired every year with the likes of Rudolph, Frosty and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Very depressing and a bit disturbing too. This good luck cricket seems to have brought nothing but ill will to the father/daughter it finds. Sudden blindness. Banruptcy. Kidnapping and cold murder. Dirty old man with warts and no teeth. Not the things I really want to share with my kids. Ever. I suppose its OK because both Jesus and the Pope due make an appearance. However, my husband and I were laughing so hard by the end due to it's utter ridiculousness that I think it will be a holiday tradition in our household for years to come. From now on our motto is: cricket on the hearth, take that horseshoe off the door, with a cricket on the hearth, you can leave that lucky penny sitting on the floor. Deep.
- Meadmail28
- Dec 8, 2011
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- Runtime49 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 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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