The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You

The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You
Directed by Gerald Potterton
Produced by William Litwack
Ronald A. Weinberg
Written by Don Arioli
Gerald Potterton
William Litwack
Starring Ed Asner
Roger Daltrey
Sonja Ball
A.J. Henderson
Liz MacRae
Judi Richards
Carlyle Miller
Dan Lebel
Tony Robinow
Paula Harding Howe
Music by Milan Kymlicka
Edited by Nathalie Rossin
Production
company
Distributed by HBO
Western Publishing
Release date
 January 4, 1992 (1992-01-04)
Running time
 30 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You is a Canadian children's animated short film directed by Gerald Potterton as part of The Real Story of... / Favorite Songs animated anthology series. The short was produced by Cinar and France Animation in association with Crayon Animation and Western Publishing and was released in January 1992 in the United States. It also features the voices of Ed Asner and Roger Daltrey.

Plot

The story involves neglected child Olivia, whose only friends are Charlie the Horse and Barnaby the Stablehand. Olivia wants her own special birthday song, but her evil caretaker tries to keep her from hearing it.[1]

Songs

  • The Girlie Wants a Song
Music by Milan Kymlicka, Lyrics by Gerald Potterton
  • The Birthday Contest Medley
Music by Milan Kymlicka, Lyrics by Gerald Potterton
  • Happy Birthday to You
Used by permission Warner Bros. Music, Written by Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill

Production

The film was produced in 1991.

Czechoslovakian-born Canadian composer Milan Kymlicka provided the music for the film. He has also composed music for other Canadian TV series such as Babar, Rupert, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Legend of White Fang, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, the 1997 version of Lassie, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Hood and The Neverending Story.

Broadcast history

The film was first broadcast on CTV Television Network in Canada and later on HBO in the USA. It has also been airing on Cartoon Network and the BBC in the UK, ABC TV in Australia, M-Net in South Africa, RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, Prime 12 and Channel 5 in Singapore, TV1 in Malaysia and Arutz HaYeladim in Israel. All eleven channels have aired it along with all the other animated short films in The Real Story of... / Favorite Songs series.

Video releases

It was first released on video by Golden Book Video and later Sony Wonder in the USA and released again by ABC Video and Roadshow Entertainment. The Australian release also contained another short film Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star which featured the voices of Vanna White and Martin Short.

Voices

References

  1. ↑ IMDB plot summary
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