aleksa palladino played cordelia in santa claus the movie.
who played cordelia in santa claus the movie?
aleksa palladino
some less-than-serious films feature santa claus as a superhero-type figure, such as the 1959 film titled "santa claus" produced in mexico with josé elías moreno as santa claus. in this movie, santa allies with merlin the magician to battle the devil, who is attempting to trap santa. in the cold war-era film "santa claus conquers the martians" (1964), santa claus is captured by martians and brought to mars, and ultimately foils a plot to destroy him. "the night they saved christmas" (1984), starring art carney as santa, likewise chronicles how santa claus and claudia baldwin (jaclyn smith), the wife of an oil explorer, have to save the north pole from explosions while baldwin's husband is searching for oil in the arctic. "santa claus: the movie" also contains a subplot in which santa claus rescues joe (christian fitzpatric) from his best friend cornelia's (carrie kei heim) evil step-uncle b. z. (john lithgow). santa is a hero in "the nightmare before christmas", held captive by oogie boogie, although he is spiteful and enraged at jack when freed. the latest films to depict santa claus in such a manner are "" (2005), and the dreamworks film "rise of the guardians". in the "chronicles of narnia" film, father christmas (james cosmo) supplies the pevensie children with the weapons and tools they need to battle the white witch (tilda swinton). in "rise of the guardians", where is he referred to often as north (alec baldwin), is shown as one of the main characters and leader of the guardians, who are the heroes of the movie. in the show "south park", santa is often depicted with firearms; in the episode "red sleigh down", he battles iraqis to try to bring christmas to iraq. in the episode "a woodland critter christmas", he uses a combat shotgun to blast away satanic animals who try to give birth to the antichrist. santa (played by nick frost) made a brief appearance at the end of the "doctor who" episode, "death in heaven". in the following episode, which served as the show's 2014 christmas special, "last christmas", he plays a more prominent role. it is eventually revealed that the scenes with him are the characters experiencing a shared dream, and he is their subconscious trying to help them wake up before they are killed. at the episode's end, he successfully awakens the doctor and clara, reuniting the two.
santa claus in film
motion pictures featuring santa claus abound and apparently constitute their own subgenre of the christmas film genre. early films of santa revolve around similar simple plots of santa's christmas eve visit to children. in 1897, in a short film called "santa claus filling stockings", santa claus is simply filling stockings from his pack of toys. another film called "santa claus and the children" was made in 1898. a year later, a film directed by george albert smith in titled "santa claus" (or "the visit from santa claus" in the united kingdom) was created. in this picture, santa claus enters the room from the fireplace and proceeds to trim the tree. he then fills the stockings that were previously hung on the mantle by the children. after walking backward and surveying his work, he suddenly darts at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney. "santa claus' visit" in 1900 featured a scene with two little children kneeling at the feet of their mother and saying their prayers. the mother tucks the children snugly in bed and leaves the room. santa claus suddenly appears on the roof, just outside the children's bedroom window, and proceeds to enter the chimney, taking with him his bag of presents and a little hand sled for one of the children. he goes down the chimney and suddenly appears in the children's room through the fireplace. he distributes the presents and mysteriously causes the appearance of a christmas tree laden with gifts. the scene closes with the children waking up and running to the fireplace just too late to catch him by the legs. a 1909 film by d. w. griffith titled "a trap for santa claus" shows children setting a trap to capture santa claus as he descends the chimney, but instead capture their father who abandoned them and their mother but tries to burglarize the house after he discovers that she inherited a fortune. a 29-minute 1925 silent film production titled "santa claus", by explorer/documentarian frank e. kleinschmidt, filmed partly in northern alaska, feature santa in his workshop, visiting his eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeer. a year later, another movie titled "santa claus" was produced with sound on de forest phonofilm. over the years, various actors have donned the red suit (aside from those discussed below), including leedham bantock in "santa claus" (1912), monty woolley in "life begins at eight-thirty" (1942), alberto rabagliati in "the christmas that almost wasn't" (1966), dan aykroyd in "trading places" (1983), jan rubes in "one magic christmas" (1985), david huddleston in "" (1985), jonathan taylor thomas in "i'll be home for christmas" (1998), and ed asner in "elf" (2003). later films about santa vary, but can be divided into the following themes shown below.
santa claus in film