Jerome Coopersmith also wrote screenplays for TV movies and specials which aired on the major networks in the 1970s and 80s. His first feature film of this era, ""Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside"", was originally planned as a series pilot, and was produced by Philip D'Antoni (""The French Connection"") in 1973. The movie starred Tony LoBianco and Hal Linden as cops thwarting a gang of diamond smugglers. In 1973, Coopersmith wrote the screenplay for ""'Twas The Night Before Christmas"" an animated adaptation of Clement Moore's classic poem ""A Visit From Saint Nicholas"". The Rankin/Bass production featured voices by Joel Grey, George Gobel, Tammy Grimes,
Clement Moore Butler Richard Channing Moore, Bishop of Virginia. Clement Moore Butler Clement Moore Butler (1810–1890) was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate (1850–1853). Clement Moore Butler was born on October 16, 1810, in Troy, New York, the son of David Butler and Chloe Jones Butler. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1833, and the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1836. Butler was ordained by Bishop Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk in June 1837. The wagon journey the evening before was not without incident, as the Bishop made improper advances toward Mrs. Butler. She was one of a