Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

0 | 1977-12-03 | Animation TV Movie

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.

Featured Crew

R.O. Blechman Director
Phillip Schopper Director
R.O. Blechman Writer
Fontaine Fox Original Story
Moss Hart Novel
Edward Hulse Original Concept
Theodore Roosevelt Original Concept
Maurice Sendak Writer
Virginia Woolf Novel
R.O. Blechman Producer

Cast

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst
Self - Host
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold
Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
José Ferrer
José Ferrer
Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Dean Wareham
Dean Wareham
Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
David Jones
David Jones
Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Claudette Sutherland
Claudette Sutherland
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

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