Simple Gifts
1977 | 60m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper |
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| Writer: | R.O. Blechman, Fontaine Fox, Moss Hart, Maurice Sendak, Virginia Woolf |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 03, 1977 |
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| Director: | R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper |
| Writer: | R.O. Blechman, Fontaine Fox, Moss Hart, Maurice Sendak, Virginia Woolf |
| Genres: | Animation, TV Movie |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Thirteen, Educational Broadcasting Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Colleen Dewhurst | Self - Host |
| Hermione Gingold | Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice) |
| José Ferrer | Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice) |
| Dean Wareham | Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice) |
| David Jones | Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice) |
| Paul Dooley | (segment "Lost & Found") (voice) |
| Claudette Sutherland | (segment "Lost & Found") (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| R.O. Blechman | Director, Writer |
| Phillip Schopper | Director |
| Fontaine Fox | Original Story |
| Edward Hulse | Original Concept |
| Arnold Black | Music |
| Joe Canestro | Editor |
| Steven Parton | Assistant Director |
| Michael Sporn | Assistant Director |
| Moss Hart | Novel |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Original Concept |
| Maurice Sendak | Writer |
| Virginia Woolf | Novel |
| Name | Title |
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| R.O. Blechman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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