Simple Gifts

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 3, 1977

Original language

English

Production

Thirteen,Educational Broadcasting Corporation

Cast

Dean Wareham,José Ferrer,Paul Dooley,David Jones,Hermione Gingold,Colleen Dewhurst,Claudette Sutherland

Director

R.O. Blechman,Phillip Schopper

Writer

Theodore Roosevelt,R.O. Blechman,Virginia Woolf,Fontaine Fox,Edward Hulse,Moss Hart,Maurice Sendak

Producer

R.O. Blechman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0258155