Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

1977
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Animation TV Movie
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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Thirteen Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date December 3, 1977
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0258155

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)

Key Crew

Phillip Schopper
Director
Maurice Sendak
Writer
R.O. Blechman
Director
R.O. Blechman
Writer
R.O. Blechman
Producer

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