Release Date

03 Dec, 1977

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Simple Gifts

Photos

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Actors

Colleen Dewhurst

Hermione Gingold

José Ferrer

Dean Wareham

David Jones

Paul Dooley

Claudette Sutherland

Crew

R.O. Blechman

Maurice Sendak

Arnold Black

Michael Sporn

Joe Canestro

Theodore Roosevelt

Virginia Woolf

Edward Hulse

R.O. Blechman

Moss Hart

Phillip Schopper

Fontaine Fox

R.O. Blechman

Steven Parton