Simple Gifts (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-12-03
- Genres
- Animation, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Colleen Dewhurst as Self - Host
- Hermione Gingold as Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
- José Ferrer as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
- Dean Wareham as Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
- David Jones as Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
- Paul Dooley as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
- Claudette Sutherland as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
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