Simple Gifts
1977 · 60 min
Animation · TV Movie
★ 10.0A 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.
Crew
- Director R.O. Blechman
- Director Phillip Schopper
- Writer R.O. Blechman
- Writer Maurice Sendak
Cast
Colleen Dewhurst
Self - Host
Hermione Gingold
Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
José Ferrer
Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
- D
Dean Wareham
Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
- D
David Jones
Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
Paul Dooley
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
- C
Claudette Sutherland
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Crew
- Director — R.O. Blechman
- Director — Phillip Schopper
- Writer — R.O. Blechman
- Writer — Maurice Sendak
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