Simple Gifts Trailer (1977)

03 December 1977 Animated, TV Movie 60 mins

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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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)

David Jones as Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)

Paul Dooley as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Claudette Sutherland as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Crew

R.O. Blechman Director

Phillip Schopper Director

R.O. Blechman Writer

Fontaine Fox Original Story

Moss Hart Novel

Edward Hulse Original Concept

International Releases Dates

United States 03 December 1977

Production Companies

Thirteen

Educational Broadcasting Corporation

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