Film

Simple Gifts

1977 · 1h · Animation · TV Movie

IMDb

8.0

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.

Colleen Dewhurst

Self - Host

Hermione Gingold

Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)

José Ferrer

Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)

Dean Wareham

Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)

David Jones

Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)

Paul Dooley

(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Claudette Sutherland

(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

• R.O. BlechmanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Phillip SchopperDirector
• Maurice SendakWriter
• Moss HartNovel
• Virginia WoolfNovel
• Joe CanestroEditor

Release date

December 3, 1977

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Animation, TV Movie