Simple Gifts
Phillip Schopper1977-12-03
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60 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Colleen Dewhurst | Self - Host | Unowned |
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Hermione Gingold | Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice) | Unowned |
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José Ferrer | Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice) | Unowned |
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Dean Wareham | Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice) | Unowned |
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David Jones | Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice) | Unowned |
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Paul Dooley | (segment "Lost & Found") (voice) | Unowned |
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Claudette Sutherland | (segment "Lost & Found") (voice) | Unowned |