Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts (1977)


Summary

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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Directing R.O. Blechman Director
Directing Phillip Schopper Director
Writing R.O. Blechman Writer
Writing Fontaine Fox Original Story
Writing Moss Hart Novel
Writing Edward Hulse Original Concept
Writing Theodore Roosevelt Original Concept
Writing Maurice Sendak Writer
Writing Virginia Woolf Novel
Production R.O. Blechman Producer
Sound Arnold Black Music
Editing Joe Canestro Editor
Directing Steven Parton Assistant Director
Directing Michael Sporn Assistant Director