Simple Gifts

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Colleen Dewhurst

Self - Host

Age : N/A | Popularity : 84%

Hermione Gingold

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

Age : 89 | Popularity : 32%

José Ferrer

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

Age : N/A | Popularity : 47%

Dean Wareham

Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

David Jones

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

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Paul Dooley

(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 86%

Claudette Sutherland

(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Age : 85 | Popularity : 21%

Crew

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

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