Simple Gifts (1977)

Directors:

R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper

Writers:

R.O. Blechman (segment), Fontaine Fox (comic strip "Toonerville Trolley"),

Stars:

Colleen Dewhurst, Hermione Gingold, José Ferrer

Cast

Cast overview:
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Herself - Host
Hermione Gingold	...	Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
José Ferrer	...	Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Tony Allon	...	(segment "A Memory of Christmas")
Charles Bender	...	(segment "A Memory of Christmas")
Dwight Marfield	...	(segment "A Memory of Christmas")
Peter Rogan	...	(segment "A Memory of Christmas")
Ellen Sandler	...	(segment "A Memory of Christmas")
Dean Wareham	...	Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
David Jones	...	Narrator (segment "December 25th, 1914") (voice)
Paul Dooley	...	(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Claudette Sutherland	...	(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Storyline

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Genres:

Animation

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

WNET Channel 13 New York, Educational Broadcasting Corporation

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Wonderful!!!

This collection of six tales of the Christmas season is a jewel. Each story is told with beautifully animated illustrations. Artists such as R.O. Blechman, Jame McMullen, Seymour Chwast and others give each tale a unique look and feel. The stories themselves are imaginative. The viewer travels the world and travels through time to Russia, World War l, the Manger. I do not understand why PBS has never made Simple Gifts available on Video or DVD. At the very least, perhaps they might broadcast it again. I think if this "Gift" was seen on a regular basis at the Holiday season, it would quickly become a Christmas classic. Appropriate and enjoyable for adults and children.