Simple Gifts
Overview
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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Crew
- Directors
- R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper
- Writers
- Theodore Roosevelt, R.O. Blechman, Virginia Woolf, Fontaine Fox, Edward Hulse
- Producer
- R.O. Blechman
- Production
- Thirteen, Educational Broadcasting Corporation
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Who directed Simple Gifts?
Simple Gifts was directed by R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper.
When was Simple Gifts released?
Simple Gifts was released in 1977.
