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.| Status: | Released (1977-12-03) |
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| Screen: | R.O. Blechman, Fontaine Fox, Moss Hart |
| Productions: | Thirteen, Educational Broadcasting Corporation |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
Casts
- 10559: Colleen Dewhurst - Self - Host
- 20603: Hermione Gingold - Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
- 12515: José Ferrer - Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
- 4397353: Dean Wareham - Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
- 4393923: David Jones - Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
- 15900: Paul Dooley - (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
- 45387: Claudette Sutherland - (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Crews
- 57463: Virginia Woolf - Novel - Writing
- 214372: Theodore Roosevelt - Original Concept - Writing
- 1176695: Phillip Schopper - Director - Directing
- 1641326: Fontaine Fox - Original Story - Writing
- 1002916: Michael Sporn - Assistant Director - Directing
- 110564: Maurice Sendak - Writer - Writing
- 1116271: R.O. Blechman - Director - Directing
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