- 11 years ago
Animation / Family (1946-1953) 50 Minutes ~ Black & White and Color
Trailer - "The Story of Hansel and Gretel":
Calling all claymation fans!! Here are 5 classic fairytales for you and your family to enjoy. Done by the most fantastic claymation artist during its time.
On This DVD:
1.) The Story Of King Midas, 2.) The Story Of Rapunzel, 3.) The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood, 4.) The Story Of Hansel And Gretel, 5.) Mother Goose Presents Little Miss Muffet
Trailer - "The Story of Hansel and Gretel":
Calling all claymation fans!! Here are 5 classic fairytales for you and your family to enjoy. Done by the most fantastic claymation artist during its time.
On This DVD:
1.) The Story Of King Midas, 2.) The Story Of Rapunzel, 3.) The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood, 4.) The Story Of Hansel And Gretel, 5.) Mother Goose Presents Little Miss Muffet
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00:00♪♪
00:29Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a king named Midas.
00:38Midas was a very rich king, but he was not a happy king.
00:42For with all his treasures of gold and jewels, this greedy man still longed for more wealth.
00:49All day he would think only of gold.
00:52Restless nights as he tossed about on his royal bed, he dreamed of more gold.
00:57He wanted above all else to become the wealthiest man in the world,
01:02and often he would forget his young daughter Marigold, whom he truly loved very much.
01:09And so for long hours, little Marigold played all alone among the lovely flowers of the spacious palace grounds.
01:16Bright, shining yellow flowers were her favorites,
01:20and she fashioned each day a bouquet of the most perfect of them to put upon the palace tables.
01:30The choicest flower of the lot was always shared with her father,
01:34but greedy King Midas only sighed and thought,
01:38ah, if only these flowers were real gold instead of merely golden color,
01:44then they would truly be worth the having.
01:47But Marigold loved the sweet-smelling flowers just as they were,
01:51and she hurried to place them in cool, fresh water lest they wilt.
01:56The bright yellow color of the flowers reminded Midas of the golden coins
02:00and the treasures hidden deep in his castle dungeon,
02:04and he worried that perhaps someone had discovered them.
03:17Who are you, and how did you get in here? cried King Midas in great surprise.
03:43It isn't no matter, said the stranger.
03:46But why are you not happy, King Midas?
03:49You have more golden treasures and more golden coins than you can possibly count in a day.
03:55Just what is it that will bring you contentment?
03:58What will satisfy you, King Midas?
04:02King Midas sighed.
04:04I have long dreamed of becoming the richest man in the world.
04:08I have only one wish.
04:11I wish that everything I touch would turn to gold.
04:14Then I could be truly happy.
04:17Very well, then, the stranger said.
04:19I will grant your wish.
04:22Tomorrow morning at early sunrise, you shall have what you desire.
04:27You shall have the golden touch.
04:30Use it wisely, King Midas.
04:33And now, farewell.
04:40♪
05:07Not wanting to go to bed lest he oversleep,
05:10the king dozed that night in a chair at the head of his dining table.
05:14At dawn, the golden rays of sunlight pierced the palace windows.
05:19King Midas awoke at once, eager to test the power of his promised golden touch.
05:25♪
05:32At first, the king could not believe it possible.
05:36But when he wrapped upon the chair, he knew it to be solid gold.
05:41Then one slight touch of his hand, and his throne too turned to glittering gold.
05:47Now King Midas knew that as long as he lived,
05:50he, King Midas, would be the wealthiest man in the world.
05:55For who could have more gold than he?
05:58♪
06:23The golden touch made King Midas very happy.
06:27But as he sat down to eat breakfast,
06:29marigold came in from the garden with an armful of golden flowers.
06:34Look, father, she said sadly.
06:37What has happened to my lovely flowers?
06:40They are hard and ugly and have no fragrance at all.
06:44Wonderful, my dear, said the king.
06:46They are real gold.
06:48Imagine, real gold.
06:51Come now, sit down and eat your breakfast.
06:54♪
06:59King Midas was very hungry.
07:02But as he reached for an egg, it turned to gold at his touch.
07:06♪
07:16And as he picked up the loaf of bread, it too turned to gold.
07:21All this will never do, thought the king to himself.
07:25Such a costly breakfast and not a thing to eat.
07:29He was angry with himself for ever having wished for the golden touch.
07:34And he was angry at the stranger for having granted his wish.
07:40It saddens marigold to see her father so troubled.
07:43She wanted to comfort him.
07:47But when the old king touched her arm,
07:53poor little marigold became a statue of rigid gold.
08:01King Midas, surrounded by all his golden treasures, now knew how all alone he was.
08:08Through his sobs, he heard the voice of the stranger.
08:11Well, my friend, so you have made a discovery.
08:16Midas wept.
08:18For through his own greediness, he had lost the one thing he truly loved.
08:24Which would you rather have, Midas?
08:27The precious golden touch or a glass of cool water?
08:31A glass of cool water, cried Midas.
08:34The golden touch or a crust of bread, said the stranger.
08:40A crust of bread, answered Midas eagerly.
08:43The golden touch or your daughter?
08:49Oh, my child. My dear, dear child, wept Midas.
08:54Very well, then.
08:56If you wish to be relieved of the golden touch,
08:59wash your hands in the water of the river outside your garden.
09:03Then, take a vase of the same water
09:06and sprinkle it over anything you wish to change back into.
09:10Then, sprinkle it over anything you wish to change back to its former state.
09:15Remember me.
09:17And the stranger disappeared.
09:22King Midas lost no time in obeying the stranger's words.
09:26He reached for an empty pitcher and ran for the river to fill it with the precious water.
09:33Shortly, he returned and at once, sprinkled it over Marigold's head.
09:41Soon, all traces of the golden touch were gone
09:45and he began to hate the sight of anything made of gold.
09:49The only gold that he did enjoy was the gold in his little daughter's hair.
09:55And so we are told, they lived happily ever after.
10:41Once upon a time, very long ago,
10:44there lived a beautiful young girl in a high tower.
10:48Her name was Rapunzel,
10:50and she had long, beautiful, yellow hair as fine as spun gold.
10:58Years ago, an old witch had taken Rapunzel from her mother and father
11:02because they had stolen the witch's radishes.
11:05And now, the old woman had locked Rapunzel in a lonely tower
11:09that had no doors and only one window at the very top.
11:15Each day, when the witch came to visit the young girl,
11:18she took great care to be sure that no one would see her.
11:22Then she would call,
11:24Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
11:39Rapunzel had to do as she was told,
11:42and soon her hair would ripple down over the windowsill
11:46like a gleaming golden waterfall.
11:50Then the old witch would cast a magic spell
11:53and Rapunzel's hair would form into braids all by itself.
11:59The silken braids made a long, golden rope for the old witch to climb.
12:06The old woman was very happy to see her daughter Rapunzel.
12:10She would never let her father see her again.
12:14But Rapunzel would never let her mother see her again.
12:18The old woman was very jealous of Rapunzel's beauty.
12:38Each day she would sit for hours watching her.
12:43They lived this way for several years, until one day a prince walking along the mountain
12:50path chanced to see the tower.
13:08He was surprised to find a tower in such a lonely place.
13:12Wanting to enter, he looked about for a door, but found there was none.
13:16Never before had he seen such a strange building with no possible way to enter.
13:22Just then the old witch came hobbling up the path.
13:29The prince had heard of the old woman who had magic powers.
13:33He did not want her to see him until he knew just what she was up to.
13:38The old woman did not see the prince and she called as usual, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down
13:45your hair.
13:50And once again Rapunzel's long yellow hair would ripple like a golden waterfall down
13:56the side of the tower.
14:00The prince had never before seen such beautiful hair and such a lovely face.
14:11And again the witch would cast her magic spell.
14:36So that is how one enters the tower thought the prince.
14:40And he waited for hours for the old witch to leave so that he could speak to the beautiful
14:45girl with the long golden hair.
15:12When the prince was sure that the old witch had gone, he called just as the witch had
15:17done, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.
15:27Rapunzel thinking the old witch wished to climb back into the tower, lowered her braided
15:33hair once again.
15:51Rapunzel was afraid of the prince for she had never seen a young man before, but he
15:55was so kind and courteous that she soon forgot her fear.
16:06And now that the prince saw Rapunzel quite closely, she was even more beautiful than
16:11he had thought.
16:13And when he knelt and gallantly kissed her hand, it made Rapunzel very happy.
16:24The prince promised to return the following day and free her from her prison tower.
16:45The next day the witch came to the tower at the usual time.
16:51Rapunzel absent-mindedly said to the witch, how is it that you take so long to climb up
16:55to the window while the prince climbs so swiftly?
17:02Then she realized what she had said.
17:04Oh, you wicked girl, cried the old witch.
17:07I thought I had you safely hidden from everyone.
17:10Oh, how you have deceived me.
17:14And in a fit of anger, she seized a pair of scissors and cut off those long, wonderful
17:20golden braids.
17:28Just then the prince arrived at the foot of the tower.
17:31He called, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.
17:39So thought the old witch.
17:41He has come back for her.
17:43And in her wicked mind, she planned to cast a magic spell upon the gallant prince and
17:50blind him so he could never again see Rapunzel.
18:13The poor prince escaped with his life, but the witch's curse left him blind and helpless.
18:24He sadly wandered off into the mountains knowing that he could never look into the beautiful
18:30eyes of Rapunzel again.
18:36To punish Rapunzel for deceiving her and attempting to run away, the hard-hearted old witch took
18:42her to a faraway desert and left her there with only bare rocks and a crude log shelter
18:49to protect her from the wind and the sun.
18:53The girl pleaded with the witch to take her back to the tower, but the ugly old woman
18:58had a heart of stone and would not listen.
19:08For many months, Rapunzel lived alone in the desert.
19:12With nothing to eat but the roots of desert plants.
19:16Until one day, the blind prince who had been searching all over the land chanced upon the
19:22very spot where his beloved Rapunzel was living.
19:38When she saw her gallant prince was blind, she wept.
20:01A large tear fell upon his eyes.
20:05It broke the witch's evil spell.
20:09And happily, the prince once more could see his beautiful Rapunzel.
20:25The prince was sad to see her beautiful golden hair so short.
20:30But now that the magic spell was broken, when he touched her hair, it began to grow
20:36longer and longer until its wavy strands glistened again in the sunlight.
20:44The prince then took his beloved Rapunzel back to his castle where they had a royal
20:49wedding and they lived happily ever after.
21:30Once upon a time, a little girl lived with her mother in a small stone cottage near the
21:38edge of a great forest.
21:41Everywhere the little girl would go, she always wore a beautiful red cape and hood.
21:45Soon she became known by everyone as Little Red Riding Hood.
21:51One morning, her mother asked her to carry a basket of cookies to her grandmother.
21:55Her mother told her not to leave the path or stop to talk to anyone on the way.
22:01Grandmother lived in a little yellow house at the other edge of the wood and Red Riding
22:05Hood would have to hurry to return home before dark.
22:09After waving goodbye to her mother, she set out at once carrying her little yellow basket
22:14over her arm.
22:37At first Red Riding Hood walked straight along the bright forest path, but soon near the
22:42riverbank she saw a beautiful field of wildflowers.
22:46They were growing everywhere under the tall green trees.
22:50She thought it would be great fun to pick a few flowers to surprise her grandmother.
22:56Then she remembered her mother had told her she must not leave the path.
23:03But the day was so beautiful, the forest so friendly, and the flowers so colorful that
23:09she thought there could be no harm in disobeying her mother just this one time.
23:39The flowers smelled so sweet, sweeter than peppermint candy.
23:53Then Red Riding Hood heard a gruff voice say, yes, they certainly are beautiful flowers.
23:59She turned and saw the big greedy wolf of the forest standing on top of a rock.
24:05Red Riding Hood had never seen a wolf before, so she was not afraid.
24:10She thought he was the biggest and most beautiful brown dog she'd ever seen.
24:14He appeared so friendly too when he spoke to her.
24:18She didn't know what a wicked animal a wolf could be.
24:24Mr. Wolf asked her what she was doing all alone in the forest.
24:28Red Riding Hood told him she was on her way to her grandmother's house with some fresh
24:32cookies and a bouquet of flowers.
24:36And where does your grandmother live, asked the wolf.
24:40She lives in a small yellow house with a red roof just over the hill.
24:44Well, said the wolf, good day to you, my little girl.
24:50And he disappeared into the bushes.
24:53Red Riding Hood was disappointed to see the wolf go.
24:56She wanted him to stay longer, but it was getting late and it was best that she be on
25:01her way.
25:05Meanwhile, Mr. Wolf ran slyly through the wood, along the path, and over the hill until
25:18he reached Grandmother's house.
26:12When Red Riding Hood arrived at her grandmother's house, she knocked at the door, but there
26:33was no answer.
26:34She knocked again, and a strange gruff voice said, lift the latch and come in.
26:40It was strange, but the bright sunshine of the forest made Grandmother's room appear
26:47very dark.
26:48It seemed so dark to Red Riding Hood that she could hardly see her grandmother in bed.
26:55Grandmother looked so different, and her voice sounded so deep and gruff.
26:59Perhaps Granny had been ill with no one to look after her.
27:04Oh, Grandmother, how you've changed.
27:09What long ears you have, said Little Red Riding Hood.
27:15All the better to hear you with, my dear, replied the wolf.
27:20Oh, but Grandmother, your nose, what a long nose you have.
27:27All the better to smell with, my dear, replied the wolf.
27:32Oh, Grandmother, what large eyes you have.
27:40All the better to see you with, my dear, said the wolf.
27:47And then Red Riding Hood saw clearly his long, sharp teeth.
27:52But Granny, what great sharp teeth you have.
27:56All the better to eat you with, my dear.
28:26All the better to eat you with, my dear, said Little Red Riding Hood.
28:56Grandmother was ever so grateful to see Red Riding Hood safe and sound.
29:01The brave huntsman was very proud of his trusty old gun.
29:05Grandmother and Red Riding Hood thanked him for killing the wolf and saving their lives.
29:11The hunter bade them farewell, proudly shouldered his gun,
29:15and marched back along the path to his home in the forest.
29:19Red Riding Hood was happy to know that the greedy wolf of the forest
29:23could never again frighten or harm her.
29:26So she started cheerfully for home to join her mother,
29:30where she lived happily ever after.
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30:22Once upon a time, long ago, there was a poor, tired woodcutter
30:27who lived near the edge of a great forest.
30:31He had two children, a boy who was named Hansel
30:37and a little girl named Gretel.
30:45Although there was very little in the house to eat,
30:49Hansel and Gretel were happy children for they were busy each day
30:53keeping their father's house orderly and clean.
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31:26Times were hard for the woodcutter.
31:30Often all the food he could bring home for their supper
31:34was a little stale bread and a half pitcher of milk.
31:38He was so worried as it was barely enough to keep his children from starving.
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32:06Oh, what is to become of us, cried the poor woodcutter.
32:10Our last bit of food gone.
32:14Hansel knew that Gretel had not intended to break the pitcher
32:18nor spill the milk and tried to comfort her.
32:21But he knew too how worried his father was
32:24and wanted to help him in some way.
32:28With a half loaf of stale bread under his arm,
32:32he took Gretel to the front porch where he wanted to tell her
32:35about his plan to get food for their supper.
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32:45We shall go into the forest and fill our basket with nice ripe berries,
32:50said Hansel.
32:52But Gretel was afraid.
32:54She thought they might get lost without their father.
32:58Hansel finally persuaded her to follow him
33:01and the two children set out on their journey through the wood.
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33:07Finally, Hansel began to break off pieces of bread
33:10and drop them along the path.
33:14See, Gretel, said Hansel,
33:16when our basket is filled with berries,
33:19we shall follow the trail of breadcrumbs back to our house.
33:24🎵
33:50The children walked deeper and deeper into the dense forest
33:53searching for berries.
33:55It was getting late and their basket was still empty.
33:59Gretel wanted to start for home.
34:01But when they looked for the breadcrumbs,
34:04they were gone.
34:06🎵
34:21Don't be afraid, said Hansel.
34:23In the morning, we shall find our way home, somehow.
34:28🎵
34:34Hansel and Gretel did not see the ugly green witch,
34:37but she saw them.
34:40Every living thing in the forest was afraid of the old witch
34:43as it was said that she possessed strange magic powers.
34:47🎵
35:08What a beautiful gingerbread house it was
35:11for two hungry children to find in the lonesome forest.
35:15Hansel thought it strange that they hadn't noticed it before.
35:19The roof was made of ginger snaps,
35:22the chimney of blocks of taffy candy,
35:25and the sides were covered with frosted cookies.
35:29They were just about to eat the candy windowsill
35:32when they heard a voice say,
35:34Nibble, nibble, little mouse,
35:36who is nibbling at my house?
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35:42Oh, you poor hungry children,
35:44the old woman said in a very cheerful voice,
35:46I'm so glad you like my gingerbread house.
35:51Then she said in a more kindly voice than before,
35:54Come in, come inside,
35:56and I will give you something very nice to eat.
35:59🎵
36:02Though the old witch was ugly and her face wrinkled and green,
36:05she spoke so pleasantly that the children trusted her.
36:09🎵
36:24Hansel and Gretel were so very hungry
36:27and there before them was a feast good enough for a king.
36:31The witch's table was spread with candies,
36:34puddings, cylinders, and ice cream.
36:36Many more wonderful things than they had ever had at home.
36:40🎵
36:54Suddenly the old witch seized Hansel by the collar
36:56and jerked him out of his chair.
36:59And before he knew it,
37:01he found himself locked in a golden cage.
37:04🎵
37:09Then she said to poor little Gretel,
37:11Now you child, put more wood on the fire.
37:15Go do as I say.
37:17We are going to bake gingerbread today.
37:20🎵
37:25Gretel was very frightened
37:27for she now understood what the old witch was planning to do.
37:30Poor Hansel was going to be baked into a gingerbread boy.
37:35🎵
37:47Now child, test the oven and see if it is hot enough,
37:51said the old witch.
37:53Gretel pretended not to know how to test the oven.
37:57Oh, you stupid girl, said the angry old witch.
38:00I will do it myself.
38:04Gretel thought of poor Hansel locked in the cage
38:07and she knew what she must do.
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38:20When the witch was destroyed,
38:22the enchantment of the gingerbread house was broken
38:25and Hansel and Gretel were free.
38:36Because of Gretel's brave deed,
38:38the entire forest was now free of the witch's evil spell.
38:44The animal sent a quick-footed white rabbit
38:46to tell Hansel and Gretel
38:48how happy and how grateful they were
38:50and to show them where the old witch
38:52had hidden her treasure chest of gold
38:55and silver and precious jewels.
38:58🎵
39:21The woodcutter had been looking for his lost children
39:24and had almost given up hope
39:26when he found their basket.
39:28🎵
39:32What a happy little family they were
39:35to be all together again.
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39:40Now, with the wonderful treasure chest
39:43full of gold and jewels,
39:45they need never go hungry again.
39:49And they lived happily ever after.
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