Why we love it: The story of the Little Mermaid focuses on sacrificial love. In it, the Sea King puts the needs of his daughter over his own. Open a dialogue with kids about a time when they put someone else’s needs over their own. “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm “There once ...
La fée aux choux, ou la naissance des enfants: Directed by Alice Guy. A fairy appears on screen in the middle of a vegetable garden, giving birth to a baby dug out from the cabbage patch. A burlesque variation on the myth that, in France, babies are bor
Frozen Fever: Directed by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee. With Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad. On Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the pa
The Little Match Girl: Directed by Percy Nash. With John East. A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.
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My first story to be broadcast on radio, about a woman who gets entangled in a lie to do with being pregnant. 'Seven Pictures Not Taken', in Cimarron Review, 116 (July 1996); reprinted in The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing, ed. by John Somer and John J. Daly (New York: Anchor...
mother and grandmother. Each morning, he took his herd of goats up the hills to find a suitable place for them to graze. In the afternoon he would return with them to the village. Each night his grandmother would tell him a story - the story of stars. This story really interested Nasir...
MGM's Tom and Jerry are the category's most lauded animated series, winning seven Oscars and being nominated for a total of 13. Among international studios, the National Film Board of Canada has the most wins in this category, with six Oscars. The biggest showing from Britain in this categ...
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Around this time she was dropped by her agency William Morris and she signed up for representation with a small Beverly Hills legal firm. One of the partners was attorney Howard K. Stern, who would factor into Anna Nicole's story forever after. Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collec...