Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

*Once Upon a Brothers Grimm*
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Genre	Family; Fantasy; Musical
Written by	Jean Holloway
Directed by	Norman Campbell
Starring	Dean Jones; Paul Sand
Music by	Mitch Leigh (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Bernard Rothman; Jack Wohl
Production locations	Samuel Goldwyn Studio; Hollywood, California
Editor	Jerry Greene
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	Rothman/Wohl Productions
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	November 23, 1977

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm is a 1977 American made-for-television musical fantasy film starring Dean Jones and Paul Sand, directed by Norman Campbell. It follows the Brothers Grimm as they make their way to a king's palace with their magical world of fairy tales. The music was written by Mitch Leigh with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The two-hour film premiered on CBS on November 23, 1977.

Plot[]

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are traveling to a king's palace to present him with their fairy tales. Their carriage driver refuses to take them into the woods because they are said to be enchanted. Not wanting to miss their audience with the king, the brothers buy the carriage from the driver and travel into the woods alone. Placed under the enchantment of the woods, the brothers begin to encounter a wide range of characters that exist in their tales, including Snow White and Sleeping Beauty among many others.

List of Grimm Fairy Tales referenced in the film[]

Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Town Musicians of Bremen
The Golden Goose
Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood
Rumpelstiltskin
The Six Swans
The Twelve Dancing Princesses (or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces")
The Frog Prince
Cinderella

Cast[]

Dean Jones as Jacob Grimm
Paul Sand as Wilhelm Grimm
Arte Johnson as Selfish and Mean
Sorrell Booke as King of Hesse

Segments[]

Hansel and Gretel[]

as Hansel
as Gretel
Chita Rivera as Gingerbread Lady
Edie McClurg as Esmeralda

Cinderella[]

as Cinderella
Corinne Conley as Fairy Godmother
John McCook as Prince Charming
Gordon Connell as Driver

Sleeping Beauty[]

Joanna Kirkland as Sleeping Beauty
John Clifford as The Prince
Los Angeles Ballet

Little Red Riding Hood[]

Susan Silo as Little Red Riding Hood
Dean Jones as Grandmother
Cleavon Little as The Big Bad Wolf

The Frog Prince[]

Teri Garr as Princess
Ken Olfson as The King

The Bremen Town Musicians[]

Don Correia as The Ass
as The Rooster
Gary Morgan as The Hound
Maria Pogee as The Cat

The King with Eight Daughters[]

Clive Revill as Rumplestiltskin
Ruth Buzzi as Queen Astrid
Dan Tobin as Prime Minister

Awards[]

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards in 1978 and won two of them.

Wins[]

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (Bill Hargate, costume designer)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (Robert Checchi, set decorator; Ken Johnson, art director)

Nominations[]

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (Larry Abbott, makeup; Tommy Cole, makeup; Michael G. Westmore, makeup)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (Jerry Greene, video tape editor)
Outstanding Children's Special

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Jacob Grimm · Wilhelm Grimm
Works	Grimms' Fairy Tales Deutsche Sagen Deutsche Mythologie
Notable tales	"Bearskin" "The Brave Little Tailor" "Brother and Sister" "Cat and Mouse in Partnership" "Cinderella" "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" "Doctor Know-all" "The Dog and the Sparrow" "The Elves and the Shoemaker" "The Fisherman and His Wife" "The Four Skillful Brothers" "The Frog Prince" "The Gnome" "Godfather Death" "The Golden Bird" "The Golden Goose" "The Goose Girl" "The Goose-Girl at the Well" "The Grave Mound" "Hans My Hedgehog" "Hansel and Gretel" "The Hut in the Forest" "The Jew Among Thorns" "Jorinde and Joringel" "The Juniper Tree" "The King of the Golden Mountain" "King Thrushbeard" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Mary's Child" "Mother Holle" "Old Hildebrand" "Old Sultan" "The Queen Bee" "Rapunzel" "The Riddle" "The Robber Bridegroom" "Rumpelstiltskin" "The Seven Ravens" "The Singing, Springing Lark" "The Six Servants" "The Six Swans" "Sleeping Beauty" "Snow White" "Snow-White and Rose-Red" "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" "The Three Little Men in the Wood" "The Three Spinners" "Thumbling" "Town Musicians of Bremen" "Trusty John" "The Turnip" "The Twelve Brothers" "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" "The Water of Life" "The White Snake" "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" "The Wonderful Musician"
Other	Grimm's law Göttingen Seven Grim Tales The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Once Upon a Brothers Grimm Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics The Brothers Grimm Grimm Tales The Sisters Grimm Fairy tale American McGee's Grimm German Fairy Tale Route Grimm Once Upon a Time
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