After an unexpected delay, we're finally making our way up to the Swiss Alps with Episode 113, the first of our two-part look at the classic novel Heidi!
In this episode, we discuss:
- Johanna Spyri's original 1881 novel
- Heidi, the 1937 theatrical movie directed by Allan Dwan, written by Julian Josephson and Walter Ferris, and starring Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, and Arthur Treacher
- Heidi, the 1952 Swiss theatrical movie directed by Luigi Comencini, written by Robert Schweizer, William Michael Treichlinger, and Max Weinberg, and starring Elsbeth Sigmund, Heinrich Gretler, and Theo Lingen
- Heidi, the 1968 TV movie directed by Delbert Mann, written by Earl Hamner Jr., and starring Jennifer Edwards, Michael Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Jean Simmons
- Heidi, Girl of the Alps, the 1974 anime series directed by Isao Takahata and written by Isao Matsuki, recut, dubbed in English, and released as The Story of Heidi by Claudio Guzman and Charles Ver Halen
- Heidi, the 1974 BBC miniseries directed by June Wyndham-Davies, written by Martin Worth, and starring Emma Blake, Hans Meyer, and Flora Robson
- The New Adventures of Heidi, the 1978 TV movie musical directed by Ralph Senensky, written by John McGreevey, and starring Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, and Marlyn Mason
Footnotes:
- Do Phool (1958) on YouTube
- Martha Finley's Elsie Dinsmore book series
- Take Up Thy Bed and Walk: Death, Disability and Cure in Classic Fiction for Girls by Lois Keith
- "Hygge"
- Run don't walk to watch the 1974 BBC Heidi miniseries on YouTube, because we're pretty sure that's the only way you can
- You don't need to watch The New Adventures of Heidi, but if you want to watch a grown woman singing and doing her best to get into a coat, here you go