#The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962

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A list of movies/shows based on the 'Snow white' fairytale! Part 1

(I haven't seen all the movies/shows so i apologize in advance if there is something inappropriate)

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Snow White (1987)

Schneewittchen (1961)

Snow White (1995)

Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Snow White (1990)

Happily Ever After (1989)

Blanche Neige (2009)

Snow White (1916)

Grimm's Snow White (2012)

Snow White: The Mysterious Father (2015)

Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1955)

Mirror Mirror (2012)

I sette nani alla riscossa (1951)

Skazka o myortvoy tsarevne i o semi bogatyryakh (1951)

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

Osenniye kolokola (1979)

The Charmings (1987–1988)

The Magic Riddle (1991)

Schneewittchen und das Geheimnis der Zwerge (1992)

The Legend of Snow White (1994–1995)

Willa: An American Snow White (1998)

In Dreams (1999)

The 10th Kingdom (2000)

Pretear (2001–2003)

7 Zwerge (2004)

7 Zwerge - Der Wald ist nicht genug (2006)

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costume designed by mary wills for yvette mimieux in the wonderful world of the brothers grimm (1962)

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

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You're My Moongirl, My Princess of The Night: Yvette Mimieux as the dancing princess in "The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm."

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), Cinerama gatefold promo

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What's your favorite dragon in a movie? For me this glorious jeweled dragon from The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) is definitely up there. Plus it's got Buddy Hackett and Terry-Thomas getting roasted.

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Laurence Harvey-Barbara Eden-Karlheinz Böhm-Walter Slezak "El maravilloso mundo de los hermanos Grimm" (The wonderful world of the brothers Grimm) 1962, de Henry Levin, George Pal.

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Fairy Tale June:The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

So today we are actually going with a big movie ,a George Pal extraviganza

In this 1962 film we follow Willhem Grimm (Laurance Harvey), a fanciful dreamer,and Jacob Grimm (Karl Bohem ) a down to earth scholar ,as the pair is supposed to write down the family history of a Duke (Oscar Homolka) ,Willhelm gest distracted by fairy tales ,which he realizes no one has written down .....Thats the main story,what makes the film unique....is it also adapts three classic Grimms fairy tales :The dancing Princess follows a woodcutter (Russ Tamblyn) who uses an invisible cloak to discoverthe mystery to why a princess(Yvette Mimeux) always has destroyed shoes ,the Elves and the Shoemakers follows a old cobbler (Also played by Harvey ) who gains the help of some elves (voiced by Stan Freberg,Dallas Mikkinion and Thurl Ravinscroft ) and the Sining Bone where the cowardly and egotistical Sir Ludwig (Terry-Thomas ) tries to take credit for slaying a dragon that was actually slain by his servent Hans (Buddy Hackett )

SO this film is done by George PAl,producer of many Sci Fi and fantasy films ,probabbly best known for his HG Welles adaptations ,War of the Worlds and the Time Machine.In fact I kind of see this film as a spirtual follow up to his musical version of Tom Thumb ,which also had Russ Tmablyn and Terry-Thomas (In fact as well as playing the Woodsman,Tamblyn also plays Tom Thumb in a climatic sequence I will get to later ),and I think oversall,while I enjoy parts of Tom Thumb.....This film is better.HOWEVER it is still uneven to the point I didnt know if I liked or disliked it tillI was near the end,and even then.....I had to think about it

The movie is kind of two movies ,it is a bio pic about the Grimm Brothers AND a anthology of fairy tale ,and at first.....I was kind of wishing it was just the fairy tales ,and even then they arent immune to the big problem of the movie.....IT drags ,the pscing is very slow,I guess to make it 2 hours

We are gonna go by segments :

The main Grimm Brothers story on its own is dull ,it didnt feel substantial to me at first ,just Willhelm messing up and setting up the fact they will eventually write down the fairy tales ....HOwever what made it work was the performances ,LAurance Harvey was really lovable as the dreamer Willhelm,Karl Boehm is believable as the serious Jacob,and Oskar HOmolka is scene chewingly fun as the unpleasent Duke,with other good performances coming from MArtita Hunt ,Barbra Eden,Claire Bloom and Walter Slezak ....What also works is the ending which I will go into later

The Danicng Princess is fun ,showing some great physicality by Russ Tamblyn in both stunts and dancing.Now in the fairy tale its 12 Princesses but for this segment it makes sense to streamline it to one.The Highlight of this one is Jim Bakus as the murderous yet jovial King (Aided by him doing the Mr Magoo voice)

The Elves and the Shoemaker was my least favorite part of the film ,Harvey is good,but the segment was a lil dull and I willl be frank ,while I love stop motion and shall praise some later ....THE ELVES ARE FREAKY AND CREEPED ME OUT (However did notice one of them was the Yawning Man from Tom Thumb that was cute )

The Singing Bone is both the darkest and funniest tale and by far my favorite part of the film .Terry-Thomas was a comedic genius and here is perfectly cast as a villainous knight who lets his servent do all the heavy lifting .Buddy Hackett is also very fun as the unlikely hero ,I never knewI wanted to see Scuttle fight a dragon but I am glad it exists .The best part of the d scene IS the dragon,brought to life through some brillaint cartoony stop mostion,this beastie has a ton of personality,being very bored and hungry,focused on killling the two main characters ,and I love the design which is a mixture of eastern and western dragons with jewl encrusted scales

But the scene that sold me on the movie and why I reccomend the movie is Willhelms dream:Spoilers Willhelm gets very sick and in a fever dream sees Snow White and the seven dwarfs,a Giant,the Frog Prince,Tom Thumb, Rumplestiltskin,and other fairy tale characters ,who convince him to not only lived but write down their stories .Its a very sweet and emotional scene ,and I particularly like comedian Arnonald Stangs take on Rumplestiltskin as a bad tempered mean guy (I kind of wish he got his own segment ).

For all the flaws of the movie,I did enjoy it ,and if you can find it,I reccomend giving it a watch

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An interview with Russ Tamblyn

When you think of actor Russ Tamblyn, the first image that comes to mind is an energetic young man. Tamblyn stood out in his films, particularly because of his acrobatic style of dancing, whether the role was in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954), HIT THE DECK (1955), WEST SIDE STORY (1961) or THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BROTHERS GRIMM (1962). Russ Tamblyn on the red carpet at the Turner Classic…

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An' I Think To Myself,

It Sure Is Grimm Up North

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Watching The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) on TCM and it's very impressive. The cinerama (3-camera panoramic) process is very neat, though sometimes distracting. I'm sure it's less so when watched as intended on a massive curved screen. My dad pointed out that between the panorama and the 1st-person angles it might be cool to watch with a VR headset.

Leigh Harline's music is lovely and there are lots of familiar faces. Also the effects are very cool and have aged well. The stop motion is fantastic! Also there's vocoder (sort of feeds human speech through a synthesizer) which for 1962 is so incredibly novel and ahead of the time (apparently the technology has existed since the 30s but still very cool)!!!

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