The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
- Episode aired Dec 22, 1952
- 1h
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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YOUR RATING
The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.
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Robert Shaw Chorale
- Themselves (voices)
- (as The Robert Shaw Chorale)
Lloyd Bochner
- Magi Who Delivers Myrrh
- (uncredited)
John Cannon
- Self - Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Thomas Chalmers
- King Herod
- (uncredited)
Hurd Hatfield
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Paul Tripp
- Joseph
- (uncredited)
Miriam Wolfe
- The Virgin Mary
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere were no commercial interruptions during the actual play. All commercials were presented before the play began and after it had ended. This was extremely unusual at that time, both for "Studio One" and for a commercial network program in general.
- Quotes
Mary: God will us guide, full well wit ye; / Therefore, Joseph, be of good cheer. /For in this place born will he be / That shall save us from sorrows here /Both even and morn. /Sir, wit ye well the time is near/ He shall be born.
Joseph: Then had we better bide here still,/ Here in this same place all this night.
- SoundtracksSnow in the Street
Lyrics by William Morris
Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
Featured review
Hard to Sit Through
Christians: Please find another version of this tale to watch. There are many other films out there on this story that is more pleasing to watch.
The film starts out with an archangel and Mary's immaculate conception. Joseph wants to know who's child is this and she tells him it's of God and it's yours. Then the film walks us through the nine months until Jesus is born - the first Christmas.
Well, this film is very dark (hard to see), slow and boring, hard to sit through, bad and good actors mixed in this drab version of the story.
I acquired this film in a Holiday Classics film pack and wanted to watch every film at least once - this movie is a just once.
2/10.
The film starts out with an archangel and Mary's immaculate conception. Joseph wants to know who's child is this and she tells him it's of God and it's yours. Then the film walks us through the nine months until Jesus is born - the first Christmas.
Well, this film is very dark (hard to see), slow and boring, hard to sit through, bad and good actors mixed in this drab version of the story.
I acquired this film in a Holiday Classics film pack and wanted to watch every film at least once - this movie is a just once.
2/10.
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- Rainey-Dawn
- Nov 21, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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