With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters. (53 mins.)
# The Parent's Choice -- Gold Seal Award
# New England Childrens' Film Video Festival -- Best Feature
# American Library Association -- Selected Film for Young Adults
# Chicago International Childrens' Film Festival -- Best of Festival
# International Film Festival of New York -- Jurors Award
# National Educational Film Festival -- Golden Apple Award
# North Carolina International Film Festival -- Blue Ribbon
# Philadelphia International Film Festival -- Blue Ribbon
# Sinking Creek Film Festival -- Jurors Award
# Houston International Film Festival -- Red Ribbon
# CINE -- Golden Eagle Award
# Washington DC Film Festival -- Rosebud Best Dramatic Film

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This ancient tale of mistaken identity, endurance and the triumph of virtue through honorable means is translated to 17th-century America. While escorting a princess on horseback to her bridegroom, a jealous maid forces the princess to swap roles. When they arrive at the bridegroom's village, the princess (disguised as the maid) tends the geese and the maid (disguised as the princess) prepares to marry the prince. Eventually, Falada, the princess's talking horse - and the princess's own magical powers - reveal her true identity.

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An upper-class, late 19th-century dining room where a wealthy industrialist presides as "king" sets the stage for this version of "The Frog King," the classic tale about a princess's promise to a frog. The frog invites himself to a formal family dinner, horrifying the princess by jumping from soup bowl to soup bowl.

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A comic tale focusing on the importance of empathy and kindness, this adaptation of the Grimm's tale, "King Thrushbeard," is set in Federalist Virginia (about 1815). Similar to The Taming of the Shrew, the story concerns a haughty heroine, her exasperated father, and her new husband's elaborate plan to humble her spirit by sending her to work as a kitchen maid in the home of one of her rejected suitors.

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African American actors in period costumes and vintage cars re-enact a variant of the Grimms' comic story, "The Master Thief," in a small 1930s American town. Jack, a poor laborer's son, wants to marry the dentist's daughter, but the dentist insists that he earn money first. When clever jack steals the money from thugs Robin Hood-fashion, the dentist devises more premarital hurdles. Jack even kidnaps the preacher and steals the sheets off the dentist's bed — while he's sleeping in it. A fine example of an American Jack Tale, closely related to traditional trickster tales found worldwide.

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Set in the turn-of-the-century America, Davenport
Film's timeless blending of fantasy and reality shows a young girl's struggle for independence. Imprisoned in a tall wooden tower by a witch, Rapunzel allows a young man to climb her unforgettably long brown hair cascading down to him through the midnight air. The witch discovers the nocturnal visitor, cuts Rapunzel's hair, and blinds the young man. He wanders for many years until he is healed by Rapunzel's tears. On dvd from www.davenportfilms.com.

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Cinematography, editing, and acting. Second half of Part 3

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Cinematography, editing, and acting. The first of two clips from Making Grimm Movies Part 3.

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Set Design and Sound.

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Shows how a "glass shot" is made -- part of ticks used in the older technology of film-making before digital manipulation was possible. This clip is from Tom Davenport's Making Grimm Movies, part 2.

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Locations, set design, sound. For the second half, search for Making Grimm Movies Part 2, clip 2.

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Casting and Makeup.

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