Rumpelstilskin

Rumpelstiltskin is Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's take on the classic tale of a miller who boasts to the King that his daughter can turn straw into gold. After the King sends for the girl and demands that she spin a roomful of straw into gold, Rumpelstiltskin — an imp-like creature with a penchant for dealmaking — appears, and offers to help her in exchange for various goods. Years later, in order to get out of one of the bargains she made, the girl — now the Queen — must learn Rumpelstiltskin's name. Featuring hand-drawn watercolor animations and a zany title character, Rumpelstiltskin is one of several of Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's interpretations of fairytales collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Credits

JP Somersaulter (director); Lillian Somersaulter Moats (director)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter Collection
Sponsor: Coronet Instructional Films
Distributed by: Coronet Instructional Films
Subjects: Fairy tales
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/20498

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video