113. Heidi, Part 1

March 29, 2022 in episode

An mosaic of five images of different adaptations of Heidi, including Shirley Temple

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

89. A Little Princess

April 06, 2021 in episode

There's a new girl at Miss Minchin's! In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we're talking about the children's classic A Little Princess!

In this episode we discuss:

Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1905 novel
A Little Princess (1917), directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion, and starring Mary Pickford, Katherine Griffith, and ZaSu Pitts
The Little Princess (1939), directed by Walter Lang, written by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris, and starring Shirley Temple, Ian Hunter, Arthur Treacher, and Cesar Romero
Princess Sarah (1985), directed by Fumio Kurokawa, and written by Hidemi Kamata, Keiko Mukuroji, and Ryūzō Nakanishi
A Little Princess (1986), directed by Carol Wiseman, written by Jeremy Burnham, and starring Amelia Shankley, Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes, and Nigel Havers
A Little Princess (1995), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, written by Richard LaGravenese, and starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, and Liam Cunningham

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66. Anne of Green Gables, Part 2

May 05, 2020 in episode

It's been a long time coming, but Adapt or Perish is finally going back to Avonlea to revisit L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables!

In this episode we discuss:

L.M. Montgomery's original 1908 novel.
Anne of Green Gables (RKO, 1934), directed by George Nicholls, Jr., written by Sam Mintz, and starring Anne Shirley (!), Tom Brown, Helen Westley, and O.P. Heggie.
Akage no An (Nippon Animation, 1979), written and directed by Isao Takahata, with contributions from Hayao Miyazaki.
Anne of Green Gables (CBC, 1985), written and directed by Kevin Sullivan, and starring Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, and Jonathan Crombie.
L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (YTV, 2016), directed by John Kent Harrison, written by Susan Coyne, and starring Ella Ballentine, Sara Botsford, and Martin Sheen.
Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix, 2017–2019), created by Moira Walley-Beckett, and starring Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, and Lucas Jade Zumann.

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