The Happy Prince (1974 film)
| The Happy Prince | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation |
| Directed by | Michael Mills |
| Voices of |
Glynis Johns Christopher Plummer |
| Narrated by | Christopher Plummer |
| Composer(s) | Ron Goodwin |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Michael Mills Gerald Potterton Murray Shostak |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CTV (Canada), Reader's Digest Films (U.S. syndicator) BBC (UK) |
| First shown in | 1974 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Selfish Giant |
The Happy Prince is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The film was produced in 1974 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions as a follow-up to its 1971 film The Selfish Giant.
A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow. The statue is moved by the suffering he sees around him and asks the swallow to peel off his gold covering leaf by leaf and give it to various poor and needy people.
Howard Blake was originally hired to score the film, and after writing a theme for the bird, and a song, he called the director and found out they had hired Ron Goodwin without telling him.
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