Review of The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) by Bennett S — 28 Dec 2010

Joy-filled, loose bio-pic of the Brothers Grimm & how they gathered their now-iconic legends & fairy-tales. The film mostly concerns itself with the personal lives of the brothers, but is intermittently peppered throughout with several of their stories brought to life in wonderfully creative ways, most notably, the last one, "The Singing Bone", the most comical of the offerings, featuring the always-amusing Terry-Thomas & Buddy Hackett as a cowardly knight & his loyal squire set off to kill the local (And beautifully-animated-) dragon.

Packed with a superb cast mixed with beauties of the day (Yvette Mimieux, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden-) as well as some top-notch character actors & actresses (Jim Backus, Oscar Homolka, Beulah Bondi, Walter Slezak, Otto Kruger, and most notably, the interesting & formidable Martita Hunt as Anna Richter, the aged story-teller who gives her tales to the Grimm siblings to share with the children of the world.

) Marvelous & magical fun!