Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics

1 · The Travelling Musicians of Bremen

Oct 21, 1987

An old donkey who can no longer haul heavy loads overhears his master's plan to kill him and eat him. So, he runs away to the town of Bremen to become a musician. Along the way, he meets a dog, a cat, and a rooster who join him.

2 · Hansel and Gretel

Oct 28, 1987

Due to a devastating famine, two children, Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother and are lured to a gingerbread house inhabited by a child-eating witch.

3 · The Frog Prince

Nov 4, 1987

A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.

4 · The Frog Prince (2)

Nov 11, 1987

5 · Little Red Riding Hood

Nov 18, 1987

A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.

6 · The Golden Goose

Nov 25, 1987

A young simpleton is gifted a golden goose in return for an act of kindness. When three scheming sisters plot to steal the goose, they become stuck to it and every person who tries to free them becomes stuck in turn until they perform an unselfish act.

7 · Puss in Boots

★ 10.0Dec 2, 1987

A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.

8 · Puss in Boots (2)

★ 10.0Dec 9, 1987

9 · Snow White and Rose Red

Dec 16, 1987

Two sisters are visited in winter by a talking bear, but he leaves in the spring speaking of riches to protect and an evil spell. Then Snow White and Rose Red keep encountering a helpless but cold gnome, and later a prince seeking his lost brother.

10 · Snow White

Dec 23, 1987

A vain and wicked queen orders the death of her stepdaughter, Snow White, for exceeding her beauty. But Snow White flees into the woods where she meets seven friendly dwarfs who help to protect her when the queen comes to finish the job.

11 · Snow White (2)

Dec 30, 1987

12 · Snow White (3)

Jan 6, 1988

13 · Snow White (4)

Jan 13, 1988

14 · The Six Who Went Far

Jan 20, 1988

A soldier is unjustly compensated by a money-hoarding king and princess. Forced to fend for himself, he meets five remarkable friends: a strongman, one who can run faster than any other human, one whose bare head can create ice and snow, one whose breath extends for a distance, and one who can see and shoot for miles. The soldier inspires them to follow him, then they decide to stop the cruelty of the country's rulers.

15 · The Water of Life

Jan 27, 1988

A young prince in line to inherit a kingdom goes on a quest for the Water of Life to save his ailing father, the King's, life. But the prince's older brother, wanting the kingdom for himself, tries to steal the Water to prove his worth to the King and get in his good favor again.

16 · Bluebeard

Feb 3, 1988

Josephine's dreams of marrying a prince seem to come true when one sends for her in her forest home. Though her brothers are wary of her wedding a man none of them has met, she accepts eagerly - but is startled by his striking beard of blue. The prince, who provides Josephine with every luxury until she becomes haughty, has only one locked, mismatched room in his castle he will not discuss. When he leaves her with his keys and instructions to see that one is not used, Josephine is lured by it to the forbidden room, and a terrible secret.

17 · Jorinde and Joringel

Feb 10, 1988

When Jorinde and her fiancé Joringel visit the woods, its witch they unknowingly encountered earlier draws them to her home and turns Jorinde into a nightingale and takes her as she does every maid she meets. After being unable to move to stop it, Joringel is driven out of the woods by her magic with only a puzzling message from Jorinde, and can't see a way to best the magic to free her.

18 · Briar Rose

Feb 17, 1988

19 · Old Sultan

Feb 24, 1988

20 · King Grizzle Beard

Mar 2, 1988

21 · The Naughty Spirit

Mar 9, 1988

22 · The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

Mar 13, 1988

23 · Cinderella

Mar 23, 1988

24 · Cinderella (2)

Mar 30, 1988