Maury Laws

Рождение : 1923-12-06, Burlington, North Carolina, USA

Смерть : 2019-03-28

Фильмы

The Wind in the Willows
Music
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
Полёт драконов
Music
Добрый зеленый волшебник живет со своей прекрасной белокурой дочерью. Естественно, он борется со злом, но в последнее время у него было много неудач. Служат ему летающие драконы и есть у него три брата, один из которых, красный волшебник, олицетворяет зло. Зеленый волшебник философски замечает, что добро было бы невозможно без существования зла. Он созывает своих трех братьев, так как обеспокоен тем, что их волшебные силы слабеют, а люди предпочитают надеяться на науку и логику.Он предлагает создать последнее волшебное царство, объединив силы, так как мир не должен обходиться без волшебства, необходимого для вдохновения. Но красный волшебник не согласился, он решил использовать силу и страх, восстановить брата против брата.
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
Music
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison. Leprechaun Blarney Kilakilarney knows that in order to survive, the banshee will try to swipe his clan's pot of Christmas gold. With some magical assistance from Lord Patrick, the king of the wee folk, Dinty and Blarney make a plan to outwit the gold-hungry hag before Christmas morning dawns.
The Bushido Blade
Music
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Pinocchio's Christmas
Music
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried.
Возвращение короля
Original Music Composer
К стенам Королевского города стекаются несметные войска Повелителя Тьмы. Король-призрак ведет чудовищную армию — тролли и орки, гоблины и назгулы идут на штурм города. Насмерть стоят бесстрашные защитники, все длится и длится кровавый бой… А в горах Мордора Фродо и Сэмми, томясь от жажды и голода, прячась от вездесущих врагов, все ближе и ближе подступают к жерлу Огненной горы… "Возвращение Короля" — полнометражный анимационный фильм режиссеров Артура Рэнкина и Жюля Бэсса. Мультфильм является экранизацией третьей, последней книги трилогии Джона Рональда Руэла Толкина "Властелин колец". Был снят как продолжение мультфильма "Хоббит" тех же режиссёров и выдержан в духе детской сказки с элементами мюзикла.
The Ivory Ape
Music
An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
Jack Frost
Songs
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
Jack Frost
Music
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
Бермудские глубины
Original Music Composer
В поисках причин смерти своего отца сирота по имени Мангус едет на Бермудские острова. Отправившись в компании друзей отца, работников биологической станции, на поиски гигантской черепахи, во время ночного купания он начинает резко тонуть. Спасшая его от смерти молодая загадочная девушка по имени Дженни оказывается его подружкой детства, единственным другом тех лет.
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Music
Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.
Хоббит
Original Music Composer
Экранизация сказки Дж. Р. Р. Толкина о необычайном путешествии хоббита Бильбо Бэггинса, волшебника Гэндальфа и компании гномов к Одинокой горе, где дракон Смог сторожит сокровища, исконно принадлежащие гномам.
The Last Dinosaur
Original Music Composer
Wealthy big game hunter (Boone), along with his group, gets trapped in pre-historic times where they are stalked by a ferocious dinosaur.
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Original Music Composer
The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids--even a kid mailman). And when Sunny goes delivering eggs to the nearby town (which he has to dye to fool Gadzooks, the mean bear on the mountain), he discovers that there are no kids in the town, and that the rightful (kid) ruler is being suppressed by his aunt. But the young king likes Sunny's dyed eggs and jelly beans. So Kidsville, with the help of an old train engine, makes a few plans (and a decoy chocolate rabbit) to distribute them.
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
Music
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Music Arranger
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Music
Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.
The First Easter Rabbit
Original Music Composer
A beloved toy stuffed rabbit is rescued by a fairy to be the first Easter Rabbit.
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Conductor
A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
Music Arranger
A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Music Director
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Music
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Marco
Music
A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's relationship with the powerful Kublai Khan.
Jack O'Lantern
Music
A leprechaun, who had changed himself into a pumpkin seed to hibernate for the winter, comes to life as Mr. Jack O'Lantern, who then uses his pumpkin shell to help scare away Zelda the Witch and Archibald the Warlock.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Music
All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding.
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
Music
This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic film, 'The Daydreamer', both of which chronicles the fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen.
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Musical
Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs than this archrival to earn the top spot...and save Easter for children everywhere!
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Original Music Composer
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.
Приключения Снеговика Фрости
Music Director
За старую шелковую шляпу идет борьба между закончившим карьеру магом и группой школьников. Ведь это не просто шляпа, она помогла оживить снеговика. Понимая, что весной снеговик начнет таять, снеговик Фрости и маленькая девочка, с которой Фрости подружился, отправляются на северный полюс. Маг же преследует их, желая вернуть свою шляпу.
The Little Drummer Boy
Original Music Composer
After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Music
The famous ship called Mayflower is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a church-mouse called Willum, from his viewpoint. The tale begins with the pilgrim preachers deciding to move to America and getting aboard the Mayflower. However, because of the huge storm, the ship gets on the verge of sinking. Then, Willum, the pilgrim mouse, comes up with an idea to save the ship. When the pilgrims land safely, they write the Mayflower Compact and start constructing their new church and colony. However, it is already the autumn season and they do not have much food stored for the winter. The pilgrims then learn to plant crops during the spring season and celebrate a big feast toward the onset of the autumn season or fall. This is their first Thanksgiving celebration.
Cricket on the Hearth
Music
This animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning.
Сумасшедшая вечеринка чудовищ
Music
Барон фон Франкенштейн вызывает всех монстров - Дракулу, Доктора Джекилла и Мистера Хайда, Горбуна из Нотр-Дама, Человека-Невидимку, Мумию, Волка-Оборотня и Существо из Черной Лагуны - на их ежегодную встречу в его замке на Острове Зла. Там он объявляет, что он собирается уходить на покой с поста главы Monsters Inc. Но когда другие монстры узнают, что он собирается передать всю работу его тормозному племяннику Феликсу Франкену вместо кого-то из них, они пытаются остановить его.
The Daydreamer
Songs
In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.
The Daydreamer
Original Music Composer
In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.