Charlotte's Web

Director: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto

1973 / 94min / DCP

E.B. White’s beloved 1952 children’s book, about a barnyard pig, Wilbur, and Charlotte, the arachnid benefactress who keeps him off the butcher’s block, comes to the screen as a heartwarming animated musical courtesy Hanna-Barbera Productions, with music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers (The Jungle Book). A broadcast television staple which has enchanted generations of viewers young and old, boasting the voice talent of Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, and a fabulously snide Paul Lynde, whose performance of “A Veritable Smorgasbord” is a notable highlight.