The Littlest Angel (1969 TV film)

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The Littlest Angel (1969 TV film) is a made-for-television Christmas fantasy musical that adapts Charles Tazewell’s classic story about a young boy who becomes an angel and struggles to earn his place in heaven.

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instanceOf television film
basedOn The Littlest Angel (story) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Charles Tazewell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionChannel television broadcast
format made-for-television film
genre Christmas fantasy
family film
musical
hasAdaptationRelationship adaptation of a literary Christmas story
hasCentralCharacterType child angel
hasFictionalUniverseElement celestial bureaucracy of heaven
hasHolidayAssociation Christmas season
hasMoralLesson the value of simple, heartfelt gifts
hasMusicalNumbers yes
hasProtagonist a young boy angel
hasReleaseDecade 1960s
hasReligiousContext Christianity NERFINISHED
hasSetting heaven
hasSourceMaterialGenre Christmas children’s story
hasTitle The Littlest Angel NERFINISHED
isAdaptationOf The Littlest Angel, a classic Christmas story by Charles Tazewell NERFINISHED
isChristmasSpecial true
isPartOfTradition American Christmas television specials
isTelevisionChristmasSpecial true
medium television
narrativeTheme earning one’s place in heaven
faith
selflessness
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
plotSummary A young boy who has died becomes an angel and struggles to earn his place in heaven.
productionType made-for-TV special
releaseYear 1969
subjectMatter Christmas NERFINISHED
angels
child protagonist
heaven
redemption
targetAudience children
family
workType television Christmas fantasy musical

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Johnny Whitaker notableWork The Littlest Angel (1969 TV film)