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In "The Monkey's Paw", a 1902 horror short story by author W. W. Jacobs, the paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an enormous price. In the story, the recipient of the monkey's paw wishes for £200, only to learn that his son has been killed in a terrible work accident, for which ...
Three wishes is a literary motif, often encountered in the joke format, in which a character is given three wishes by a supernatural being. Three wishes or Three Wishes may also refer to: Film and television
Les trois souhaits, ou Les vicissitudes de la vie, H. 175, The three wishes, or life's tribulations, Czech Tři přání, is a film opera by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů to a libretto by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. [1] Composed mainly in Paris between autumn 1928 and May 1929, it was not premiered until June 1971 at the State Theatre, Brno.
The Three Wishes or De Drie Wensen is a 1937 Dutch film directed by Kurt Gerron. Simultaneously, an Italian language version, I tre desideri, was filmed with Italian actors at Cinecitta' studios in Rome. Both movies were shot during the summer of 1937. The Dutch version was badly received and attendance was poor.
Three Wishes for Jamie is a musical with a book by Charles O'Neal and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Ralph Blane.. Based on O'Neal's 1949 novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin, [1] the fantasy focuses on the title character, a young Irishman who, when offered three wishes by the Queen of the Fairies, chooses travel, a bride, and a son who can speak Gaelic.
The Three Wishes (Italian: I tre desideri) is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and Kurt Gerron and starring Luisa Ferida, Antonio Centa and Leda Gloria. [1] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini.
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Three Wishes is a 1995 American fantasy drama film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Joseph Mazzello. Plot