Mister Twister

Mister Twister, 1963, A. Karanovitch, Soyuzmultfilm Studio. Based on the popular children’s poem written in 1933 by Samuel Marshak who is also credited with writing the script, “Mister Twister“ tells the story of a wealthy American who travels with his family to Leningrad for a vacation. When he learns there are “guests of color“ at the Angleterre hotel, he cancels his reservation. The concierge calls ahead to all other hotels in Leningrad and advises them not to give the American racist and his family a room. Mr. Twister returns to the Angleterre, and after spending the night in the lobby decides he has overcomes his prejudices. During the USSR school children regularly memorized the Marshak poem. Sonia Marshak. M.D. (Scientist): My great grandfather was a poet, satirist, and outstanding translator of English literature -- Shakespeare, Burns, Keats, Blake, Wordsworth, and Kipling among others. He founded, in 1920, one of the first children’s theaters in the Soviet Un