Gulliver's Travels (1977 film) Gulliver's Travels (1977 film) Gulliver's Travels is a 1977 film based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift. It mixed live action and animation, and starred Richard Harris in the title role. The opening sequence in live action shows Gulliver announcing his intention to go to sea as a ship's surgeon, followed by scenes of a shipwreck. The remainder of the film has Harris on Lilliput and Blefuscu, with the tiny inhabitants created by animation. At the very end of the film, having escaped by boat from Lilliput, Gulliver encounters one of the giant inhabitants of Brobdingnag,
Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition with the advent of "talkies", when films began using sound. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1908, Gulliver was named as a 1928 "WAMPAS Baby Star." Gulliver was part of "The Collegians" silent series of the late 1920s, and also did some silent serials with William Desmond, Jack Hoxie, and Hoot Gibson. With the beginning of "talkies", she became a popular heroine in 1930s "cliffhangers", including "The Galloping Ghost", "Phantom of