Also Known As: The Day They Gave Babies Away Released in: 1957 Length: 102 minutes Warning: Rated NR: (implied) violence Language: English Categories: Boy Films, Little to Preteen, Drama, Girl Films, Little to Preteen, Westerns

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Description

A film that dominated early television searching for programs to fill a 24 hour schedule.

Originally titled "The Day They Gave Babies Away" this is a frontier story based on fact about a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850's. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka and have six children. They prosper in the husband's boat building business. But when their eldest boy is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and he is burdened with a terrible task of feeding and caring for his siblings.

Don't expect a "Waltons" or "Little House on the Prairie"... the original movie title will give you an idea where the story is going, but since it was seen by such a large TV audience through the years this little sleeper has become a beloved classic...

Double Feature Recommendation: Joshua's Heart

DVD Features:
Format: Full Screen
Audio: Digital Mono
Extras: Scene Selection

The Quality on this film is rated... Our Rating Chart
EXCELLENT: 10 out of 10
EXCELLENT: 9 out of 10
VHS VERY GOOD: 8 out of 10
VHS FAIR: 6 / 7 out of 10
VHS POOR: 5 or below, out of 10

Notes

A film that's been in our collection since November 2003 - we get to retire the tired VHS transfer for a great digital quality DVD! Enjoy!

Cast & Crew

Glynis Johns
Cameron Mitchell
Rex Thompson
Patricia McCormack
Ernest Truex
Hope Emerson
Alan Hale Jr.
Sylvia Field
Royal Dano
Reta Shaw
Stephen Wootton
Butch Bernard
Yolanda White
Rita Johnson
Ellen Corby
Rosalyn Boulter
Francis De Sales
Jon Provost	. . . . .	Bobby
Roy Engel
Dabbs Greer