Vo l ume I, Number 4
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Pilgram s
4 Voyage of the M ayflower
6 Fam ily H oliday M ovies 9 H oliday Fam ily M em or ies 11 O ur Soldiers 12 H oliday Car toons 12 Count Your Blessing
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Some 100 peopl e, many of t hem seeking rel igious f reedom in t he New Worl d, set sail f rom Engl and on t he Mayf l ower in Sept ember 1620. That November, t he ship l anded on t he shores of Cape Cod, in present -day Massachuset t s. A scout ing part y was sent out , and in l at e December t he group l anded at Pl ymout h Harbor, where t hey woul d f orm t he f irst permanent set t l ement of Europeans in New Engl and. These original set t l ers of Pl ymout h Col ony are known as t he Pil grim Fat hers, or simpl y as t he Pil grims.
This 1979 f eat ure is one of t he rare at t empt s t o dramat ize a chapt er of America's f ormat ion. Set in 1620, t he st ory concerns t he rel igious persecut ion of t he Purit ans in Engl and and t heir decision t o emigrat e t o Pl ymout h Col ony in America. This is a f airl y st urdy and enjoyabl e piece of hist orical drama, wit h t he most import ant det ail s about who, what , where, and why inf ormat ivel y answered. Richard Crenna is f ine as t he Reverend Wil l iam Brewst er, one of t he Pil grim Fat hers and a vet eran of rel ocat ing rel igious minorit ies t o more hospit abl e pl aces. David Dukes is ef f ect ive as Mil es St andish, giving us some insight int o how t his mil it ary man came t o be an essent ial part of t he Pl ymout h communit y. Original l y t it l ed The Voyage of t he Mayf l ower, t his made-f or-TV hist orical drama was, not surprisingl y, f irst t el ecast as a Thanksgiving special . In t he t radit ion of t he 1952 t heat rical f eat ure Pl ymout h Advent ure, t he f il m met icul ousl y recount [s] t he journey of 103 Pil grim "separat ist s" f rom t heir rel igiousl y rest rict ive Engl ish homel and t o t he shores of t he New Worl d. The dramat ic crux of t he f il m [is] manif est ed in t he conf l ict bet ween mercenary, unt rust wort hy Mayf l ower capt ain Christ opher Jones (Ant hony Hopkins) and ideal ist ic but t ough Pil grim l eader Wil l iam Brewst er (Richard Crenna). Al so incorporat ed in t he narrat ive are t he int ert wining rel at ionships bet ween Mil es and Rose St andish (David Dukes, Trish Van Devere), John Al den (Michael Beck), and Priscil l a Mul l ens (Jenny Agut t er).
Hannah and Her Sist ers Bet ween t wo Thanksgivings t wo years apart , Hannah's husband f al l s in l ove wit h her sist er Lee, whil e her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindl es his rel at ionship wit h her sist er Hol l y.
The Thanksgiving House When a Boston lawyer inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she has no idea she may have inherited a historical treasure. Her initial desire to sell the house is supported by her slick boyfriend, but she discovers that her house may be located on the site of the first Thanksgiving.
Hol iday Engagement Afraid to admit she was just dumped, a woman hires an actor to play her lawyer-boyfriend during a 4-day Thanksgiving weekend at her parents' house.
A Th an k sgivin g Day 1951 M ovies
The Legend of Sl eepy Hol l ow A TV adapt at ion of Washingt on Irving's cl assic ghost st ory. Humor is t he drawing card in t his version, wit h Jef f Gol dbl um a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick But kus an appropriat el y nast y Brom Bones, and Meg Fost er as spirit ed Kat rina van Tassel .
George Bur ns and Gracie A llen Show "T hanksgiving 1951"
D aniel Boone S02E10 T he T hanksgiving Story Frontier hero D aniel Boone conducts sur veys and expeditions around Boonesborough, r unning into both fr iendly and hostile I ndians, just before and dur ing the R evolutionary War.
The Mouse on t he Mayf l ower
Howdy Doody Show - 11/ 16/ 1958
Fr eedom is n ot f r ee!!
Remember our sol diers on Thanksgiving
Holiday Cartoons
The Berenst ain Bears - Count Their Bl essings
A Charl ie Brown Thanksgiving