HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: ROSE HILL (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatic specials presented by Hallmark. In this production, four orphans dedicate their lives to raising an abandoned baby girl in the wild west. As boys, the orphans earn a living in New York as pickpockets. In an attempt to evade the police one day, they jump into a wagon in which they find a baby girl. Believing the infant to be abandoned, the boys decide to take responsibility for the girl, who they name Mary Rose after two of their deceased mothers. The boys' leader decides to take his friends west where they plan to become cowboys. At first they work as ranch hands. Eventually, however, they realize it is time to settle down with Mary Rose. On the way west they meet a woman named Mrs. Nelson, who lost her entire family during the war, and invite her to come with them to Montana where there is free range. Mrs. Nelson is happy to have found a new family and glad to help in raising Mary Rose. The young family moves to an area which they call Rose Hill. Eventually, when Mary Rose grows up, she has many suitors. Her "brothers," however, are overprotective and scare all the men away. One day, Mary falls for a man who later kills one of her brothers. The man, however, gets his just reward. Overcome with grief, Mary asks her oldest brother to tell her the truth about her past. She later returns to New York to find her real family, but soon learns that her real family is the people who have always been by her side. Includes commercials and promos. This program is closed-captioned. Cataloging of this program was made possible by Hallmark Cards, 1997.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Hallmark Cards, 1997. ("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to 1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)
(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which, since 1952, has aired under the title "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first program, "Dr. Serocold," was televised in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 20, 1997 Sunday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:56:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:47970
- GENRE: Drama; Drama, western; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1997
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (home videos)
- TV - Commercials - Hallmark greeting cards
- TV - Promos - "A Match Made in Heaven"
- TV - Promos - "Cybill"
- TV - Promos - "David Copperfield: Unexplained Forces"
- TV - Promos - "Ink"
- TV - Promos - "True Women"
- TV - Promos - CBS specials ("The Unforgettable Days of May")
CREDITS
- Richard Welsh … Executive Producer
- Brent Shields … Co-Executive Producer
- Andrew Gottlieb … Producer
- Christopher Cain … Director
- Earl Wallace … Writer
- Julie Garwood … Based on the novel by
- Steve Dorff … Music by
- Jennifer Garner … Cast, Mary Rose
- Jeffrey D. Sams … Cast, Adam
- Zak Orth … Cast, Douglas
- Justin Chambers … Cast, Cole
- Tristan Tait … Cast, Travis
- David Newsom … Cast, Stringer
- Casey Siemaszko … Cast, Fergus
- Stuart Wilson … Cast, Richard Elliot
- Kristin Griffith … Cast, Annie
- Courtney Chase … Cast, Young Mary
- Michael Alexander Jackson … Cast, Young Adam
- David Klein … Cast, Young Douglas
- Kevin Zegers … Cast, Young Cole
- Blair Slater … Cast, Young Travis
- Vanya Rose … Cast, Maude
- David Aaron Baker … Cast, Harrison
- Vera Farmiga … Cast, Emily
- Peggy Ann Adams … Cast, Ruth Pruitt
- Carmen Moore … Cast, Shining Water
- Addison Bell … Cast, Fat Cow Bates
- James McDonald … Cast, Charlie Orr
- Donovan Workun … Cast, Sam Tucker