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- Her older brother's wedding forces preteen tomboy Frankie to face her own immaturity.
- Frankie Addams, 12-year-old tomboy, feels disconnected from the world. Frankie's mother died when she was born, and her father is a distant, uncomprehending figure. Her closest companions are the family's African American maid, Berenice Sadie Brown, and her six-year-old cousin, John Henry West. She has no friends in her small Southern town and dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their honeymoon.
- A 1982 made-for-television remake of the 1952 Fred Zinnemann film. Shown as a feature on "NBC Live Theater."
- In a small Georgia town, 12-year-old tomboy Frankie Addams feels unconnected to the world, a fact troubling to her. Her unconventional views for a 12-year-old girl make her an outcast among her peers, which she in turn blames for her situation rather than anything of her own doing. Her only real friend is John Henry, her younger next-door neighbor, although she doesn't see him as a friend since she doesn't consider him a peer. As her widowed father is consumed with running his small business, Frankie is largely left to the care of their housekeeper, Berenice, who tries to provide as much true guidance to Frankie and what Frankie considers her problems, although Berenice has her own troubles looking after her wild foster brother, Honey Camden, her only surviving family. In addition, Frankie largely sees Berenice's advice as the rantings of a large, crazy Black woman. Frankie believes that she has finally found her place in life upon the return to town of her enlisted older brother Jarvis, who announces that he's about to marry a woman named Janice. Seeing the couple together, Frankie falls in love with "them" and believes she can be a "member" of "them" by leaving town with with immediately after the wedding, even wanting to change her name to Jasmine to feel even more connected to them. Two negative situations following the wedding could possibly put her on the right direction to truly finding her place in life.
- 1977–19871hTV-PG6.7 (56)TV EpisodeLove is in the air with a wedding on board. Ace is attracted by the bride that ran away, and the groom is getting closer to her sister.
- 1969–197230mNot Rated7.6 (19)TV EpisodeNorman is working on a wedding themed story, which inspires Tina to want to get married, specifically to Norman. On the spur of the moment, she proposes to him. Norman is flabbergasted since they haven't dated and hardly even know each other. Tom thinks it's a nesting instinct in Tina coming through, but he also thinks it's Norman's fault for his off the cuffs "I adore you" and "I can't live without you" comments to Tina. Norman decides that if he says those things, he must really mean them. So he decides to marry Tina. Talk of weddings brings up questions from Eddie and very fond remembrances from Tom of Tom and Helen's engagement, wedding and early life. Eddie tells Tina and Norman about Tom and Helen's life. Tina then Norman finally realize that marriage will mean a whole-scale change in their lives, from dates every night at the Licorice Stick - a discotheque - to a house with a white picket fence and children. They decide to call off the wedding, but being the party people that they are, decide to hold the reception anyway.
- In a small Georgia town, twelve year old tomboy Frankie Addams feels unconnected to the world, a fact troubling to her. Her unconventional views for a twelve year old girl make her an outcast among her peers, which she in turn blames for her situation rather than anything of her own doing. Her only real friend is John Henry, her younger next door neighbor, although she doesn't see him as a friend since she doesn't consider him a peer. As her widowed father is all consumed with running his small business, Frankie is largely left to the care of their housekeeper, Berenice. Berenice tries to provide as much true guidance to Frankie and what Frankie considers her problems, although Berenice has her own troubles looking after her wild foster brother, Honey Camden, her only surviving family. In addition, Frankie largely sees Berenice's advice as the rantings of a large, crazy black woman. Frankie believes that she has finally found her place in life upon the return to town and announcement by her older enlisted brother Jarvis that he is getting married to a woman named Janice. Immediately upon seeing Jarvis and Janice together, she falls in love with "them", believing she can be a "member" of "them" by leaving town with them immediately following the wedding. Frankie even wants to change her name to Jasmine to feel more connected to them as they will all then have a name "Ja__". Two negative situations following the wedding - one in reaction to her finding out that she can't go with Jarvis and Janice - may however put Frankie in the right direction to truly finding her place in life.
- Wedding bells are about to ring and Brooks is the groom. Hise army buddies wonder if his case of nerves indicate that Brooks isn't ready for married bliss.
- A young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.