The Gift of Love (1978) (TV)

Director:

Don Chaffey

Writers:

O. Henry (story)
Caryl Ledner (writer)

Release Date:

8 December 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

This is the story of two people, from totally different backgrounds and social status. The boy is a...

Plot Keywords:

Watch | Hair | Newlywed

Cast

Marie Osmond	...	Beth Atherton
Timothy Bottoms	...	Rudi Miller
Bethel Leslie	...	Agnes
June Lockhart	...	Constance Schuyler
Donald Moffat	...	William Schuyler
David Wayne	...	O'Henry and Narrator
James Woods	...	Alfred Browning
Sondra West	...	Mary O'Halloran
Robert Pierce	...	Franz Hollner
Fred Stuthman	...	Griggs
Peggy Rea	...	Mrs. Mooney
Anne Ramsey	...	Maeve O'Halloran
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Benoit	...	Liesl's Mother
Lane Davies	...	Browning Servant
Ray Duke	...	Hack Driver
Christian Grey	...	Fat Man at Ball
John Hart	...	Justice of the Peace
John LaMotta	...	Vendor
Arthur Malet	...	Emcee at Ball
Sandy Martin	...	Jan's Mother
Hedley Mattingly	...	Jewelry Salesman
Glenn Robards	...	Dancer at Ball
Jason Yowell	...	Young Man at Ball

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Osmond Productions

Quotes:

William Schuyler: Beth, go to your room.
Beth Atherton: No Uncle William, I will not! I full understand my obligation to you, and I appreciate everything you've done for me... but Alfred and I are not in love with each other! I love Rudy.
William Schuyler: What you don't seem to understand, young lady, is that the amalgamation of two fortunes will make you a very rich woman!
Beth Atherton: Rudy's leaving! If I don't go after him, I'll lose him!
William Schuyler: I am telling you what I told your mother... you go out that door, never come back.
[pause]
Constance Schuyler: Oh William...!
William Schuyler: [Interrupts] Constance, be quiet!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Version of The Sacrifice (1909)

After yrs, I've never forgotten...

I saw this years ago, and forgot most of the movie. I remember the feeling that I loved it, made me cry. But the scenes that stick in my mind is when they were both poor and they wanted to give each other a present. Secretly, he sold his watch for a hair comb for her beautiful long hair.

And she sold her long hair (for wigs) to get a watch fob for his precious watch. I cried. I loved this movie.